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Michael Grade

TV Review: Blackadder - The Whole Rotten Saga, GOLD, Thursday 9 October, 9pm

When the first series of Blackadder (or "The Black Adder" as it was then known) was aired in the early 1980s, I doubt that anyone - creators, audience or critics - would have put much money on the idea that, 25 years hence, a...

Maggie Brown: ITV regional news cuts, ITN and the gathering thunderstorm

Michael Grade, executive chairman of ITV, spiced up the debate on public service broadcasting over eggs and bacon at the RTS this week when he promoted a way to save regional news on ITV - create a non-profit trust to provide...

ITV may move to shed PSB licence

By Ben Fenton, Chief Media Correspondent ITV would be content to operate as a commercial television company without the restraints imposed by its public service broadcasting licence, said Michael Grade, executive chairman. Mr...

Justin Dukes: executive at the Financial Times and Channel 4

Justin Dukes brought business acumen to two of Britain’s leading media organisations. As a managing director of the Financial Times, Dukes was responsible for the paper’s first international edition, which was published in...

ITV may be able to show more ads

Television channels including ITV could be allowed to show an extra 20 minutes of adverts during some peak time evenings after regulator Ofcom launched a consultation that could result in public service broadcasters boosting...

Pride before advertising fall

Lost in Austen delivered critical acclaim and ABC1 audiences. Lost in Austen is everything ITV needs it to be," said Hermione Eyre in the Independent on Sunday. Lost in Austen was the product of the former director of...

For the record

Cuttings room It might still be close in the US, but Barack Obama is the clear frontrunner with the British media with 6,535 mentions across UK press, television and Internet in September, compared to John McCain's paltry...

United Kingdom

Uncertainty leads to more investment in domestic shows LONDON -- Blighty's biggest broadcasters are banking on home-produced fare to see them through tough times. The U.K.'s two main webs, ITV1 and BBC1, together account for a...

BBC finds U.S. fit for Brit hits

Weekly TV: Worldwide exec defying the TV odds -- For many a U.K. webhead, leaving Blighty to test the vastly different U.S. TV market has borne mixed results. Highly gifted British execs Michael Jackson and Jane Root -- like...

"We're not YouTube. Honest."

'Hot dog' ad offers taste of new-look Channel Five Poor Channel Five is only really watched for a bit of sport, CSI, Neighbours and perhaps a bit of cheap TV if you're feeling desperate, so for Five's new identity they...

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