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BSkyB writes off£1bn Kirch stake
Chief executive Tony Ball says KirchPayTV parent Taurus Holding will not be able to honour 'put' option forcing it to buy back 22 per cent stake
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BSkyB writes off 1bn Kirch stake
Chief executive Tony Ball says KirchPayTV parent Taurus Holding will not be able to honour 'put' option forcing it to buy back 22 per cent stake
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Clocking Off proves another turn-off
BBC 1 drama loses more viewers as elsewhere Banzai makes a quiet return
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C5 ups arts output
Broadcaster looks to live up to is increased public service pledge with raft of new commissions
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Redmond indie to revamp Grange Hill.
Phil Redmond, the creator of BBC 1's long-running school drama Grange Hill, is set to take over its production through his independent company Mersey Television as part of an attempt to
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Abramsky slates Birt's bi-media strategy.
BBC director of radio and music Jenny Abramsky has attacked former director general John Birt's decision to split the corporation into separate broadcast and production divisions, claiming the 'flawed' strategy left BBC radio staff feeling 'sidelined and
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ITV unions up in arms over Granada fund.
ITV Unions this week averted action over a #124m write-off in Granada's pension fund, writes Steve Aston.
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BAFTA'S BIG AD.
Richard E Grant is to star in a big budget cinema trailer promoting the BBC's coverage of the Bafta Film Awards on 24 February, writes Leigh Holmwood. The ad, which hits
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Jowell to move quickly to appoint Ofcom chairman.
Media secretary Tessa Jowell is to move swiftly to appoint the first chair of Ofcom even though the media regulator will not take up its full powers until next summer at the earliest, writes David Rose.
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Al-Jazeera breaks off ties with CNN.
CNN newsgathering president Eason Jordan has launched a scathing attack on the former darling of the news community Al-Jazeera, intensifying the war of words over the Qatar-based channel's exclusive interview with
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BBC looks for secret of cool.
The BBC is conducting an 11th hour study into the competitive children's television market just days ahead of the launch of its two new kids channels and has roped in former Carlton kids chief Michael Forte to oversee it, writes Simon Ellery.
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C4 TO OFFER INTERACTIVE FIFTEEN TO ONE.
Channel 4 is to launch its first fully interactive quiz show by allowing Sky Digital viewers to play its long-running general knowledge quiz Fifteen to One, writes Simon Ellery. Sky viewers
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Blaxill rejoins Capital.
Former Top of the Pops producer Ric Blaxill is rejoining Capital 95.8 FM as deputy programme controller, writes Georgina Lispcomb.
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Indie Straight TV goes to the wall.
Manchester-based indie Straight TV, producer of the now defunct Channel 4/Trouble series Planet Pop, has gone into voluntary liquidation just before its fifth anniversary, writes Jon Rogers.
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Edinburgh TV festival lines up advisers.
The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) has announced the line-up for its advisory committee for this year's festival, writes Jon Rogers.
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C5 to aim for greater range.
Channel 5 has criticised the 'increasing homogenisation of the established broadcasters' and promised to have 'editorial ambitions that are consciously different' from other broadcasters, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Sky raps 'illogical' rules.
BSkyB has hit out at the government's cross-media ownership rules, branding them 'illogical' and 'discriminatory', writes David Wood.
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Bennett decision gets wide support.
TLC executive vice-president and general manager Jana Bennett's appointment as the BBC's first female director of television this week has been welcomed across the industry, with many observers suggesting a 'commercial
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ANSON ON BROADBAND.
Former Channel 4 head of business planning and interactive Andy Anson has resurfaced as joint head of a government-funded scheme to study the development of content for broadband networks. Anson will
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BT'S BLAND IN TV RETREAT.
BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland has backtracked on earlier comments about turning the telecoms group into a broadcaster and programme producer. Speaking to the House of Commons media select committee, he