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ITV merger groups start City offensive
Carlton and Granada, the ITV companies proposing a merger have dispatched their senior non-executives on a series o...
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C4 calls for lottery style-funding
Channel 4's director of programmes last night called for a slice of the£2.5bn BBC licence fee to be shared among o...
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Battered Reuters survive barrage of friendly fire
The war is virtually over, but Reuters are dodging flak. The information provider was limping after investment bank...
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Comeback plan by TV spoof king
Almost two years after all that hoo-hah over his spoof documentary on paedophilia, Chris Morris is to make his tele...
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BSkyB deal sends shares in Amstrad 14% higher
Amstrad, Sir Alan Sugar's once mighty electronics business, had good news for investors yesterday, unveiling plans ...
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Crank up the volume
Are we ready for Scuzz TV? Lester mordue is leading sky's assault on mTV with the launch of three music channels. ...
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NewsC4's Gardam calls for slice of BBC fee
Channel 4 director of television Tim Gardam has called for an end to the BBC's monopolisation of the licence fee to safeguard the diversity of programming on commercial public service broadcasters, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsITV offices given the once-over
Officials from the Competition Commission carried out a grand tour of ITV's offices in London yesterday, as the regulator stepped up its investigation into whether the merger of Carlton and Granada should be allowed, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsFree trials boost interest in digital
First-hand experience of digital TV makes 'digitally uninterested' cynics more willing to convert from analogue, according to new research from the Independent Television Commission, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsJowell gives BBC online deadline
Media secretary Tessa Jowell today gave the BBC until the end of June to justify the£112m it spends annually on online and interactive services, writes Luke Satchell
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Off The Record - And Finally...
Mark Harrison, BBC creative director, arts and executive producer of The Big Read on meeting Patsy
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Off The Record - Would-be actress dodges bullets.
ITN war correspondent Romilly Weeks is having a good war, so insiders at ITV say. Or,
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Off The Record - Churchill star slims for Britain.
There were no quibbles last week when everyone's favourite British actor Albert Finney won the best
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Off The Record - Gay encounter confuses Madeley.
OTR hears that hapless TV husband Richard Madeley has been busy putting his big foot in
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INTERVIEW - In the silly money.
Ragdoll founder and creator of the BBC's super successful Teletubbies Anne Wood is betting her business on the success of her 'silliest' project yet - Boohbah.
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CITY WATCH - Can UTV keep its place in the sun?
While much of the ITV Network has been suffering, Ulster Television has been steadily building its advertising revenue and audience share. But can the Irish channel maintain its position in a recovering market?
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TX - The driving force.
Once you've taken on the M6 in rush hour, fog and rain, and come out the
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Sky News mops up the nation's news junkies.
The start of the war prompted changes to viewing patterns, although the post-Comic Relief primetime share