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• The Bill: ITV drops police drama after 27 years

  26 Mar 2010:

  Long-running show to be axed in autumn after revamp and switch to new 9pm slot fail to revive ratings. By Mark Sweney

• Channel Five owner approaches Channel 4 about commercial tie-up

  26 Mar 2010: Chief executive of Five owner RTL understood to have met incoming Channel 4 team Lord Burns and David Abraham. By Mark Sweney and Jane Martinson

• TV ratings: ITV wins budget battle

  25 Mar 2010: ITV1's coverage of election budget beats BBC2's – but both trail behind Bargain Hunt. By John Plunkett

• UTV hopes to launch Welsh ITV news pilot by October

  25 Mar 2010: Leader of Wales Live consortium says it went into bidding 'with eyes open' and is in talks on using ITV studios in Cardiff. By Maggie Brown

• ITV regional news bidders told: don't count on BBC licence fee funds

  25 Mar 2010: Move designed to thwart Tory threats to block legislation enabling long-term public funding in the digital economy bill. By Mark Sweney

• Charlie Parsons invests in new TV production company NERD

  25 Mar 2010: Co-founder of Planet 24 will also take on role of chairman

• Johnston Press, Newsquest and Trinity Mirror win ITV regional news bids

  25 Mar 2010: Consortiums involving newspaper groups are preferred bidders as ITN and STV miss out on contracts. By Mark Sweney

• Countdown to the F-word

  25 Mar 2010:

  Media Monkey: Channel 4 gameshow's board spells out six-letter swearword

• Ten Alps says TV production looking up

  25 Mar 2010: Independent production company co-founded by Bob Geldof expecting lower revenues in results, but positive outlook. By Mark Sweney

• Stephen Fry gets operatic for BBC4 Wagner film

  25 Mar 2010: Channel unveils lineup for spring and summer, which includes series on satire and Christopher Eccleston in John Lennon biopic. By James Robinson

• Sir Ian McKellen: Jade Goody was the great performer of this century

  25 Mar 2010: Ian Wylie: Actor says reality shows have replaced scripted drama, with Wife Swap, I'm A Celebrity and Deal Or No Deal taking its place

• TV matters: TV Book Club

  25 Mar 2010: It survived Richard and Judy's departure, but TV Book Club isn't exactly thriving in its solo slot

• The Wire's David Simon plugs Treme

  24 Mar 2010: Media Monkey: HBO releases trailer for new show from the creator of acclaimed cop show

• Lindsay Lohan prompts on-air battle

  24 Mar 2010:

  Monkey: Eddie Mair takes on Danny Cohen over the Hollywood starlet

• ITV cuts to budget, but BBC1 stays daytime

  24 Mar 2010:

  Media Monkey: Loose Women is making way for Alistair Darling. But it takes more than a pre-election budget to budge BBC1...

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