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BBC renews conflict of interest guide for staff
The BBC has warned its most senior presenters that they must get managers' approval in advance of their freelance w...
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Chairmen take to the streets in ITV protest
In normal circumstances the sight of a placard is enough to send them scurrying for cover in fear of being hounded ...
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Telewest bondholders claim Liberty Media offer is 'illegal'
The billionaire John Malone's Liberty Media yesterday extended the deadline for its offer to buy up bonds in the tr...
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ITV to show 'cruel' documentary about Jeremy Thorpe trial
An ITV documentary about the sensational 1979 trial of Jeremy Thorpe, who was cleared of conspiracy to murder Norma...
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BBC accused of ducking interrogation on annual report after dropping press conference
The BBC was accused last night of dodging public scrutiny of its annual report after cancelling a press conference ...
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The Six Nations in hunt for sponsor and TV deal
The Six Nations unions are coming under overwhelming pressure to conclude their television contract negotiations in...
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Claims in Thorpe case revived for 'trial by TV'
ITV is to broadcast a documentary about Jeremy Thorpe, the former Liberal Party leader cleared in 1979 of conspirac...
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Cannabis shown on GMTV is seized
GMTV, the breakfast television show best known for its comfy sofas and saccharine celebrity interviews, was the unl...
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The game kicks back as TV toll grows
Some eighty executives from more than fifty football clubs waved placards outside the London offices of Carlton and...
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Artsworld TV channel 'killed by BBC rival'
Artsworld, the digital television channel created by Sir Jeremy Isaacs, will announce today that it is closing 18 m...
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Friends condemn TV retrial of sick Thorpe
Friends of Mr Thorpe, including Michael Foot, the broadcaster Peter Jay and a former Bishop of Coventry have signed...
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Top BBC presenters in row over conflict of interests
Senior BBC presenters were in revolt last night over a management edict that they must submit any freelance work to...
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Liddiment role to be beefed up
Carlton and Granada are looking to enhance the ITV director of channels job in the wake of David Liddiment's decision last week to quit the channel after five years, writes Colin Robertson
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Cable deal is approved
AT&T and Comcast shareholders overwhelmingly approved plans by the companies to create the nation's largest cable o...
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Kirch in loan conversion plan
Bayerische Landesbank and HVB Group are planning to convert a loan to Kirch's PayTV unit into an equity stake in Pr...
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Liberty media extends deadline
Liberty Media has extended the deadline on its cash tender for bonds in Telewest, the debt-laden cable company. ...
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BBC radio may need rejig to keep share
BBC Radios 1 and 2 may have to be repositioned once again within the next five years in order to retain their market share, according to a new report, writes Steve Aston
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BBC puts off factual reforms yet again
Disgruntled staff in the BBC's general factual department will have to wait until the end of the summer for its troubled commissioning system to be overhauled, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Jowell to face lobby over third world docs
Third world pressure group 3WE is to lobby media secretary Tessa Jowell next week to stiffen the communication bills requirements for broadcasters to cover developing world issues, writes David Wood
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UK History to be run by UK Horizons
The new UK History channel, proposed as part of the successful BBC/Crown Castle DTT bid, will be run by the UK Horizons team, it was revealed this week, writes Paul Revoir