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Michael Buerk savages BBC’s coverage of Queen’s diamond jubilee
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This article titled "Michael Buerk savages BBC's coverage of Queen's diamond jubilee" was written by Caroline Davies, for guardian.co.uk on Sunday 30th December 2012 14.23 UTC
The broadcaster Michael Buerk has heavily criticised the BBC's coverage of the Queen's diamond jubilee, saying it was "cringingly inept"...
ITV makes move into US cable market
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This article titled "ITV makes move into US cable market" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Monday 24th December 2012 11.17 UTC
ITV's share price hit a high not seen in more than five years in early trading on Monday, after the broadcaster confirmed a deal worth as much as $111m (£68m) to buy reality TV...
BBC1 ‘to do more for older viewers’
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This article titled “BBC1 ‘to do more for older viewers’” was written by Tara Conlan and John Plunkett, for guardian.co.uk on Saturday 27th August 2011 16.23 UTC
BBC1 is aiming to air more shows for older viewers, in a bid to reflect the channel’s late middle-aged audience.
According to the BBC1 controller,...
Sky’s Alex Crawford: ‘sexist’ to ask if motherhood compatible with frontline
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This article titled “Sky’s Alex Crawford: ‘sexist’ to ask if motherhood compatible with frontline” was written by Dan Sabbagh, for guardian.co.uk on Saturday 27th August 2011 13.43 UTC
Her four children ask why she can’t work at their school but Alex Crawford, the award winning Sky News reporter, said...
TV industry ‘quite corrupt’ with reality stars, says Channel 4 executive
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This article titled "TV industry 'quite corrupt' with reality stars, says Channel 4 executive" was written by Tara Conlan, for guardian.co.uk on Saturday 27th August 2011 13.18 UTC
The television industry is "quite corrupt" in the way it deals with people who take part in reality shows, according to a Channel...
The X Factor: what did you think of the new judges?
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This article titled "The X Factor: what did you think of the new judges?" was written by Heidi Stephens, for guardian.co.uk on Monday 22nd August 2011 11.18 UTC
As the four helicopters hovered over London and a nation cried "Are such displays of conspicuous wealth really necessary in these austerity times?", the big question...
‘Google needs television industry’ will be message at Edinburgh
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This article titled "'Google needs television industry' will be message at Edinburgh" was written by James Robinson, for The Guardian on Sunday 21st August 2011 20.45 UTC
When Google's chairman Eric Schmidt gives the MacTaggart lecture to an audience of television executives in Edinburgh on Friday, the first person...
Local TV is happening, but it bears no relation to Jeremy Hunt’s big vision
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This article titled "Local TV is happening, but it bears no relation to Jeremy Hunt's big vision" was written by Steve Hewlett, for The Guardian on Sunday 21st August 2011 18.29 UTC
As ministerial tenures go, Jeremy Hunt's is starting to look pretty successful – although mostly for reasons beyond his control. I don't...
BBC4 expected to be scaled back in cost-saving plan
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This article titled "BBC4 expected to be scaled back in cost-saving plan" was written by Tara Conlan, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 16th August 2011 08.32 UTC
BBC4 is emerging as one of the prospective casualties of the corporation's plans to find 20% of cost savings, with the scope of the channel expected to be scaled back.
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Big Brother 2011: will it thrive on Channel 5?
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This article titled "Big Brother 2011: will it thrive on Channel 5?" was written by Ben Dowell, for The Guardian on Sunday 14th August 2011 17.30 UTC
Nearly 11 years to the day since "Nasty" Nick Bateman's confrontation with Craig Phillips first made Big Brother a bona fide TV phenomenon, the daddy of all reality...