All Broadcast articles in 05 July 2002 – Page 5
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Messier era ends with junk downgrade
The Messier era has ended in financial crisis after a rating agency downgraded Vivendi Universal's debt to junk sta...
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Unifying vision evaporated along with credibility of its architect
With the chief gone, the betting among senior company executives as well as investors and bankers is that a break-u...
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News Corp slashes offer for pay-TV arm
News Corporation has slashed one-third off its original $1.4bn offer to buy Vivendi Universal's Italian pay-TV plat...
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Group denies irregularities
Vivendi Universal yesterday denied leaning on its auditors to account for the complex monetisation of a stake held ...
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Party bores
Institute for Public Policy Research told by journalists that rules demanding impartiality in news broadcasts shoul...
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Accounts fears hit Vivendi shares
Allegations of financial irregularities sent the company's share price into freefall yesterday ...
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Universal as Vivendi crumbles
Europe's investors feel shockwave as an American-style scandal hits French media group ...
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Yet another warning as Pace gets boxed in on Sky deal
Pace Micro issued its fifth profits warning in a year after it was forced to renegotiate a supply contract with BSk...
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Don't fine us, we'll fire staff, says BBC chief
BBC chairman enraged staff yesterday when he said the corporation should be able to fire employees for lapses in pr...
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Another fine Messier: French giant in freefall amid whiff of scandal
Doubts raised about Vivendi accounts in echo of Wall St crisis ...
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BBC editor defends giving platform to extremists
A BBC radio editor has defended his decision to give a platform to two extreme figures in the race relations debate...
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BSkyB takes advantage of Pace's lack of customers
BSkyB has used its position to renegotiate an important contract with the set-top- box manufacturer ...
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Accounting doubts and junk rating hit Vivendi
Vivendi Universal shares plunge up to 40 per cent, its debt downgraded to junk status and its accounting practices ...
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Rival wait to pick up the pieces of Messier's crumbling Vivendi empire
With£12 bn debt Vivendi may need to sell some of its finest US and French media assets ...
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French farce that just gets Messier and Messier for Vivendi
The departure of Jean-Marie Messier has proved to be a mere staging post in the accelerating meltdown of the media ...
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Third profits warning hits Pace
Shares in Pace Micro collapsed 41 per cent yesterday after a key contract with BSkyB was renegotiated ...
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RatingsBBC 1 wins latest drama stand-off
The latest drama head-to-head between BBC 1 and ITV 1 last night saw the corporation's Paradise Heightseasily gain the upper hand, writes Jon Rogers