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    Lygo's arrival at C4 costs Lux her job

    2003-09-25T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 head of entertainment Danielle Lux has left the broadcaster suddenly after her post was made redundant, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Search for new sky chief widens

    2003-09-25T08:30:00Z

    BSkyB has instructed corporate head-hunters to find it a new chief executive in a bid to calm fears from City investors that chairman Rupert Murdoch is trying to shoo-in his youngest son, James, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    Davies: we were right to trust Gilligan

    2003-09-25T08:30:00Z

    BBC chairman Gavyn Davies defended the BBC governors' role in the Dr David Kelly affair again this week, saying it was right that they should not have investigated the accuracy of Andrew Gilligan's original report, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Peter Stothard joins board at September

    2003-09-25T08:30:00Z

    Sir Peter Stothard, the former editor of The Times, is to enter the indie sector with a board-level role at September Films, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Wi-cam-c launches

    2003-09-25T00:00:01Z

    BBC WiScape has introduced a new camera to its wireless camera family. The Wi-Cam-C is a more lightweight and flexible system that is designed especially for ENG (electronic news gathering). According to BBC WiScape, the camera is different from any other wireless camera currently available because it is 'simple to ...

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    Ball nets£2.6m pay-off

    2003-09-24T10:55:12Z

    Tony Ball will walk away with a pay-off of up to£2.6m when he quits as chief executive of BSkyB, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    Avago MD quits

    2003-09-24T10:45:38Z

    Debbie Mason is giving up her role as managing director of gambling channel Avago, the channel she launched just over a year ago, following a management shake-up by its owner, The Gaming Channel, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    Emap cools on radio deals

    2003-09-24T10:41:53Z

    Media group Emap has said it will hold back from embarking on an aggressive acquisition campaign of radio stations claiming prices were too high, writes Michael Rosser.

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    You Can't Take It With You (BBC2) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star

    2003-09-24T09:13:00Z

    'Any good programme idea will be nicked sooner or later. Can't Take It With You (BBC2) may have been in production ...

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    You Can't Take it With You (BBC2) - Joe Joseph, The Times

    2003-09-24T09:08:00Z

    'The misery provoked by contested wills of the famous rich provides the fuel for You Can't Take it with You, a new ...

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    Too Good to be True (ITV1) - Rupert Smith, The Guardian

    2003-09-24T09:02:00Z

    'The last 20 minutes was almost Hitchcockian in its manipulation of suspense, and featured the most sinister bouque...

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    Too Good to be True (ITV1) - Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph

    2003-09-24T08:57:00Z

    'It was a credit to the twisted weave of the script that by the beginning of last night's conclusion it wasn't at a...

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    The Shield (C5) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror

    2003-09-24T08:54:00Z

    'The Shield's absence will leave a hole unlikely to be filled by British detective shows such as, um, Rosemary & Th...

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    Ball quits Sky

    2003-09-23T11:13:50Z

    Tony Ball has quit as chief executive of BSkyB, the company announced this morning, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    ITV to dump News at Ten

    2003-09-23T10:49:08Z

    ITV is back in discussions with the Independent Television Commission in an effort to move its News at Ten programme to 22.30, writes Paul Revoir

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    RSPCA slams 'cruel' ITV show

    2003-09-23T10:37:36Z

    A coalition of leading animal charities has condemned ITV's decision to screen a new show in which humans compete against animals and have called on viewers to boycott the channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Penguin pushes into TV production

    2003-09-23T10:28:48Z

    Pearson-owned publishing giant Penguin is to launch to a television division specialising in factual documentaries and children's programming, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Too Good to be True (ITV1) - Joe Joseph, The Times

    2003-09-23T09:58:00Z

    'The plot is like a saucepan simmering so gently on the stove that you find yourself constantly checking the gas bu...

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    Too Good to be True (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express

    2003-09-23T09:56:00Z

    'To say episode one was a bit slow is like saying that treacle doesn't move uphill very quickly. It felt like a 90-...

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    Breaking the Silence (ITV1) - Rupert Smith, The Guardian

    2003-09-23T09:53:00Z

    'ITV1's Breaking the Silence: A Special Report by John Pilger was an astonishing piece of television that should be...