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Video Europe spends£1.5m on OB equipment
London kit hire and studio facility Video Europe has invested£1.5m in OB trucks and kit for its new events division.
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Bruce picked as face for BBC1 Tonight rival
The BBC has confirmed that Ten O'Clock News presenter Fiona Bruce is to present a new current affairs magazine programme on BBC1. Real Story, which begins next month, has been commissioned by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and head of current affairs Peter Horrocks for a huge three-series run of 28 ...
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BBC1's Red Cap on course for second series
BBC1 drama Red Cap, starring former EastEnders actress Tamzin Outhwaite as a military police officer, has been commissioned for a second series. The 6 x 60-minute series, ordered by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter from indie Stormy Pictures, will be produced by Sarah Wilson ...
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Redmond accuses ITC of 'dumb regulation'
Brookside creator Phil Redmond this week attacked the Independent Television Commission (ITC) for 'dumb regulation' after it ruled that an armed siege in the Channel 4 soap was unsuitable for broadcast before the watershed, writes Hayley Treacy.
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News£12m-a-year saving for Five
Five will save around£12 million a year under new terms for its analogue TV licence drawn up with the Independent Television Commission, writes John Plunkett
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NewsAl Jazeera secures raft of BBC programmes
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with Arabic news and documentary channel Al Jazeera for 1,000 hours of factual programming, writes Hayley Treacy
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NewsBBC accounts to be probed by Parliament
BBC chiefs are set to be forced to open their books to Parliament to account for the way they spend the£2.5bn a-year-licence fee, writes David Rose
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Coastal to make another Wire in the Blood
Actor Robson Green's indie Coastal Productions has been commissioned by ITV1 controller of drama Nick Elliott to make a second series of police drama Wire in the Blood. The series, which stars Green and Cold Feet actress Hermione Norris, will air later in the year in a new 4 x ...
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NewsViewers desert BBC3
New BBC digital service BBC3 is failing to catch the imagination of the nation's prized youth demographic, with latest viewing figures showing it is less popular than BBC Choice, the channel it replaced, writes Luke Satchell
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Wacko 'waived rights'
Michael Jackson's multi-million pound court battle with Granada will hinge on a one-paragraph agreement. ...
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JK Rowling gets part with Bart
Harry Potter creator JK Rowling is to make a wizard appearance in The Simpsons. ...
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Whodunnim?
Footballers' Wives bad boy Jason Turner will tonight plunge 80ft from a hotel roof - sparking a huge whodunnit. ...
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Huw attacks viewer over 'slur' on Welsh
Newsreader's 'vicious' reply over language question. ...
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18m watch the Street's Tricky Dickie confess
It was the confession Coronation Street fans had been waiting for. On Monday night nearly 18 million of them tuned ...
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NTL clamped $1.75m golden handcuffs on Ofcom chief
Stephen Carter received a bonus of more than£1.75m from former employer NTL last year ...
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BBC put beyond audit watchdog
A move to bring the BBC under the auspices of the national audit office was last night defeated in the Commons ...
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BBC unveils current affairs series
The BBC has confirmed the return of a regular primetime current affairs series to its most watched channel ...