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    BBC deems PBS link-up success.

    2002-09-13T17:17:12Z

    BBC head of current affairs Peter Horrocks says he is hopeful the corporation will undertake more co-productions with US public service broadcaster PBS after the success of a show based on the recent Earth Summit, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Lib Dems to save BBC from Ofcom.

    2002-09-13T17:17:12Z

    The BBC is set to be saved from being brought under the immediate control of Ofcom

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    Willis says majority of American TV is 'dross'.

    2002-09-13T17:17:12Z

    Former United Productions chief executive John Willis has hit out at suggestions that the US is leading the way in the creation of quality TV programmes, claiming American TV schedules are a 'cultural desert' filled with a 'huge amount of dross', writes C

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    NEW MUSIC CHANNEL.

    2002-09-13T17:17:12Z

    A free-to-view music channel produced in the same style as the former ITV Saturday favourite The

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    ENT RIGHTS RESULTS.

    2002-09-13T17:17:12Z

    Entertainment Rights, the company that owns the rights to Postman Pat and Basil Brush, has reported

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    FREESERVE MAN QUITS.

    2002-09-13T17:17:12Z

    Peter Wilkinson, one of the original founders of internet service provider Freeserve, has turned his back

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    C4'S EMMY TRIUMPH.

    2002-09-13T17:17:12Z

    Channel 4 scooped three gongs at the 23rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards, held in New

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    Confusion hinders Freeview roll-out.

    2002-09-13T17:17:11Z

    The BBC/Crown Castle digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform Freeview is set to miss its expected launch

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    Dyke leads lobby for spectrum tax review.

    2002-09-13T17:17:11Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke led calls this week for the government to review the amount of spectrum tax it levies on the corporation's commercial rivals ITV and Channel 5, writes David Wood

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    New Setanta channel

    2002-09-13T17:17:00Z

    The Setanta Sport channel, which shows Gaelic football and hurling on Sky Digital, has expanded to

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    Keating commissions historical strand

    2002-09-13T14:57:02Z

    BBC 4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a new strand of debates which feature witnesses of key events in contemporary history, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Thomson Grass Valley Goes Wireless

    2002-09-13T12:22:13Z

    Thomson Grass Valley is expected to cause a bit of a stir at IBC as it shows for the first time a digital wireless camera system, writes Barbara Marshall

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    New moniker for Thomson Grass Valley

    2002-09-13T12:17:19Z

    Thomson Grass Valley revealed at IBC yesterday (Thursday 12 September) that its entire product range will soon be rebranded under the 'Grass Valley, a Thomson brand' moniker, writes Barbara Marshall

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    Family Affairs re-commissioned

    2002-09-13T10:57:06Z

    Channel 5 has given its home-grown soap Family Affairs a vote of confidence by re-commissioning the show for another year, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Street turns corner

    2002-09-13T10:07:30Z

    Coronation Street topped the TV ratings charts 20 times this year - twice as many times as rival EastEnders, new fi...

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    People, not plots take Coronation street back to the top

    2002-09-13T10:04:46Z

    Coronation Street has regained its place as Britain's favourite soap. ...

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    TV star stays silent on inquest drugs questions

    2002-09-13T09:53:34Z

    Michael Barrymore refused to answer questions about drugs at an inquest yesterday ...

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    Place your bets on BBC Three

    2002-09-13T09:53:09Z

    A very odd silence has enveloped the BBC's application to the government for permission to launch BBC Three ...

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    Barrymore ducks questions on cocaine use

    2002-09-13T09:52:47Z

    Inquest told of alcohol-fuelled party that ended with guest's death ...

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    Barrymore 'rubbed cocaine in mouth' of partygoer who died

    2002-09-13T09:52:22Z

    Michael Barrymore refused to answer questions yesterday about whether cocaine had been taken at his house the night...