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'No stampede' of US into UK, says AOL chief.
AOL Time Warner chief executive Richard Parsons has claimed there is unlikely to be an immediate stampede of US investors into the UK television market when foreign ownership rules are relaxed, writes Jane Marlow
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Dyke issues dire Ofcom warning.
BBC Director general Greg Dyke has labelled industry calls for BBC programming to be overseen by super-regulator Ofcom as 'dangerous', writes David Wood
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Thompson wants protection for C4.
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has called for safeguards to be put in place to protect his channel if UK broadcasting is opened up to foreign ownership, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Ratings - Blackburn victory wins Sunday night for ITV 1.
The final of ITV 1's celebrity version of Survivor got the sort of audience normally expected of the soaps, writes Jon Rogers
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IDEAL WORLD MAY FLOAT.
Ideal World Productions, the TV production house part-owned by the writer and broadcaster Muriel Gray, is
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SHEFFIELD DOC PRIZE.
The Sheffield Documentary Festival, which takes place between 21 and 27 October, is calling on new
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S4C TO LAUNCH WEBSITE.
Welsh public service broadcaster S4C is to launch a new bilingual website to showcase its programmes
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Panorama staff call for new slot.
A host of former Panorama editors and reporters have called on the BBC to restore the
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Ginger production head joins Evans indie.
Former Ginger head of production Clare Barton has joined her former boss Chris Evans at his new indie, UMTV, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Broadcast Awards 2003 call for entries.
The Broadcast Awards 2003 were launched this week with a call for readers to put forward
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SMG to get out of Scottish newspapers.
SMG is to refocus its business on radio and television after announcing it is to dispose of its publishing operations, writes Steve Aston
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Performance manager quits.
The general manager of the Performance channel, Bob Lynton, has fallen on his sword and resigned in order to save the arts channel from going out of business after it was dumped from the NTL platform, writes Paul Revoir
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BBC 3 to look at extreme lives.
THE BBC has commissioned Outline Productions to produce a major series for digital youth channel BBC 3, in spite of DCMS sources saying media secretary Tessa Jowell could turn down the channel again, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BOOTCAMP IS NEXT FOR CELEBS.
Granada is believed to be looking to make a celebrity version of its Bootcamp format, which
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Radio Authority stops short of news hubs ban.
The Radio Authority is to keep its rule that local news operations must remain within a radio station's catchment area, despite calls from some radio companies to create 'local news hubs', writes Georgina Lipscomb
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ITN aims to build business.
ITN has laid out plans to expand its programme-making side and grow its commercial business in
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Granada appointment shows commitment to Oz.
Granada has renewed its commitment to its Australian production business after poaching a senior executive from leading station Channel Nine, writes Steve Aston
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Barrymore's ITV future at risk.
Granada has moved to distance itself from former ITV star Michael Barrymore after the 'terrible publicity' surrounding details of the inquest into the death of a man at his house, writes Steve Aston
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UKTV pulls Play in favour of History.
BBC Worldwide and Flextech joint-venture UKTV is set to pull the plug on its Play UK channel three months early in order to concentrate on the launch of UK History on digital terrestrial television, writes Paul Revoir