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Truth stranger than fiction
A scientific review of Eastenders has found that the infidelity, prostitution and illegitimacy portrayed in the soa...
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The celebrity fix
They appeared an isolated group in the thick of the of the Australian jungle battling with torrebtial downpours, po...
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BBC to spend millions on leadership training for 5,000
The BBC is to send more than 5,000 staff on an eight-day resedential management training course in a multi-million-...
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Puttnam in bid to block changes on cross-media ownership
Lord Puttnam yesterday insisted that he would press on with the so-called 'Murdoch Ammendment' to the Communication...
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This was your life!
This Is Your Life is facing the axe after a 48-year run - because young stars think it is naff. ...
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Naked ambition of TV wannabes
Desperate Big Brother 4 hopefuls have been proving they will do just about anything to get on the programme. ...
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Revolutionary deal as TV adaption of Dr Zhivago is sold...to Russia
In the televisual equivalent of selling coals to Newcastle, Granada has persuaded a Russian TV channel to buy its l...
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The Explainer - Radio advertising
The rajar results for the first three months of the year were not good news for the commercial radio industry. ...
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TV executive dies from DVT after skiing accident
A Young TV executive collapsed and died from deep vein thrombosis after flying home from a skiing accident in Canad...
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NewsLive TV to make its comeback on Sky
Live TV, the infamous cable television channel that gave the world News Bunny and Topless Darts, is set to return, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsC4 sets up 4 Broadband channel
Channel 4 is launching a factual and entertainment broadband channel, 4 Broadband, to showcase programmes and clips from the broadcaster's back-catalogue, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsNTL to be bought out of ITV News
Carlton and Granada are to take full control of the ITV News Channel by buying out NTL Europe's 35% stake, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsBig Brother house stays open till 2008
Big Brother is set to stay on British screens until at least 2008, even if ratings fall for the main Channel 4 show, according to the C4 executive in charge of it, write Leigh Holmwood and Paul Revoir
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NewsITV pushes on with back-room merger
The back-room merger of Carlton and Granada continued this week as the pair announced that all planning and scheduling operations will be moved to centres in London and the north from next month, writes Paul Revoir
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MTV's Mandela tribute
MTV is producing a 60-minute special on the life of human rights campaigner and former South African president Nelson Mandela, and is offering second rights to the programme for nothing. Set to be premiered globally on MTV's channels in July, the programme will launch this year's Staying Alive HIV/Aids awareness ...
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Production show premieres latest in technology
A number of the world's biggest broadcast technology developers will be using The Production Show 2003 to show off their latest new products - some of which will be seen outside of the US for the first time, writes Will Strauss.
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Formats showcase
The Production Show 2003 is giving over two full days of conferences sessions to new and emerging acquisition formats. Essential HD day and Essential DV day will provide producers and directors with an inside track on shooting effectively with the current and next generation of digital video with presentations from ...
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Hive hires Flame man
Effects and finishing house The Hive has poached Flame artist Matt Wilmshurst from The Mill. He joins as senior digital artist and will do compositing work as well as on-set visual effects supervision. Of particular interest to The Hive was his experience working in compositing live action with computer-generated 3D ...
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Five commissions El Greco documentary
Michael Attwell, former senior programme controller at Five, is making a 60-minute film on the forthcoming El Greco exhibition at the National Gallery for his old employer. Hanging El Grecowill follow curators and staff at the National Gallery as they choose and negotiate the loan ...
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Turner classic movies plans crime wave
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has put together a Crime Wave Season from 14 to 20 July which will feature classic crime films and some original material. The season, which ties in with TCM's sponsorship of the National Film Theatre's annual festival of crime films between 10 and 12 July, will ...