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Nervy TV Gazza is back on the booze
Paul Gascoigne is drinking again because appearing on telly as a World Cup pundit has left him a nervous wreck. ...
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TV to end regime of secrecy
The secrecy that has surrounded EU ministerial meetings for more than 40 years is to be partially lifted from next ...
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BBC apologises to Queen over 'scruffy' TV crews at Ascot
The BBC apologised to the Queen yesterday because three film crews had offended her by being too casually dressed a...
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Presenter died from rare brain infection
The BBC presenter Christopher Price died from a rare brain disease similar to meningitis, an inquest was told. ...
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Publishers plan KirchMedia bid
Axel Spinger and Heinrich Bauer Verlag, the German publishers, say they will form a consortium to bid for KirchMedi...
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BBC only, but ITV have gift of the Gabby
Nationwide League officials and clubs are urging people to watch England on BBC tomorrow. ...
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TV Chris killed by a brain bug, not by drugs
Rising Tv star Christopher Price died alone from a rare brain bug similar to meningitis, it was revealed yesterday....
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NewsBBC drama investigates Hatfield train disaster
The events surrounding the train crashes at Paddington and Hatfield which left 35 people dead and brought the railway industry to its knees are to be recreated in a hard-hitting new BBC docu-drama that is expected to heap further pressure on the government over the state of Britain's railways, ...
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NewsRow brews over DTT bids
A row has broken out between the BBC and ITV after the corporation threatened to withhold support for digital terrestrial television if ITV's bid to take over the former ITV Digital multiplexes succeeded, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsITV kids chief goes solo
Former Granada director of children's Dan Maddicott, who also executive produced ITV success The Worst Witch, has resurfaced with his own production company, Indie Kids, writes Steve Aston
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NewsC4 rejigs factual commissioning
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson is in the process of streamlining the popular factual commissioning process as part of a wider restructure that is expected to be unveiled within the next fortnight, writes Penny Hughes
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Industry slams spectrum tax
Broadcasters have warned parliament they will have to cut back on original programmes if the government presses ahead with its highly controversial plan to charge them a spectrum tax, writes David Rose
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BBC 3 verdict expected before recess
Media secretary Tessa Jowell is expected to announce her long-awaited decision on the BBC's proposed new digital youth channel, BBC 3, next month, ending almost a year of tense politicking , writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC opposes US investment
The BBC has added its voice to concern over the government's plans to allow US investment in ITV, claiming that the new rule should be iced until the Bush administration in the US grants the same concessions to UK broadcasters, writes David Rose
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Sky One hires chief buyer
Sky One has appointed a former Channel 4 film buyer to be its new head of acquisitions - one of the channel's key executive roles, writes Paul Revoir
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Granada academy will tear up TV's rulebook
Granada has launched a new East Anglia-based academy in a bid to 'change the rulebooks on how TV is made', writes Steve Aston
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News sale gives ITN cash boost
ITN could make a further£5m a year in extra programme fees following Carlton and Granada's decision to buy out its stake in its ITN News Channel joint-venture and rebrand it as an ITV proposition, writes Steve Aston
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At The Races chief jumps
At the races chief executive Chris Stoddart has resigned from the interactive horseracing channel after only a year in the saddle, writes Paul Revoir
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Parmar signs up for bid
Yorkshire-based Sunrise Radio chief executive Usha Parmar has joined Club Asia's bid for the AM London radio licence currently held by Liberty Radio