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    300,000 more pull the plug on Radio 1

    2002-10-25T10:12:44Z

    Radio 1 has suffered another ratings slump, with 300,000 listeners switching off over the past year. ...

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    Ulrika 'rape' star flees

    2002-10-25T10:11:30Z

    Accused star John Leslie quits TV show as 12 more women claim he's a sex beast. ...

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    BBC weaves wonderful web, buy you are footing the bill

    2002-10-25T10:08:25Z

    Greg Dyke, the BBC's director general, could not have been clearer in his MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Fe...

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    Born free: son of ITV Digital

    2002-10-25T10:07:54Z

    On Wednesday morning at about 6pm the Freeview service will arise from the ashes of the ITV Digital debacle. The s...

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    Grating Britons

    2002-10-25T10:07:25Z

    Don't ask me to choose the greatest Briton, say Caitlin Moran. Just tell me his name. ...

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    TalkSport claims victory over Virgin ratings war

    2002-10-25T10:06:55Z

    Kelvin MacKenzie, the chairman of The Wireless Group, yesterday said that talkSport, his national radio station, ha...

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    Viacom swung into the black

    2002-10-25T10:06:31Z

    Viacom the entertainment group that owns MTV and Paramount film studios, swung into the black, reporting third-quar...

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    Overstated figures may haunt AOL

    2002-10-25T10:06:03Z

    AOL Time Warner's revelation that it exaggerated its revenues and earnings over the past two years has opened the m...

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    Viacom shrugs off the slump in advertising

    2002-10-25T10:05:31Z

    Viacom owner of the MTV and CBS networks, reported improved sales and earnings for the third quarter as its televis...

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    Joining up the pointilliste dots

    2002-10-25T10:05:11Z

    The public poll via the BBC for the greatest Briton has spread to the World Service. ...

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    Capital Radio's audience figures collapse

    2002-10-25T09:43:58Z

    Capital Radio's lead over commercial rivals in the key London market was reduced to its lowest level yet ...

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    News just in: Radio 4 is bigger than Tarrant in the capital

    2002-10-25T09:43:12Z

    BBC Radio 4 has beaten Capital FM, home of the broadcaster Chris Tarrant, to become the most popular station in Lon...

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    Shine docs get serious

    2002-10-24T12:26:23Z

    Elisabeth Murdoch's indie Shine Entertainment has unveiled two major long-form documentaries on the emotive subjects of the death penalty and female circumcision, writes Leigh Holwmood

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    Tories back change to ownership rules

    2002-10-24T12:24:56Z

    The Tories are to back the government's overhaul of media ownership rules by supporting its plan to allow US media outfits to buy into UK television, writes David Rose

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    Unions angry over being left out of Ofcom report

    2002-10-24T12:23:33Z

    Unions representing members of the five regulators set to merge to form Ofcom have hit out at the government, accusing it of excluding them from a top-level consultation on the setting up of the super-regulator, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Kyte hired to get LBC flying

    2002-10-24T12:21:58Z

    Chrysalis has moved to put some broadcasting muscle behind its bid to relaunch ailing London radio station LBC by poaching BBC Radio 5 Live deputy controller Steve Kyte, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    The Great War back on BBC 2

    2002-10-24T12:20:08Z

    The BBC is hoping to answer criticisms that it is dumbing down by reshowing the full 26-part series of 1960s classic The Great War, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Channel 5 kicks off big screen venture

    2002-10-24T12:15:50Z

    Channel 5 is expanding its reach on to the big screen after commissioning its first film for theatrical release, writes Jon Rogers

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    Cartoon Network in original content push

    2002-10-24T12:14:12Z

    Cartoon Network UK is to move into original production after creating its first in-house series, writes Paul Revoir

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    Lofts Tractor Tom motors to CITV

    2002-10-24T12:11:07Z

    Former ITV 2 director of broadcasting Joan Lofts has rekindled her relationship with the network centre after selling the first television project from her new employer, Contender Entertainment Group (CEG), to CITV, writes Paul Revoir