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Blair fails to find cult following for his Iraq policy among MTV viewers
Tony Blair used his appearance on the cult music channel to justify his policy on Iraq ...
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Dyke's Mandela wish comes true
The director general of the BBC commissioned David Dimbleby's programme ...
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At the edge in Who Wants to be a War Leader? hotseat
Tony Blair faced a televised grilling yesterday from a MTV audience ...
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Shortage of digital radios prompts Jowell to launch government review
The government has announced a surprise review of digital radio ...
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Reality TV reaches out into the Great Beyond
Terence Blacker on Living TV's seance with Princess Diana ...
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TV showdown for old foes as Clinton fulfills his destiny
Bill Clinton has got a prime-time TV slot on CBS' ...
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Major ?considered vibrating pagers to win£1m prize'
Vibrating pagers may have formed part of a plot to cheat the television quiz show ...
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NewsBlair stays in tune on MTV
Forget about going to war with Iraq. There was a more important question ahead of Tony Blair's much-anticipated appearance on MTV: what will the Prime Minister wear?
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HD to be preferred format for acquisition
High Definition will be the preferred format for TV acquisition in the UK within three years, according to a broadcast technology expert, writes David Collins
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BBC invests£3/4 million in HD finishing kit
The new 'EQ' set up, which will allow BBC Resources to colour grade, up convert and generally finish both in-house BBC HD programmes and jobs from external clients is to be delivered this week and will be operational within days.
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Consumer interest is key to HD adoption says BBC
The BBC's production modernisation guru Andy Quested has revealed that he thinks that consumer interest in better quality television pictures will help to drive the amount of production done in HD by the broadcast sector.
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BBC eyes C4's Bell for doc job
Hilary Bell, the Channel 4 commissioning editor behind hit shows Faking It and Wife Swap, has emerged as the front runner to succeed David Mortimer as the deputy controller of the BBC's documentaries and contemporary factual group, write Leigh Holmwood and Penny Hughes
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Living drops Diana séance
Living TV has been forced to pull its controversial coverage of a seance attempting to contact Princess Diana beyond the grave, after it was discovered that the footage would break broadcasting rules, writes Paul Revoir
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Digital blamed for Tyne Tees job cuts
Tyne-Tees Television is set to axe around a dozen technical staff, blaming the improved reliability of digital equipment as the reason for the cuts, writes Paul Revoir
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QVC could be put up for sale
Shopping channel QVC could be sold following the announcement that John Malone's Liberty Media was planning to sell its 42% stake in the business, writes Paul Revoir