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    Radio 1 finds a voice of youth

    2002-12-17T10:32:08Z

    The BBC has hired a little-know young disc-jockey to present Radio 1's most famous programme, the chart show on Sun...

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    'Paxo?' I'll give as good as I get?'

    2002-12-17T10:32:32Z

    Stephanie Flanders talks to Elizabeth Grice about landing one of the most demanding jobs on TV - and having a celeb...

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    Ah ha! County t get Alan Partridge trail

    2002-12-17T10:59:13Z

    Mass tourism in Norfolk could soon be bouncing back, thanks to Alan Partridge ...

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    Tuned to scandal as Archers affair swells audience by 250,000

    2002-12-17T10:59:42Z

    A steamy affair resulting in an illegitimate baby has hepled The Archers to attract its largest audience share in a...

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    Treasure Hunt can't find an audience

    2002-12-17T12:30:33Z

    Old favourite Emmerdale enjoyed its best night of the year while BBC 2's resurrection of the 1980s game show Treasure Hunt-best known for the outfits of Anneka Rice and endless shots of her bottom-failed to get off the ground last night, ...

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    OFT backs BSkyB pricing

    2002-12-17T13:53:37Z

    The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has surprised the broadcasting industry by today ruling that BSkyB has not breached competition law in its supply of premium sport and movie channels to third parties, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Sci-Fi Channel rapped

    2002-12-18T08:55:39Z

    The Sci-Fi Channel has been ticked off by the Independent Television Commission after screening a 15-rated film which included nudity and violence at lunchtime, writes Steve Aston

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    Deal brings extra cash for TV writers

    2002-12-18T09:00:32Z

    Producers' alliance Pact and the Writer's Guild for Great Britain (WGGB) have signed a new agreement for television scripts which will see writers given extra cash if their work is used on BBC 3 or BBC 4, writes Penny Hughes

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    New deal brings extra cash for TV writers

    2002-12-18T09:00:32Z

    Producers' alliance Pact and the Writer's Guild for Great Britain (WWGB) have signed a new agreement for television scripts which will see writers given extra cash if their work is used on BBC 3 or BBC 4, writes Penny Hughes

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    BBC to train video journalists in Newcastle

    2002-12-18T09:17:32Z

    The BBC has chosen BBC Newcastle as the base for its new training facility for multi-skilled video journalists, writes Steve Aston

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    Dominant Sky not guilty in pay-TV row

    2002-12-18T09:52:41Z

    Satellite television operator BSkyB was given an early Christmas present yesterday when the Office of Fair Trading ...

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    £15m telly Minnelli row

    2002-12-18T09:58:49Z

    Oscar winner Liza Minnelli is suing a music channel for£15million for pulling the plug on her reality TV show. ...

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    BSkyB cleared

    2002-12-18T10:00:43Z

    Satellite TV operator BSkyB was given an early Christmas present yesterday as the Office of Fair Trading ruled it w...

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    Square Basher

    2002-12-18T10:01:32Z

    Corrie boss vows to bury TV rivals. ...

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    BSkyB slips off the hook as OFT turns tail

    2002-12-18T10:07:16Z

    BSkyB emerged victorious from a three-year battle with regulators yesterday when the office of fair trading cleared...

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    BBC 'wastes viewer fees on fruitless evasion checks'

    2002-12-18T10:09:37Z

    The BBC is wasting viewers' money on fruitless licence payment enforcement visits to millions of homes, a Commons i...

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    Blur with some bright spots

    2002-12-18T10:10:05Z

    If there was one problem above any other with the television of 2002, it was the fact that it was so much like the ...

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    Christmas presents come early for BSkyB

    2002-12-18T10:10:33Z

    Christmas has come a little early for British Sky Broadcasting. The Office of Fair Trading yesterday surprised the...

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    Wheelchair Challenge gains over 2.5m viewers

    2002-12-18T11:58:34Z

    Controversial Channel 4 programme Celebrity Wheelchair Challenge, which saw three celebrities attempt to travel from Edinburgh to London in wheelchairs, gave the channel some ammunition with which to defend itself last night after performing well in the ratings, writes Luke ...

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    M2 recruits manager

    2002-12-18T12:09:18Z

    Former MD of Technicolor Imaging Keith Williams has joined Soho facility M2 as general manager. Williams, who was also a founder of Soho 601 and managing director of TVI, said: 'I've gone to work for some people I've got respect for and who I like working with. M2 has a ...