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Telewest sells stake in SMG
Telewest, the debt-laden UK cable group, has continued the clean up of its balance sheet with the sale of its 17 pe...
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Bertelsmann is left at a loss
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, the financial holding of Belgian financier Albert Frère, took Bertelsmann by surprise yes...
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Burrell hopes for£6m TV quiz show deal
Paul Burrell, is to shrug off the criticism of his revelations about the Queen and host a television quiz show on s...
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Telewest sells SMG stake
Telewest yesterday raised just over£45 million after the debt-laden telecoms company placed a 17 per cent stake in...
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Jimmy young quits the BBC
Sir Jimmy Young is quitting the BBC after changing his mind about staying on without his lunchtime show on Radio 2....
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Scottish Media takes prominence on a busy newsstand
Scottish Media Group declared itself 'well pleased' yesterday after Telewest Communications announced it had finall...
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Last bid to can 'three plus one'
Commercial radio companies have made a last ditch attempt to persuade the government to change the controversial 'three plus one' local radio ownership rule proposed in the draft communications bill, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Al Jazeera for the UK
Controversial Arabic news channel Al Jazeera is looking to increase its clout in the UK with plans for a new English-language service and carriage deals with NTL and Telewest, writes Paul Revoir
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BBC to create ride based on wildlife show
Sir David Attenborough's new BBC 1 landmark natural history series The Life of Mammals is to be turned into a tourist attraction after BBC Worldwide signed a deal to create its first ever simulator ride, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Daws backs new comedy indie
Victoria Real chairman and co-founder Richard Daws has set up a separate radio and TV comedy production company and has poached Steve Coogan's head of development to help run it, writes Jon Rogers
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ITV hits back at ITC international warning
ITV has clashed with the Independent Television Commission (ITC) after the regulator warned it must continue to make extra money available to its news service to ensure quality reporting of international events, writes Steve Aston
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Ratings high for Living TV
Living TV is looking to launch a regular chat show after recording the third highest share in multichannel homes on Halloween night, writes Paul Revoir
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Paramount in fresh co-production push
Paramount Comedy Channel is on the lookout for a series of new co-production deals to refresh its bank of original UK content and has poached Trouble channel editor Heather Jones to spearhead the drive, writes Paul Revoir
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Ten Alps invests in politics shows
Bob Geldof's media outfit Ten Alps Communications is gearing up for a major a push into TV political programming after paying£4.5m for factual independent company Brook Lapping Productions, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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On Demand finds funds for European VOD push
UK video-on-demand (VOD) consultancy On Demand Group has secured a£10m investment to develop cable VOD services in Europe, writes David Wood
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Vote now for year's best new show
The BBC's Walking with Beasts, Channel 4 drama Shackleton and ITV's I'm a Celebrity?Get Me Out of Here! top the list for Broadcast's second annual readers' poll for the best new programme of the year
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Channel 5 in hot pursuit of reality hit
A member of the public will be given the chance to become a Formula 1 racing driver trained by Jensen Button as part of a major new reality series for Channel 5, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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VC cash to boost Mersey's coffers
Brookside producer Mersey Television has secured a multimillion pound investment from venture capital company LDC in a deal that will allow it to expand and move away from relying on ideas from founder Phil Redmond, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsBBC business guru Thirkell quits for start-up
The man behind the BBC's recent boom in business programming, Robert Thirkell, is leaving the corporation in what will be a blow to director general Greg Dyke's aspirations to make business coverage one of the BBC's top priorities, writes Leigh Holmwood
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RatingsGardners from Hell doubles ITV 1 share in Mr Right slot
ITV 1's decision to shunt its struggling dating show Mr Rightout of peaktime seems to have been vindicated after it's replacement, Gardeners from Hell, doubled the commercial broadcasters' audience in the slot, writes Jon Rogers