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RatingsJade comes good for C4
In times of hardship, broadcasters turn to their big guns, and so it was with Channel 4 last night as they wheeled out the biggest success story to come out of their biggest show - Big Brother's Jade Goody - to halt the channel's slide in the ratings, ...
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ITV wins the pop rivalry
ITV's talent show Popstars: The Rivals has shown the BBC the true meaning of rivalry with the audience for its firs...
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A traveller's tale from Sheffield to the Sahara
As Michael Palin's new series begins, the former Monty Python star tells of the early experiences that fired his im...
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Fame Academy fails to wow viewers
The BBC's much hyped Fame Academytalent show has proved to be a turn-off for viewers. ...
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BBC winning ratings but losing its purpose
Greg Dyke is a great businessman and a hopeless politician. The director general of the BBC is one of those people ...
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Vivendi stands ground on price of assets
Vivendi Universal, the troubles French conglomerate, has warned potential bidders for its publishing assets that it...
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Brookside pair look set for chopper
Is this the end for long-suffering Brookside hairdresser Diane Murray? ...
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Radio groups consider top of the charts show
Some of the UK's largest publicly-quoted radio groups are in discussions about forming a joint venture to house the...
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Let's get it on
Explicit sex is everywhere these days. Except on TV. It's time to tear up the rule book and let it all hang out....
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The battle for breakfast
As Radio 4 seeks anew editor for Today and 5 Live shifts Nicky Campbell to an early slot, Maggie Brown and Matt Wel...
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Stop the TV fame Academy
Neighbours of the BBC's Fame Academy mansion yesterday called on council chiefs to pull the plug on the show. ...
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Bev legs it back to Street
Leggy Liz McDonald is returning to Coronation Street ' to sort out her son Steve's 'awful' wife. ...
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NewsCarlton appoints new md
Carlton Television has promoted controller of broadcasting Coleena Reid to managing director of the London franchise, writes Colin Robertson
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NewsLeague football to return to ITV
ITV is understood to be back in negotiations for broadcast rights to Nationwide League football, just six months after the collapse of its ill-fated DTT service ITV Digital left many of the League's clubs financially crippled, writes Luke Satchell
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RatingsFame Academy makes poor start
BBC 1's new talent show Fame Academyfailed to dazzle viewers on its debut despite the massive pre-publicity and a budget of£4.5 million, writes Jon Rogers
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NewsSci Fi Channel bags six-figure film deal
The Sci Fi channel has struck a six figure deal with distribution company Metro Tartan for the acquisition of 12 independent UK first run film titles, including Man Bites Dog and Hard Boiled, writes Katy Elliot