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RATINGS ANALYSIS - ITV gets better
The Network Centre's revamped peaktime schedule dominated the winter season, with its instant success coming mainly at the expense of lacklustre competition from BBC 1.
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OFF THE RECORD - A Noble calling
Does Kelvin MacKenzie's talent for generating column inches know no bounds?This week, Off The Record hears that Big Mac has been hunting for talent to present Talk Radio's royal wedding coverage
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OFF THE RECORD - Reformist agenda
Chart-topping teeny boppers S-Club 7 - aka the stars of Initial Kids' show Miami 7 - might prefer the beach, but the venue for their latest gig couldn't have been more
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OFF THE RECORD - Copped it
Spare a thought for Channel 4 News' industrious chief correspondent, Alex Thomson. ITN deep throats tell us the scoopmungous Thomson has been immersed in a deep undercover investigation into the mysterious
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OFF THE RECORD - The real story?
It's been another week of pace-setting current affairs scoops for ITV's Tonight with Trevor McDonald.First our Trevor scooped a knighthood in the Queen's birthday honours.Then OTR came across another - an
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OFF THE RECORD - End of the Century
As the saying goes, a month's a long time in radio. So long, in fact, that top execs at Border Radio forgot to mention their ol' mucker John Myers in their
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OFF THE RECORD - = DUTY LOG
This week's round-up of incoming calls is from Anglia and Broadcast's own duty log. Call with your own comments on ... 0171 505 8352.
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Guardian launches radio outfit
The Guardian Media Group (GMG) is planning a major assault on the UK radio market and has hired former Border Radio Holdings chief John Myers to mastermind the drive.GMG chief executive
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Yentob spearheads BBC 1 health check
BBC Broadcast director of television Alan Yentob has been charged with leading a review of the entire BBC 1 schedule, following concerns that the main channel is straying from its public
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Politicians applaud governors' U-turn as Yesterday in Parliament returns to Today
BBC governors are today (Thursday 24 June) expected to bow to the demands of politicians and restore Yesterday in Parliament (YIP) as part of BBC Radio 4's Today programme on FM, writes John Lewis.
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NewsVirgin Media mulls own news channel
Virgin Media is considering launching a news channel to rival Sky News with ITN as its content supplier.
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ITV network makes plans for Tonight
The ITV network is considering proposals to change the format of new current affairs flagship show Tonight - with Trevor McDonald, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Editors blast last-minute changes to TV schedules
Editors of leading TV titles were in crunch talks with the terrestrial channels as Broadcast went to press on Wednesday (23 June) about last-minute schedule changes they say are costing the magazines money, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Sky One to uncover Tenerife in the Autumn
The fifth series in Sky One's popular ... Uncovered strand (Ibiza Uncovered, left) has been commissioned for the channel's autumn schedule, in the form of Tenerife Uncovered. The new 8 x
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Festival adapts Cookson novel for ITV
Festival Film & TV has been commissioned by ITV to make its fourteenth Catherine Cookson adaptation, The Secret. The three-hour mini-series is due to go into production at the end of
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MTV base kicks off with Station Zero animation
MTV UK has bought a new animation from MTV in America to premiere on new digital dance channel MTV Base. MTV digital vice-president, programming and production Peter Good has acquired 20
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Sci-Fi signs deal to show classic movies and series
Universal Networks-owned cable and satellite channel Sci-Fi revealed this week it has clinched a deal with Twentieth Century Fox to buy more than 200 hours of programming. The acquisition gives the
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Straight wins raft of commissions for Granada and C4
Manchester independent Straight TV has picked up a string of new commissions from Granada TV and Channel 4. Granada has booked two regional shows.The first - with a working title of
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NewsOFT to launch CRR review
ITV has moved a step closer to getting Contract Rights Renewal relaxed after the Office of Fair Trading said it would launch a review of the advertising rate formula. [ALL]
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Radio 3 to support new generations of musicians
BBC Radio 3 is to broadcast a new strand designed to support young musicians, New Generations, from 20 September. Produced by BBC classical music, the initiative follows on from the Young