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Trauma ahead for Emmerdale as BBC1 strips against ITV1.
BBC1 is to strip a new hospital documentary series, Trauma, across the week in a 19.00 slot as part of new scheduling plans to try and break the ratings dominance of ITV1 soap Emmerdale, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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UK TV execs to produce soap opera in Cambodia.
Former EastEnders executive producer Matthew Robinson and ex-Sky One editor Andrew Lowrey are quitting the UK to set up a social awareness soap opera in Cambodia, writes Penny Hughes.
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Sky News set for launch in America.
BSkyB is planning to roll out its Sky News service in the US and is in
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Fergie stars in TV sitcom
Fergie is to be a guest on the smash hit US sitcom Will & Grace, it was revealed yesterday. ...
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Fallen star
Former telly star Cheryl Baker yesterday admitted her career was in freefall when she agreed to her bungled 12,000f...
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NewsJowell fights back against rebel lords
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has issued a 'rallying cry' to the broadcasting industry - 'If you want this Communications Bill, get out there and argue for it.'
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'Yanks trigger-happy'
TV newsman John Simpson saved an old Iraqi man from being shot by trigger-happy US marines. ...
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NewsBBC attacked over 'Big Brother' move
The BBC has been accused of acting like Big Brother by 'invading the privacy' of its 25,000-plus staff, after asking them to declare external business, personal or political interests they or anyone close to them might have, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsFive plans reality super-league
Five has ordered a 'champions' league' reality show that will feature former Big Brother, I'm a Celebrity?Get me out of Here!, Survivor and Pop Idol contestants, writes Penny Hughes
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C&W axes 1,500 jobs and halts dividends to save cash
Cable & Wireless's new management yesterday pledged to cut 1,500 British jobs, suspend all payouts to shareholders ...
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TV cook charged
US celebrity Martha Stewart was yesterday charged with fraud and obstruction of justice. ...
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Potter web launch
Endemol-owned companies Initial and Victoria Real are to film a one-off event for the web to mark the launch of JK Rowling's latest book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Hosted by actor Stephen Fry, the event at London's Royal Albert Hall will ...
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Lambie Nairn offshoot
Three Lambie Nairn staff have quit the design company to form their own agency. The new company, Dunning Eley Jones, will offer advertising, web development, internal communications and identity services and aims to be an 'independent alternative to the global media giants currently dominating the marketplace'. Brian Eley and Marcus ...
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Ofcom could loosen ITN ownership rules
ITV could be allowed to have complete ownership of news provider ITN from the end of the year, according to media minister Baroness Blackstone, writes David Rose.
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ITC rethinks occult
The Independent Television Commission is considering revisions to its programme code after Living TV presented two shows about the paranormal as factual rather than entertainment. The TV watchdog is proposing the changes in an attempt to address the occult and attempts to contact the dead. The move follows the screening ...
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NewsITC sets out list of new indie rights
Broadcasters could be forced to lend development money to producers and limit their hold on primary rights to five years under new proposals from the Independent Television Commission (ITC), writes Jane Marlow.
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Five highlights travel trauma
Five has commissioned a one-off film from Wark Clements which promises to 'put you off travelling', writes Penny Hughes.
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Editing pair join Farm
The Farm Dublin has hired two new editors, Morten Winther and Vinny Beirne. Former Condor and Laughing Buddha sound effects editor Winther, whose credits include the MTV Europe Music Awards and a Nescafe commercial, will be responsible for operating The Farm's standard and HD online Quantel IQ and eQ systems. ...
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Five show nicks petty criminals
Investigative reporter Donal MacIntyre has unveiled his first series for Five after signing an exclusive deal with the broadcaster in January, writes Paul Revoir.
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Rushes wins CGI pitch
Soho facility Rushes has won the pitch to do CGI work on London - A City in Time, a two-part documentary for Diverse which will air on Discovery and Channel 4. The 3D department will be recreating London over a period of 2,000 years from ...