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Spam and cold knees as C4 tests 1950's schooling
The days when education was characterised by firm discipline, bracing cross-country runs and in-depth clause analys...
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C&W fills vacuum at the top
Cable & Wireless yesterday appointed Italian telecoms veteran Francesco Caio as chief executive on a cash and share...
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Sky unlimited as Murdoch wins at Telepiu and Hughes
Rupert Murdoch's News corporation yesterday won approval for the $1.1bn (£700m) acquisition of Italian pay-TV busin...
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Channel 4 rescues Blair-Brown drama
Channel 4 is to screen a dramatisation of the infamous dinner at the Islington restaurant Granita over which Gordan...
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Rebels vote to force TV sell-off by Berlusconi
Supporters of Silvio Berlusconi's coalition government gave their leader a slap in the face yesterday when 17 of th...
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Murdoch close to clinching 'transforming' US satellite deal
Rupert Murdoch yesterday moved close to acquiring Direc TV, a deal that would give him US television distribution f...
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C&W welcomes Signor Caio with£750,000 golden hello
Richard Lapthorne, chairman of Cable & Wireless, has finally got his man, or rather two of them. Instead of one chi...
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NewsLords rally to block ?Murdoch clause'
The government looks set to be defeated in the House of Lords over its cross-media ownership plans, which would allow Rupert Murdoch to buy Five, after two influential peers agreed to oppose the proposal, writes David Rose
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Losses at Tv joint venture push Arena into the red
Arena Leisure expects a massive increase in revenues from its horseracing TV joint venture after the business racke...
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C&W names Caio as chief executive
Cable and wireless took a step towards recovery yesterday with the appointment of Francesco Caio, a Motorola board ...
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C&W leads Footsie gainers after tax settlement
London's blue-chip FTSE 100 posted solid gains yesterday as US troops advanced towards Baghdad, reawakening hopes f...
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NewsMurphy to cut BBC3 indie orders
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy wants to commission fewer programmes from independents, after revealing his channel's indie commissions for 2002/03 stood at 52% - more than double its statutory target, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsGranada to make US reality series
Granada has been commissioned to make a six-part reality TV series for US broadcaster NBC, which follows 10 American women who come to England to learn to live as a princess, writes Paul Revoir
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Five keeps up major arts push
Five has ordered a raft of new arts commissions which it hopes will bolster its reputation as the new home of the genre, including a three-part series looking at the riches of Russian city St Petersburg, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC's cunning plan for opera
The BBC is to try and bring opera to a whole new age group when it animates The Cunning Little Vixen by Czech composer Leos Janacek as part of a number of new arts commissions, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Neurotic pets get the television treatment
An 'animal whisperer' is to tame neurotic pets in a new ITV1 programme from wildlife specialist Tigress Productions, as part of a slate of new commissions for the indie, writes Penny Hughes.
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Rock 'N' Roll myths exploded by Channel 4
Channel 4 commissioning editor, music and young people's Jo Wallace has commissioned indie Free@Last to investigate the origins and background to the wild stories and legends that surround rock 'n' roll folklore. Under investigation will be such legendary stories as The Who drummer Keith Moon driving his Lincoln convertible into ...
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Elliott orders drama from Zhivago producer
Granada's newly established northern drama department is to produce a new series for ITV1 starring Amanda Redman. The 2 x 90-minute Suspicionis in production until 9 May and is due to air later in the year. Produced by Hugh Warren, whose past credits include ...
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Reborn treasure hunt gets full BBC2 run
BBC2 controller Jane Root and controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush have commissioned a full run of the resurrected Treasure Huntseries, following the success of a pilot last year. A 5 x 30-minute series, which will be presented by Dermot Murnaghan and Suzi Perry, will ...
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Wise Buddah syndicates dance music show
Wise Buddah is set to produce a nationally syndicated dance music show featuring rising talent and established DJs. The World's Greatest DJswill be broadcast weekly from this month on Kiss 100, Vibe 101, The Fire and Ozone Radio. Produced by Janet Bell for Wise Buddah ...