All Broadcast articles in 05 July 2002 – Page 4
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BBC plans get past council
The BBC's ambitious plan to redevelop its landmark 1930s Broadcasting House building in central London to create the largest live broadcasting centre in the world has been given council approval, despite strong opposition from its neighbours, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Vivendi board names Fourtou as chairman
Vivendi Universal last night named Jean-René Fourtou as its chairman and chief executive ...
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BBC the bookies' favourite for digital terrestrial
The BBC-BSkyB alliance is favourite to be awarded the digital terrestrial licences today ...
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Missing bongs and golden handcuffs: how a programming legend fell to earth
To the world of television, David Liddiment is a programming legend ...
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Who wants to be an ITV chief? Liddiment quits TV's hardest job
David Liddiment announced yesterday that he was to quit as ITV's programming supremo ...
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BBC bags DTT licence
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has awarded the DTT licences vacated by ITV Digital to the BBC and Crown Castle - calling the decision a 'fresh start for DTT', writes David Wood
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Vivendi plummets but banks rally to Fourtou's call
France's business elite rallied around Vivendi Universal last night as a new chairman and reconfigured board set ab...
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New ITV blow as chief quits
The ITV network suffered another blow yesterday after its head of programming announced he is to quit after five ye...
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Call-handling dispute may disrupt BBC shows
Crimewatch, the flagship BBC programme which relies on viewers' phone tip-offs to catch criminals, could be seriously undermined after call-handling staff threatened strike action, writes Leigh Holmwood
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New head of Vivendi sets himself deadline
Jean-René Fourtou, confirmed as chief executive of Vivendi Universal, has set a three-month deadline to get to grip...
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BBC set to grab ITV Digital licences
ITV was last night braced for an embarrassing loss of digital terrestrial licences to a consortium led by the BBC ...
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Liddiment falls victim to ratings rollercoaster
David Liddiment resigned yesterday as ITV's programmes chief ...
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BSkyB loses 8% of value
BSkyB lost more than 8 per cent of its market value as investor confidence in the satellite television company was ...
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Broadband to get government cash
Chancellor Gordon Brown is expected to announce cash boosts for broadband services in his public spending review later this month, write David Rose and David Wood
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Diller is keeping his head down - for now
The most talked-about executive at Vivendi Universal has been suspiciously mute as the company as stumbled ...
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Tax reprieve revives screen dreams
The industry's fierce lobbying persuaded the chancellor not to pull the rug from under£200m of independent product...
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Climbdown on end to TV shows' tax relief
The government has backed down on plans for an immediate end to tax relief for all made-for-television productions...
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Fourtou takes the helm at Vivendi
Jean-René Fourtou last night took the helm at Vivendi Universal as the value of the French media group plummeted ...
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French bankers urge calm over Vivendi
French bankers and regulators sought to calm the frenzy of selling that has hit several big companies in the wake o...
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ITV chief to step down ahead of battle to win back viewers from reviving BBC
ITV's director of channels is to step down, clearing the decks for an important test of the commercial network's dr...