All Broadcast articles in 15 November 2002 – Page 7
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Old newshounds back on the scent for Channel Five
Some of the most famous faces from television news have been lured out of retirement and sent back on the road as r...
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Like a bit of Fast talk, do you Sir?
Comedy series The Fast Show is the new king of TV catchphrases. ...
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Palace order Duchess to scrap Parkinson chat
Buckingham Palace has ordered the Duchess of York to pull out of a television interview with Michael Parkinson amid...
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BBC cast axed in Hollywood Robbie
The BBC has sold its Robbie The Reindeer Christmas specials to the United States in a£5 million deal, but the Brit...
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ITV merger gains support
The creation of a single ITV yesterday moved a significant step closer after Carat, the UK's largest media buying a...
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Vivendi falls on rumours of Eu. 480m offer for French football TV rights
Vivendi Universal continued to scare investors yesterday, as reports surfaced that the media giant had paid a high ...
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Jowell poised to allow major radio consolidation
The government is today expected to bow to intense lobbying from the radio industry and permit major consolidation ...
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Kings of the catchphrase? Suits us, Sir
It has been one of the most successful TV comedy programmes of recent times and now the Fast Show has become part o...
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Big let-down
Or how the latest celebrities lined up for the Big Brother house are distinctly C-list. ...
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TV betting scam foiled
Betting on the BBC's Great Britons poll has been halted after students tried to fix a win for Isambard Kingdom Brun...
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You can't sack creepy David
BBC 2's hit comedy The Office is so popular that real-life lawyers have leapt to defend cringe-worthy boss David Br...
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In a dictionary? Ooh, suits us sir?
Captain's log: The Fast Show beats Star Trek in list of favourite catchphrases. ...
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Why it takes a singular type of woman to play village nosey parker Miss Marple
If Granada grabs Agatha Christie's complex sleuth, who will best portray her? ...
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Radio sector set to win '3 plus 1' battle
The commercial radio industry is optimistic that the government's controversial 'three plus one' local ownership will be dropped in favour of a 'two plus one' requirement, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Channel 4 considers own history channel
Channel 4 is looking at jumping on the history TV bandwagon by launching its own factual/history channel, writes Paul Revoir
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Freeview boosts Five and Emap
Freeview, the BBC/Crown Castle DTT service which launched last month, has given a welcome boost to Five and Emap, with both operators seeing off their arch rivals, according to the first set of ratings for the service, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Channel 4 to move away from US imports
Channel 4 director of television Tim Gardam pledged this week to shift the channel's focus away from imported US shows towards more homegrown product, writes Penny Hughes
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C4 to move away from US
Channel 4 director of television Tim Gardam pledged this week to shift the channel's focus away from imported US shows towards more homegrown product, writes Penny Hughes
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Wall heads list for top Five job
Five shareholders have kicked off their search for a new chief executive and hope to make an appointment by Christmas, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Flagship BBC 2 show to cover economics
Award-winning documentary maker Adam Curtis has been commissioned to produce a major investigation into the world economy in the 1990s for a flagship new BBC 2 series, writes Leigh Holmwood