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Viewers tuning in to The Last Night Of The Proms could be left watching "dark screens" if proposed strike action goes ahead, a union said today.

Viewers tuning in to The Last Night Of The Proms could be left watching "dark screens" if proposed strike action goes ahead, a union said today.

The place was the Al-Rashid hotel in downtown Baghdad. The year was 1991. As allied forces pounded Saddam Hussein's Iraq on the opening night of the first Gulf War, a worldwide audience of more than a billion people watched as two dashing American reporters, Peter Arnett and Bernard Shaw, rushed to and from the roof of the building with live updates from the heat of the battle.

Time Warner has agreed to acquire Shed Media, the UK TV production company behind the Supernanny show, for £100m.

DJ Chris Evans has lost more than one million listeners in just three months, according to figures published today.

The media watchdog Ofcom has referred the pay-TV film market to the Competition Commission in response to concerns that BSkyB is too dominant.

Kay Burley might wring her hands with jealousy. Adam Boulton might turn puce with anger. But there's a commercially run rolling-news channel that's now trouncing Sky News in the ratings on a regular basis.

The venue: The Ivy, which I love because it's a 90-second walk from the office.

The media watchdog Ofcom has referred the pay-TV film market to the Competition Commission in response to concerns that BSkyB is too dominant.

Kay Burley might wring her hands with jealousy. Adam Boulton might turn puce with anger. But there's a commercially run rolling-news channel that's now trouncing Sky News in the ratings on a regular basis.

Every time Mohamed Olad Hassan bids goodbye to his family of six it is with that same mixture of excitement and sadness felt by a soldier departing for the battlefield. Unlike members of the armed forces, the BBC World Service's man in Somalia carries only a pen and a notebook in his kitbag.

A campaign for BT's fibre-optic broadband has been banned for misleadingly suggesting it provided "instant internet", a watchdog said today.

Airbrushed images of glamorous celebrities should be labelled in a bid to tackle "damaging and unrealistic pressures" on young women, Britain's biggest girls' group said today.

Airbrushed images of celebrities should be labelled in a bid to tackle "damaging and unrealistic pressures" on young women, Britain's biggest girls' group said today.

ITV bosses yesterday fleshed out their five-year plans to dramatically overhaul everything from programming and online delivery to the broadcaster's very culture, pledging to tackle decade-long issues and spark the group's "rusty machinery" into action.

The BBC Trust has rejected a complaint about a headline on the World Service website that asked, "Should homosexuals face execution?", it was announced today.

ITV today confirmed plans for a pay-TV strategy to launch high-definition versions of its digital channels on Sky.

A documentary by Lauren Booth, Cherie Blair's sister, has been criticised by the broadcasting watchdog for breaching impartiality rules.

A current affairs programme presented by Lauren Booth, Cherie Blair's sister, has been rapped by the broadcasting watchdog for breaching impartiality rules.

Arresting images of war and brutality dominated the prestigious World Press Photo 2010 exhibition when it was launched today.