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    Tivo study predicts death of primetime TV

    2002-03-05T16:25:00Z

    Research says almost three-quarters of PVR users do not watch programmes in primetime

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    BT gets 15-year broadcast licence

    2002-03-05T14:59:00Z

    ITC hands telecommunications giant the capability to rival NTL and Telewest but TV output remains some way off

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    Posh pulls 8.3 million

    2002-03-05T14:00:00Z

    ITV 1 profile of Victoria Beckham provides bumper audience for broadcaster as new David Suchet drama on BBC 1 fails to compete

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    BBC appoints new controller of daytime

    2002-03-04T17:04:00Z

    Current creative director of daytime factual entertainment Alison Sharman gets the nod

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    RTL earnings plunge 35 per cent

    2002-03-04T16:26:00Z

    Channel 5 owner reports overall loss of£1.52bn as goodwill write-off hits hard

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    MIPTV moves to March

    2002-03-04T16:20:00Z

    Organisers Red Midem re-schedule show following pressure from delegates

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    RTL earning plunge 35 per cent

    2002-03-04T16:08:00Z

    Channel 5 owner reports overall loss of£1.52bn as goodwill write-off hits hard

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    BBC 4 launch proves a BBC 2 turn-off

    2002-03-04T16:08:00Z

    Corporation's decision to simulcast BBC 4's opening night on BBC 2 backfires as Channel averages a mere 4.2 per cent share for the night

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    New BBC 1 comedy roughed-up by SAS

    2002-03-04T15:52:00Z

    Rescue Me starring Sally Phillips makes a poor start as BBC 2's SAS: Are You Tough Enough takes 4 million

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    Starkey lands£2m for Channel 4 handcuffs deal

    2002-03-04T10:46:00Z

    Historian becomes highest paid performer on British television with new£80,000 per hour contract

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    Telewest posts£2 billion loss

    2002-03-01T15:55:00Z

    £1.13 billion Flextech write-off plunges cable firm into the red but shares surge at 26 per cent rise in core earnings

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    RTS Television Journalism Awards

    2002-03-01T15:08:00Z

    Full list of winners from last night's event at the London Hilton

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    Bad Girls returns strongly

    2002-03-01T12:26:00Z

    Prison drama attracts over 7 million viewers as elsewhere Banzai's poor run continues

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    Endemol regains indie status in DCMS U-turn.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has agreed to reinstate the independent status of Endemol UK and Cafe Productions in a move that will have ramifications for the entire

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    Ali G: From Staines to NYC.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Ali G, scourge of the politically correct, is set to become a major feature of one the most conservative TV markets in the world after inking a deal with US network HBO, writes Penny Hughes.

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    BBC board reforms need 'further explanation'.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    BBC Chairman Gavyn Davies moved this week to reform the BBC board of governors amid criticism that the changes did not go far enough to address concerns over independent regulation, writes Lucy Rouse.

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    Pre-emptive ITV merger is dumped.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Plans by Granada and Carlton to merge elements of their businesses before new broadcasting legislation comes into effect have been postponed, Carlton admitted this week, writes Steve Aston.

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    BBC should take risks in politics.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The BBC must take more risks in the way it covers politics and come up with more innovative programmes, which could even include a political version of Big Brother, according to

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    Editor leaves Richard and Judy.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4's ailing Richard and Judy chatshow has been dealt another blow with the departure of its editor, Karen Smith, writes Steve Aston.

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    ITC rules on ITV Sport Sky ads.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has ordered BSkyB to accept advertising from rival ITV Digital but banned much of the digital terrestrial broadcaster's ITV Sport Channel campaign, writes Simon Ellery.