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NewsChesney storms National TV Awards
Coronation Street prodigy Sam Aston was the most popular winner at last night's National Television Awards, which saw ITV pick up nearly all the prizes.
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NewsSambrook: 'journalists now targets'
BBC director of global news Richard Sambrook is to chair a new international committee to investigate the risks to journalists working in danger zones and how they can be better protected.
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RatingsNational TV Awards peaks at 8.2m
ITV1's live coverage of the tenth National TV Awards dominated viewing yesterday with a peak of 8.2 million (35.9%) at 10pm.
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NewsTime Warner bids Eu2bn for Endemol
Global media conglomerate Time Warner is reportedly interested in buying Big Brother creator Endemol from Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica for at least Eu2 billion (£1.38bn).
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NewsBBC mourns loss of radio legend
John Peel's death this week at the age of 65 is a devastating blow to the BBC and legions of music fans.
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Diverse Bristol wins C4 series
Diverse Bristol is celebrating its first anniversary with a swathe of factual orders, including a series in which members of the public train to become Legionnaires.
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Somethin' Else appoints South Bank Show director
Indie Somethin' Else has added extra clout to its television division by appointing South Bank Show producer and director Leo Burley as head of development.
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Design duo front more for Five
Five's star signings Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are to present a raft of new shows for the broadcaster, all through Ricochet South, including one in which they try to create dream weddings on a budget.
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Duncan: indies not ethnic enough
Channel 4's new chief executive Andy Duncan has told indies working with the channel that they are 'not ethnic enough'.
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C4 ties in T4's Jones for 2005
Channel 4 has signed up T4 presenter Steve Jones to an exclusive, 12-month golden-handcuffs deal to keep him on the channel throughout 2005.
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Sex Traffic film to hit cinemas
Channel 4's successful sex slave drama Sex Traffic is being remade as a feature-length film.
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NewsUS media giant makes overture to Endemol
US giant Time Warner is reportedly interested in buying Big Brother creator Endemol from Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica for at least Eu2bn (£1.38bn).
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NewsNow BBC owes Yentob£12,000
BBC creative director Alan Yentob, cleared of expenses abuses by an internal investigation this week, is actually owed around£12,000 in unclaimed money from the corporation.
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NewsEmap readies bid for SRH
Emap is expected to make a takeover bid for Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) before the end of November, and is reshuffling its top level management in preparation for the deal.
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NewsYorke set to take top BBC drama role
Channel 4 head of drama John Yorke is set to return to the BBC to take a major drama role, as the corporation's drama department was this week hit by its third executive departure in less than a month.
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History Channel gets redesign
Lambie Nairn has redesigned The History Channel's international branding package. Lambie Nairn used modern and anci...
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Fusion rides high after stabilising debts
Fusion Post Production has successfully secured a company voluntary agreement (CVA) and has recorded its two most successful months ever.
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Management buyout at MPC ?doubtful'
The rumoured£50m price tag for the Moving Picture Company (MPC) has silenced industry talk of a management buyout.
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Crow names MD
Crow TV has appointed Jocelyn Buckley as its new managing director. The west London post-production facility's former managing director Paul Kingsley will pass the day-to-day running of the company to Buckley, but insists he will remain closely involved in his position as chief executive. Buckley joined last week from the ...
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Hawkeye a winner
Hawkeye, the tennis and cricket virtual replay system, has won two IT awards at this year's British Computer Society Awards. Hawkeye Innovations scooped both the applications award and flagship award. The system tracks the motion of the ball during cricket and tennis matches with the resulting information being used to ...