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Pity Britain's TV bosses: friends in desperate need

18.09.09
The crisis facing UK broadcasting is like a long-running soap series — except that it cannot be allowed go on... more

Tories would constrain BBC to 'core broadcasting'

18.09.09
BBC will be forced to stick to 'core broadcasting' if the Conservatives take government... more

Government blasted over 'zig zag' media policy

17.09.09
Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt will attack the Government's approach to the media as 'nothing short of a complete and utter shambles'... more

Ending TV ban on product placement is sensible move

16.09.09
Media analysis: What a great wheeze it must have seemed to the Government to solve the problems of commercial TV companies and advertisers by suggesting the ban on product placement could be lifted... more

Sound check: Busking with Suggs

19.06.09
Madness go cap in hand tomorrow to kick off a week of star buskers raising money for charity.... more

BBC is ready for a fight to defend licence fee

20.05.09
As MPs debate freezing the Beeb's income, the Corporation says it is willing to help partners - but must keep hold of its cash... more

ITV to axe South Bank Show after three decades as Bragg steps down

06.05.09
The South Bank Show is to be axed by ITV after more than 30 years as the channel’s flagship arts programme, it was announced... more

Work wars between Peston and Flanders

27.04.09
With the economy the story of the decade, the rivalry between BBC duo Robert Peston and Stephanie Flanders is now hotting up... more

Just a Mo as Walters signs up for lead in C4 drama

25.03.09
Julie Walters is to play Mo Mowlam in a new one-off drama for Channel 4... more

Watch out Tess Daly, you could be Billie soon

18.03.09
While a pregnant Tess Daly looked glam at the Royal Television Society Awards the same couldn't be said for Billie Piper.... more

The truth behind the cant of a BBC fat cat

17.10.08
The BBC is an anomaly. It is funded by a completely arbitrary tax the licence fee. Only 41 per cent of the population still think this is an appropriate funding mechanism. Yet, for now, the licence fee is rigorously imposed nonetheless, as I found when I decided it was pointless to pay it since I didn't switch the TV on from one month to the next, except to watch DVDs.... more

New Media

08.10.08
London is one of the greatest digital hotspots outside California's Silicon Valley and these are the people leading the way... more

Cricket may return to free live television

26.09.08
Cricket is at the top of a list of sports that may return to terrestrial television as part of a review into which events should be free to watch... more

Channel 4 may need state funding says Ofcom

17.09.08
Channel 4 may have to be funded by the taxpayer as it faces running into debts of £100 million a year by 2012, the media watchdog said... more

BBC in mourning after veteran foreign correspondent Sir Charles Wheeler dies at 85

04.07.08
Veteran journalist Sir Charles Wheeler - one of the BBC's longest serving foreign correspondents - has died from lung cancer at the age of 85. ... more

I won't ditch THOSE dresses, vows Holly

22.03.08
TV presenter Holly Willoughby's diving necklines have divided the nation. While the 27-year-old has delighted many fans of ITV's Dancing On Ice, more conservative viewers have called in to protest that the presenter reveals too much of her fulsome figure ... more

Holly strips off for shower photoshoot - but it's all for a good cause

21.03.08
Holly Willoughby has never failed to attract attention and now she is sure to gain a few more admirers. Holly has stripped off for a good cause though - by calling on the public to taking showers in just three minutes in a bid to save water ... more

Bashful Keeley turns the other cheek when award-winning hubbie leans in for a kiss

20.03.08
It was her husband's big moment. Having just won the Best Actor gong at last night's Royal Television Society awards, an ecstatic Matthew Macfadyen leaned in to give his wife a celebratory kiss. But rather than respond with a loving smooch, Keeley Hawes pulled away ... more

Loose Women look the worse for wear after running amok at TV awards... maybe they should take a lesson from Holly

20.03.08
The stars of ITV's Loose Women managed to pull themselves together – albeit looking somewhat worse for wear - after last night's high-jinks at the Royal Television Awards. Chris Evans' ex-wife Carol McGiffin looked bleary-eyed as she and her colleagues laughed and joked about the previous night's shenanigans, with particular attention to her rowdy antics... more

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