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    EastEnd Trevor gets fired

    2002-09-12T10:04:37Z

    EastEnders star Alex Ferns has revealed that his character, violent Trevor Morgan, will be killed when the Slaters'...

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    TV on trial as umpires get extra help

    2002-09-12T10:01:59Z

    International cricket will embark upon a controversial experiment with increased use of technology to assist umpire...

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    Vivendi may discard CPT

    2002-09-12T10:01:33Z

    The pay-TV smart card company that has accused a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp of trying to destroy riva...

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    Freeserve architect enters TV market

    2002-09-12T10:01:07Z

    Peter Wilkinson, the architect of internet service provider Freeserve, has emerged as the chairman and largest inve...

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    Granada closes its famed film unit

    2002-09-12T10:00:47Z

    The British film industry received a fresh blow yesterday when it emerged that Granada was closing the production u...

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    Losses at Granada force closure of its film-making wing

    2002-09-12T10:00:23Z

    The British film industry was dealt another blow yesterday when Granada said it was scaling back its award-winning ...

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    Pressure for change mounts on Disney

    2002-09-12T09:59:48Z

    An activist New York investor is trying to rally Walt Disney's largest share-holders to press the troubled media co...

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    KirchMedia sale may exclude sport

    2002-09-12T09:57:24Z

    The long awaited sale of KirchMedia, the main operating unit of the collapsed Kirch empire, could exclude its sport...

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    Lib Dems to save BBC from Ofcom

    2002-09-12T09:48:51Z

    The BBC is set to be saved from being brought under the immediate control of Ofcom after the Liberal Democrats decided to back media secretary Tessa Jowell, who is determined to preserve the corporation's governors and keep her back-stop powers rather than yield them to the new super-regulator, ...

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    Performance manager quits

    2002-09-12T09:44:06Z

    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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    Dyke calls for spectrum tax review

    2002-09-12T09:35:43Z

    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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    Confusion hinders Freeview roll-out

    2002-09-12T09:32:59Z

    The BBC/Crown Castle digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform Freeview is set to miss its expected launch date of late October amid indecision over the platform's channel line-up and technical capacity, writes Paul Revoir

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    ITN aims to build business

    2002-09-11T17:16:20Z

    ITN has laid out plans to expand its programme-making side and grow its commercial business in a concerted bid to put the troubles of the past 12 months behind it, writes Steve Aston

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    BBC 3 to look at extreme lives

    2002-09-11T17:15:20Z

    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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    Radio Authority stops short of news hubs ban

    2002-09-11T17:14:39Z

    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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    Bootcamp is next for celebs

    2002-09-11T17:14:01Z

    Granada is believed to be looking to make a celebrity version of its Bootcamp format, which would see D-list stars put through tough military training exercises, after the runaway ratings success of its I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of ...

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    Granada appointment shows commitment to Oz

    2002-09-11T17:13:23Z

    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

    2002-09-11T17:12:40Z

    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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    Thompson calls on Ofcom for protection

    2002-09-11T14:48:53Z

    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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    Liberty Media's 4MC replaces md

    2002-09-11T13:08:55Z

    Liberty Livewire-owned post facility 4MC has replaced managing director Ray Adams with post supervisor and co-producer of HBO's Band of BrothersBruce Everett, writes Will Strauss