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NEWS ANALYSIS - Change of tune for ITV?
As ITV packs the schedules with ratings-grabbers such as Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Men for Sale, Peter Keighron asks if it is backing away from its public service remit.
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OPINION - Fuzzy signals for Vivendi's liaison
Why has the Government only now decided to investigate Vivendi's purchase of a 24.5 per cent stake in BSkyB, even though this has been on the cards since the French group
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GENRE AUDIT: DOCUMENTARIES - Documentary in danger?
Are ever-tightening budgets and the rise of the docu-soap squeezing out the 'serious' documentary? Not necessarily, says Meg Carter, kicking off a three-page special.
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GENRE AUDIT: DOCUMENTARIES - The British disease
UK audiences may have lapped up docu-soaps but viewers in Europe and the US found them less appetising. Andy Fry reports on how UK distributors are fighting the handicap of being British to sell factual shows abroad.
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INTERVIEW - Man of the people
Granada Media chief executive Steve Morrison plans to empower Britain's citizens by launching education, health and public information channels. But is he muscling in on the BBC's traditional public service role?
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OFF THE RECORD - Animal magnetism
Channel 4 is obviously keen to wrestle the mantle of pornographer-in-chief back from Channel 5 if its latest natural history show about sexual diversity in the animal kingdom is anything to
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OFF THE RECORD - Millennium schmillennium
As the festive season looms closer, it's time for Off The Record's annual Bah Humbug award for the scrooge of the year. Given the increasingly tight-wadded world of TV, it's expected
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OFF THE RECORD - Dedicated followers
Never underestimate the power of Live TV. Its small but, er, dedicated band of viewers were apparently so distraught at the station's demise that they won't let go. Several punters who
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OFF THE RECORD - Rip-off Britain
Shock news from OTR's favourite in-house rag, Ariel. It appears that BBC staff have been paying nearly 50p more than their counterparts at Sky for exactly the same lunchtime sarnies. This
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OFF THE RECORD - Jumping ship
OTR watches with interest the development of Fox Kids' groovy new website (below), which is intent on becoming 'the key provider' of web content for children. Fox Kids UK's outgoing managing
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OFF THE RECORD - Too little, too late
Gavyn Davies, it would appear, reaches the parts of the BBC that some other funding review panels cannot reach. Legions of BBC staff stepped back in amazement when they received their
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Royle Family Tops Comedy Nods
The BBC's Royle Family tops nominations in this year's British Comedy Awards.
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Who will fill ITV's hot seat?
Tabitha Cole looks at the advertisersand programmers tipped to fill ITV's top job