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Revamp for Fame TV flop
Crisis-hit reality show Fame Academy is being revamped after being branded a flop. ...
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Brookside Closed
Soap creator's fury as Channel 4 bosses axe ailing series on its 20th birthday. ...
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Carlton chief puts Granada tie-up in the fast frame
Carlton chief executive gerry Murphy is working frantically to finalise a tie-up with Granada before he takes up hi...
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The Dalek who exterminated the BBC
One thing is certain bout John Birt's memoirs, launched next week: they will glorify his 'saving' of the BBC. ...
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Boost for Murdoch as pay-TV deal dies
Rupert Murdoch's vision of creating a global satellite television network was back on the cards yesterday after US ...
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Drunken Best broke wife's arm
The former footballer George best admits on television tonight that he left his wife, Alex, with a broken arm after...
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Don't forget oldies like me, Charles tells TV chiefs
Prince Charles last night pleaded with TV executives to remember older viewers when maling programmes. ...
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Brookside is brought to a dead end
Brookside, the Liverpudlian soap ushered in an era of gritty, taboo-breaking drama, is being consigned to a televis...
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Carlton drama arm at crossroads
The television production arm of Carlton is understood to have been hit by a slump in revenues of around 50% during...
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Murdoch's US ambitions renewed
The door was last night reopened for Rupert Murdoch to bid for a place in the US satellite broadcasting market when...
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Mauled Survivor host wins top ITN role
Mark Austin, who almost ruined his reputation as a serious journalist with a few misguided weeks hosting a critical...
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Dead end for Brookside as Channel 4 braces for ratings fight
Brookside, the soap that became a signature series for Channel 4, is being axed as the network clears the decks to ...
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Fourtou shifts Vivendi power back to Paris
Vivendi Universal moved to shift control of the troubled media group from the US back to France yesterday, as Jean-...
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Kingfisher is ready to wait for Murphy
Retail giant Kingfisher has told Gerry Murphy, chief executive of Carlton Communications, that it is prepared to wa...
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Sale of Kirch sports assets agreed
Creditors at KirchMedia, the main operating arm of Leo Kirch's defunct German media empire, yesterday agreed to a m...
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EchoStar nurses its wounds after FCC rejects merger
Charlie Ergen's dream is almost dead. The EchoStar chief executive's audacious plan to buy his rival and create a s...
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NAPF to probe BSkyB chief's bonus
The National Association of Pension Funds, on of the largest shareholder interest groups, yesterday said it would e...
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EchoStar and DirecTV deal near collapse
The $19bn (£12.1bn) merger of EchoStar and DirecTV was on the brink of collapse yesterday after the Federal Communi...
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No more Brookie
Soap sensationally axed in Channel 4 bloodbath that could also see thend of Richard & Judy and morning flop RI:SE....