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FREE TO AIR - BBC needs pruning back.
A favourite volume on my shelf of media titles is Michael Leapman's spectacularly unprescient The Last Days of the Beeb. It was published in 1986 after the Real Lives furore, a disappointing licence fee settlement and the parachuting in of Michael Grade to forestall a ratings collapse
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TRADE TALK - Flying high again.
Could new funding and the appointment of Franny Moyle as head of arts commissioning mean BBC arts' long period in the doldrums is ending?
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IN MY VIEW - Mark Rowland, managing director, international at the Television Corporation.
On how importing the American style of business over here might not be a bad idea
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ON THE BOX - Going into extra time.
C4 commissioning editor multicultural Yasmin Anwar preferred the extra contestants in Elimidate Uncut to Dennis Hopper in 24
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Troubled waters?
When it comes to the future of digital TV, analysts have always singled out cable as the smart choice in the long term. But does Adam Singer's resignation from Telewest reveal that the UK cable operator is all at sea?
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YTV'S REGIONAL BOOST.
ITV franchise Yorkshire Television (YTV) has estimated it made a contribution of around #85m to its
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KUMARS SOLD TO US.
Indie Hat Trick Productions has sold the format to the BBC 2 comedy chat show The
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West midlands stations enjoy steady growth.
The west midlands has shown itself to be a solid region for radio growth, according to the latest Rajar figures, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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RTE closer to Teamtalk 252 deal.
UK betting has entered exclusive negotiations to sell radio station Teamtalk 252 to Irish state broadcaster RTE after last week taking the station off air with the loss of up to 40 jobs, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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World Cup gives 5 Live record year.
BBC Radio's decision to base 5 Live in Japan and Korea throughout the World Cup appears
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Football League bosses resign.
The Football League's failed #178.5m High Court action against Carlton and Granada has claimed the heads of chairman Keith Harris and chief executive David Burns, writes David Wood
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Refinancing is key to Telewest merger.
Telewest's new managing director, Charles Burdick, has indicated that the cable business will be forced to
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4LEARNING MAKES MODERN-DAY TWELFTH NIGHT.
4Learning, Channel 4's education arm, has commissioned a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which presents
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OSF SENDS FAST SHOW'S WILLIAMS OUT ON BOAT.
Fast Show star Mark Williams is set to front a new history and science series by
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BBCI TO CLEAN UP WITH NEW WEB-BASED SITCOM.
The BBC is to launch a new sitcom written for and aired exclusively on its BBCi
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MUSIC BOX PRODUCES KERRANG AWARDS SHOW.
Television Corporation subsidiary Music Box has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a 60-minute special
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GREEN INC WINS NOSTALGIA RECOMMISSIONS.
BBC Northern Ireland head of broadcast Tim Cook and head of entertainment Mike Edgar have recommissioned
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DAILY SOAP TO FEATURE ON BBC ASIAN NETWORK.
BBC radio drama is to produce a new daily 'Asian soap' to broadcast on the new
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SHENNAN PULLS PLUG ON R5'S SUNDAY SERVICE.
BBC Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has axed the network's critically acclaimed politics programme Sunday
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C4 brings to life 'mad, bad' poet.
The team behind Channel 4's acclaimed Shackleton and Longitude dramas is developing a multimillion pound two-part