Grade plans to streamline ITV regional structure In recent times ITV has evolved from 15 separate franchises down to a handful of companies: ITV plc for England and Wales, STV for Scotland, UTV for Northern Ireland plus Channel for the...
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BBC2 may screen more repeats to save money For those following the saga of the BBC budget cuts in the aftermath of the lower than expected licence fee settlement, an announcement of this nature comes as no surprise whatsoever, but...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6763205.stm On the way home Friday evening, The Now Show, among its other targets, took a pot-shot at ITV. One of the comics spoke about a visit he'd made in 2003 to Las Vegas, Nevada. The taxi driver said, we...
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Jowell warns Channel 4 Believe it or not, last night's announcements may actually be very reassuring for Channel 4 and signify that at least some government ministers still have faith in the channel. We may never know whether Gordon Brown...
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Do not go to work on an egg It really seems to be beyond the bounds of reason for the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre (BACC) to stop the British Egg Information Service (BEIS) re-running the famous Tony Hancock "Go...
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So, the Scottish National Party wants to reignite the campaign to bring a "Scottish Six" bulletin to BBC1. Perhaps it would be more helpful in general if there was much greater emphasis on news outside of London anyway in the...
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Channel 4 praised for Big Brother action This year's "ordinary" Big Brother 8 was always going to be subjected to far greater scrutiny as a consequence of the last Celebrity Big Brother fiasco, and Channel 4 in a sense...
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