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Sacked Afghan TV chief refuses to go
The head of Afghan television was refusing to leave his post yesterday after he was sacked for banning women from t...
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Vivendi's Messier 'faces palace coup by Chirac'
Jean-Marie Messier, the controversial architect of the Vivendi media and water empire, was close to being outed las...
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Kabul TV chief ignites row after banning women from singing on air
The new Afghan government of Hamid Karzai is trying to resolve a dispute after the head of the country's broadcasti...
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Boardroom coup ends Messier's reign at Vivendi
Jean-Marie Messier, the embattled chief executive of the media giant Vivendi Universal, agreed to resign yesterday ...
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The battle for rolling news
For the first time, BBC News 24 has recorded better figures than Sky News - or has it? As an inquiry into the BBC c...
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Shipman victims' families protest over TV film
Families of the victims of Harold Shipman yesterday condemned the decision to screen a dramatisation of the case da...
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World's biggest radio gorup eyes British stations
The chief executive of US company Clear Channel, the world's biggest operator in the radio sector, last night admit...
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Messier heads for the exit
Jean-Marie Messier, the embattled chief executive of Vivendi Universal, was last night on the verge of quitting aft...
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Embarrassment at Keith Harris's Radio First
Keith Harris, chairman of the Football League and champion of its£178.5m claim against the owners of ITV Digital, ...
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Return of Dr Who
One of the best-loved heroes in television history is to step out of his blue police box and back on to our TV scre...
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Why a third way may not work for the BBC
The popping of champagne corks may soon be heard in the executive offices at BBC Television Centre. The Government...
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Ex-C5 boss on board at rights co
Former Channel 5 chief executive David Elstein has joined the board of Aim-listed Sports and Leisure, a company whi...
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Philip and his fillies
Prince Edward has piled fresh embarrassment onthe Royal Family after his film company helped cast doubt on his own ...
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£100m shot in TV ratings war
ITV is to invest an extra£100 million on new programmes next year in an attempt to win back the ratings crown from...
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BBC wins Cup final TV battle
BBC bosses celebrated their own World Cup victory yesterday when it emerged they had four times as many viewers for...
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Shipman TV movie plea fails
TV bosses yeseterday put off the broadcast of a controversial documentary about serial killer Harold Shipman. ...
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BT's fears over cable tie-up
Piere Danon, chief executive of BT Retail, has admitted that he fears a merger between broadband rivals NTL and Tel...
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Footie fury on digital telly deal
Furious Football League bosses are urging telly watchdogs NOT to award the new digital TV licence to ITV firms Carl...
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Why ITV are right to screen the film of Shipman murders
Next week, ITV1 will screen one of the most gripping murder mysteries ever to be shown on television. Called simpl...