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Besieged by Birt
The broadcaster Libby Purves recalls how Britain's radio tradition faced degradation ...
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Echostar, Hughes may fight regulator
Echostar and Hughes Electronics are considering a legal challenge against the Department of Justice ...
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BBC to pay over Antigua libel
The BBC agreed to pay 'substantial' libel damages to Lester Bird, the prime minister of Antigua ...
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TV viewers shun current affairs
The consumption of current affairs programmes as fallen by nearly a third since 1994 ...
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So simple for Simon to bank£30 million
The mastermind behind TV talent search Pop Idol earned£30 million from the show - a staggering 60 times the£500,0...
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BT Broadband starts life sellin in the slow lane
Long-suffering investors at BT are facing another bombshell as evidence mounts that demand for the telecoms giant's...
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Have we got a shrew for you: Anne is the new Angus
Anne Robinsom will front Have I Got News For You next week following the sacking of Angus Deayton. ...
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What am I going to do, all I know is being a TV presenter, says Leslie
Shamed television presenter John Leslie was last night ready to tell detectives investigating his alleged sex attac...
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Nigella the goddess is dethroned by Jamie
Nigella Lawson's new show is being dropped by Channel 4 as viewers lose their appetite for cookery programmes. ...
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Telewest faces collapse over£10m FRench debt
The survival of cable TV company Telewest eas under thrteat yesterday after French bank Credit Agricole filed a pet...
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Will Freeview be the ultimate TV turn-on?
This week's launch of the BBC's digital television service was accompanied by none of the razzmatazz, fanfares and ...
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Bectu warning over fire strike
Broadcasting union Bectu has called on broadcasters and studio staff to implement additional fire risk assessments in preparation for the proposed fire service strikes to avoid studio-based shows being cancelled, writes Steve Aston
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Granada seeks host
Granada daytime show This Morning is set to appoint a new presenter after sacking its current frontman John Leslie following allegations about his private life made on Channel 5 and in the tabloid press.Leslie left last week in a further blow to the show which has been surrounded by negative ...
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Peck honours those who went to war
The glut of films documenting the events of September 11 have been overlooked by judges of the 2002 Rory Peck Awards, who decided pieces on the ensuing war in Afghanistan were the most powerful images of the year, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Terrestrials and MPs lock out Sky
BSkyB has lashed out at its terrestrial rivals for excluding it from a private briefing to parliamentary all party broadcasting groups, in which they called for Sky to be forced to reduce the amount it charges to carry their channels, write Colin Robertson and Leigh ...
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UKTV reshuffle will drop editor roles for genre split
BBC 2 controller Jane Root's right-hand woman Charlotte Ashton is to join UKTV as its new head of factual programmes as part of a shake-up of the company's senior programme management team, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC: pay-TV channels could be free on DTT
Pay-TV operators may choose to offer their channels free of charge on the new BBC/Crown Castle digital terrestrial TV (DTT) platform Freeview, once it has reached at least 3 million households, according to BBC director of marketing and communications Andy Duncan, write Leigh Holmwood & ...
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Fremantle makes most of Idol
Fremantle Media is hoping to capitalise on the success of its Pop Idol format by setting up a music subsidiary, write Jon Rogers and Georgina Lipscomb
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Sheffield International Documentary Festival: Asian doc wins C4 public pitch
A documentary following British Asians who travel to India to find love scooped the£30,000 Channel 4 deal for emerging film-makers at the festival, amid fears the session could lead to indies' ideas being poached, writes Penny Hughes