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    Intruders breach World Service HQ

    2003-02-18T09:53:04Z

    The BBC has instigated a wide-ranging security review after up to 50 intruders barged their way into the headquarte...

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    Sacked TV chief was ?bully'

    2003-02-18T09:52:38Z

    A television current affairs producer has been described as a bully and unreliable witness by a high court judge ...

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    Business is my business

    2003-02-18T09:52:07Z

    Treating finance like sport is the secret of Adrian Chile's cult BBC2 lunchtime show ...

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    Best foot forward

    2003-02-18T09:51:44Z

    Mike Bullen, creator of ...

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    BBC blocks BNP councillors from ?Question Time'

    2003-02-18T09:51:24Z

    The BBC blocked a British National Party representative yesterday from appearing on an episode of ...

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    It's the content, stupid

    2003-02-18T09:50:49Z

    Fiddling about behind the scenes, as the Communications Bill proposes to do, won't help local radio one bit ...

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    The online line

    2003-02-18T09:50:25Z

    The BBCi review will address issues central to the corporation's future ...

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    Attack leaves Bertelsmann in confusion

    2003-02-18T09:50:00Z

    A public dispute may set the media group back years ...

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    Canal Plus and TPS appeal to football ref

    2003-02-18T09:49:31Z

    Canal Plus and TPS, the rival teams competing for the right to broadcast live French football matches from next yea...

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    NTL man takes helm at Freeview

    2003-02-18T09:45:23Z

    NTL product marketing director for Matt Seaman has been appointed as general manager for DTV Services, the operating company of digital terrestrial television service Freeview, writes Paul Revoir

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    Taggart gets another run

    2003-02-18T09:37:51Z

    ITV1's longest-running crime drama, Taggart, has been commissioned for yet another run after its latest incarnation proved a ratings hit, writes John Plunkett

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    GEITF advisory committee unveiled

    2003-02-17T16:31:34Z

    The advisory committee for this year's Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF), which will work alongside GEITF advisory chair and Sky One controller Sara Ramsden on the festival's editorial content, has been announced, writes Luke Satchell

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    Ball to give this year's MacTaggart

    2003-02-17T13:25:39Z

    BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball will give this year's MacTaggart lecture at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) in August, writes Hayley Treacy

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    Thomson calls for clearance on Carlton/Granada merger

    2003-02-17T11:08:40Z

    The merger of Carlton and Granada should be greenlit without referral to the Competition Commission, according to former Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) chairman Lord Thomson, writes John Plunkett

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    Off the record - BBC3 gets off to a swinging start.

    2003-02-17T10:54:37Z

    During the dark days when it seemed the BBC's new digital youth channel BBC3 would never

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    Off the record - Pass the buck.

    2003-02-17T10:54:37Z

    Granada supremo Charles Allen appears to have cast his content chief Simon Shaps as his very

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    Off the record - Down and out.

    2003-02-17T10:54:37Z

    Meanwhile, Carlton's new series Cage Combat promises to be interesting. It features young stallions wrestling and

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    On the box - Too much hairtime.

    2003-02-17T10:54:36Z

    Foundation TV Productions' Vanessa Amberleigh wanted to give The Salon a trim but thought Footballers' Wives looked great.

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    News analysis - Dramatic licence.

    2003-02-17T10:54:36Z

    Channel 4 is looking for a new drama chief - but he or she faces one of the most demanding jobs in British TV.

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    War coverage - Getting ready for action.

    2003-02-17T10:54:36Z

    As broadcasters dig deep in their preparations to cover the looming war in Iraq, Peter Keighron looks at how the UK's news teams will report on a conflict in which there might be a large number of allied casualties.