Television industry
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The director of Bafta-winning The Road to Coronation Street on how he got to know the soap’s creator – and how he reacted to the drama about his life
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Mark Thompson on scoffing turtle, is ITV’s Drive the new Jump, and the Sun holds out over Brexit decision
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Premiership Rugby hopes to tie up a broadcasting deal in the United States this week before Saturday’s ground-breaking match between London Irish and Saracens
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Backing women shunned by the big studios makes good business sense, says the director of BBC1’s The Night Manager
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In yet another tedious tie-in between fizzy pop and the beautiful game, Sergio Agüero and Alexis Sanchez take a kicking from Pepsi swigging civilians
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BBC and ITV’s fight for viewers is heating up again with John le Carré spy thriller up against Downton creator’s Doctor Thorne
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Making users sign in to watch catch-up shows will boost vital revenue for the BBC, but it may make the corporation seem more like pay-TV rivals such as Sky
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Streaming giant understood to be in talks with BBC for rights to revamped car show – after it passed on ex-Top Gear trio as ‘not worth the money’
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Requests for shows on the platform fell in January despite success of Victorian special and The Rack Pack, the BBC’s most popular iPlayer-only drama to date
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BBC drama’s star Aidan Turner is overlooked in RTS awards nominations – as is Oscar-winner Mark Rylance for Wolf Hall
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Entertainment One shares slide 14% after poor performance of recent titles, including Steve Jobs biopic, and fewer releases
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Coronation Street creator Tony Warren has died aged 79
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Bectu says staff foresee insecurity and job losses for BBC Studios in private sector after departure of Peter Salmon
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Trust chairwoman Rona Fairhead responds to report that said competitors would benefit if BBC changed its content
Ripper Street axed by Amazon Prime