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Ex-Sky execs to offer pay-TV on Freeview.
Pay-TV channels including E4 and Sky One could soon be offered to more than a million Freeview viewers as part of a new subscription service, write Paul Revoir and Colin Robertson.
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RDF cleans up at Broadcast Awards 2004.
RDF Media and its hit show Wife Swap dominated this year's Broadcast Awards, winning in four
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NewsZeiler wants fewer PSB duties for Five
Gerhard Zeiler, the chief executive of RTL Group, the majority owner of Five, wants Ofcom to reduce its public service programming (PSB) obligations, including allowing Five to bin its peaktime news obligation, writes Kate Bulkley.
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NewsITV plc open for business
ITV plc officially became a reality at 07.30 today after the merged company replaced Carlton and Granada and started trading on the stock market.
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NewsDyke: Whole board considered quitting
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke claimed yesterday that all the governors had considered resigning over the Hutton report.
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The South Bank Show (ITV1) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian
'It was like media studies on the telly.'...
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The South Bank Show (ITV1) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Where do you stand, Melvyn? Do you actually think Bad Girls is good drama?'...
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War at Sea (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
?The overall result was a highly satisfying and informative piece of television.?...
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War at Sea (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
?A fine, new three part series, War at Sea, last night had the courage to explore differing opinions over the perfo...
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War at Sea (BBC2) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Professor Andew Lambert's account of Trafalgar took more of a Dorling Kindersley approach and was illustrated with...
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NewsHave your say
Broadcast would like to hear your views over Lord Hutton's report, the resignation of Gavyn Davies and Greg Dyke as well as the wider implications of events for the BBC.
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Capital reclaims London top-spot
Capital has reclaimed the top commercial spot in London, putting distance between its flagship 95.8FM station and Chrysalis-owned rival Heart.
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NewsLeader: Davies let down Dyke
Greg Dyke exited yesterday amid tears, fury and headlines declaring it the blackest day in the corporation's history.
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NewsDyke: A crap-cutter's career
Greg Dyke's departure yesterday came four years to the day since he become director general.
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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (C4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'There were more silent, internal chuckles than belly-laughs.'...
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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (C4) - Alun Plamer, Daily Mirror
'Whether one joke can be made to stretch over a series remains to be seen.'...
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NewsDyke: What The Papers Say
The leader columns of the national press were largely supportive of the BBC today - saying that the government was out to 'decapitate' the corporation - but Rupert Murdoch's News International titles were predictably savage in their criticism of the Beeb and its bosses. Click to see extracts
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NewsDyke: Hutton report threatens journalism
Greg Dyke today hit out at the Hutton report and warned that its conclusions could seriously damage British journalism.
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Radio 1 sheds listeners
BBC Radio 1 is continuing to shed listeners, with nearly half a million abandoning the station at the end of last year.
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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (C4) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'It looks to be rather too much of a one-joke idea to catch on in a big way.'...