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Pay freeze leaves Granada staff cold
Granada staff have reacted angrily to the company's decision to freeze pay, with unions demanding that senior management forgo executive perks to shore up the company's flagging revenue, writes Steve Aston.
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Factual's reality check
In the aftermath of the attacks on New York, is factual programming set to dispense with the froth and adopt a more serious and broader world view?
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CHANNEL REPORT - Geographic finds a new direction
In the first of a new series on the multichannel sector, we look at the National Geographic Channel as it steps up its battle with Discovery with more populist programming. But can it claim fresh territory? Simon Ellery reports.
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Premiership given chance to prove itself
ITV's beleaguered football highlights show The Premiership has been given a stay of execution and will continue airing at 19.00 for at least the next four weeks, writes Steve Aston.
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SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - Censorship fears are played down
News broadcasters have said they will not be forced to censor their reports during the conflict in Afghanistan, despite suggestions that Downing Street wanted to limit coverage of statements from Osama Bin Laden and his al-Qaida network, writes Georgina L
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TX - Catalogue of crime
Rarely do production companies stumble upon the chance that Birmingham's BFM Productions did earlier this year.Executive producer Maggie Fogarty was told at a party that an exhibition was being planned to
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RATINGS - Buried Treasure proves gem of an ITV drama
ITV sank its nearest rival on Sunday (14 October) with one-off drama Buried Treasure, writes Molly Brech.
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ON THE BOX - First casualty of gore
Independent producer Vicky Licorish found more signs of intelligent life in The Hunt for AI than in an episode of Holby City.
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TRADE TALK - Late bloomer
Murray Boland is finally catching up with his fellow producer on The Word, Danielle Lux, who has made him E4's head of programmes.
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Oneword md blasts Jowell digital move
Oneword managing director Ben Budworth has lashed out at media secretary Tessa Jowell's decision to allow the BBC to go ahead with its planned digital radio spoken word channel, Network Z, and is planning to 'take action' against the move, writes Georgina
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FOOTBALL BIDS CLOSE
Bids closed last week for the TV and radio rights to the Scottish Premier League (SPL) for four years from next June. The new packages are understood to include a new
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TWO JOIN BFI BOARD
S4C chairman Elan Closs Stephens and documentary film-maker John Akomfrah have been appointed to the British Film Institute board. They join a 15-strong board chaired by writer and broadcaster Joan Bakewell
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LEADER - Digital needs better promotion
The digital action plan just published by the trade and media departments leaves a lot to be desired. Although the government has delivered on its promise - made at the RTS
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BBC local news goes digital
Digital satellite viewers in England will finally receive BBC 1 regional news services after the corporation announced plans to launch them on the platform from the start of next year.At a
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BBC blow to ITV daytime
ITV's daytime crisis has been dealt a further blow after the BBC announced it had poached ITV head of network scheduling Stephen Price to become its new daytime scheduler, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC CREATES ROLES
BBC sport has created two new roles within its new media and development departments to push programming innovation. Executive editor, sports news Graeme Reid-Davies will add new production to his remit,
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ITN IN BBC NEWS ROW
ITN has asked the government to put pressure on the BBC to move its news bulletin back to 21.00. In a briefing note sent to Downing Street this week, ITN argued
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BBC Resources gets new boss
BBC Resources has appointed RTL technical division chief executive Mike Southgate as managing director, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BARLOW JOINS BEYOND
Edinburgh TV Festival director Fran Barlow is leaving the event to join distributor Beyond International as commercial director. Barlow took over running the festival three years ago and was previously marketing
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BAFTA UNVEILS KIDS LIST
Bafta has revealed the shortlist for its sixth Children's Awards, with ITV dominating the nominations with 14 entries. The BBC has picked up 13 nominations while Channel 4 has garnered 11.