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    BBC in death threat to Sky

    2002-10-23T09:42:07Z

    BBC1 and BBC2 could be withdrawn from the basic package of channels available to Sky's 6m subscribers if a growing ...

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    Silent voices

    2002-10-23T09:42:39Z

    Media awards show that positive portrayal of mental illness, seen in ITV drama, is lacking in news reporting. ...

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    I'm quitting!

    2002-10-23T09:46:52Z

    'Exhausted' Barbara Windsor to disappear from EastEnders. ...

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    I'm a celebrity again - don't get me out of here!

    2002-10-23T09:48:02Z

    How Tony Blackburn is having the last laugh as he proves himself the great survivor. ...

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    I've cornered the market in lesbians...and I'm thrilled

    2002-10-23T09:53:22Z

    Anna Chancellor on her raunchy role in Tipping the Velvet. ...

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    BBC wins in Tardis war

    2002-10-23T09:55:09Z

    The BBC has won a six-year fight with Scotland Yard over the rights to Dr Who's Tardis police box. ...

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    Babs to take a year off

    2002-10-23T09:57:50Z

    Barbara Windsor is having a year-long break from EastEnders. ...

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    Corrie return for Racy Tracy

    2002-10-23T10:00:39Z

    Corrie's Tracy Barlow is making a shock return - as a maneater. ...

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    Cops KO'd by Dr Who

    2002-10-23T10:02:48Z

    Forget Daleks and the Cybermen ' Dr Who has just won a six-year battle with the police. ...

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    TV 'rapist': two more complain

    2002-10-23T10:04:48Z

    Twist in Ulrika mystery. ...

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    Shock Jock off his hits

    2002-10-23T10:11:03Z

    A sozzled DJ staggered into his radio station's studios at 2.30am and treated listeners to a drunken rant live on a...

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    ITC slams Dating Channel

    2002-10-23T10:14:31Z

    The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has rapped digital service The Dating Channel for screening text messages relating to paedophilia and sexual perversion, writes Steve Aston

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    BBC bags new Spielberg series

    2002-10-23T10:54:31Z

    The BBC has secured the exclusive television rights to the new Steven Speilberg sci-fi series Taken, after finalising a deal with his DreamWorks SKG studio, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Freeserve hits out at BT broadband

    2002-10-23T11:00:35Z

    Freeserve has continued its on-going battle against BT by publishing a report claiming that the telcos domination of the broadband market will cost consumers an extra£100m, writes David Wood

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    Sorry Arsenal let ITV 1 down

    2002-10-23T11:14:56Z

    ITV 1's live Champions League coverage failed to score last night as BBC 1 dominated peaktime viewing, writes Jon Rogers

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    Effects conference

    2002-10-23T12:51:45Z

    Moving image society BKSTS is holding a four-day visual effects conference on 21 to 24 November. The event will take place at the BFI London Imax cinema and the National Film Theatre on London's South Bank. Sessions lined up include the CGI work on Dinotopia, ...

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    Apple event at Gearbox

    2002-10-23T12:52:39Z

    Reseller GearBox Soho is co-hosting an Apple Pro Video event next month at its De Lane Lea studios site. Apple product specialists will demonstrate Final Cut Pro, Cinema Tools and DVD Studio Pro at the event which takes place on Tuesday 26 November. Further information is available by emailing mail@gearbox.com

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    NDS' broadband gong

    2002-10-23T12:53:10Z

    NDS has won a technical innovation award at the Broadband Communications Europe (BCE) awards for its XTV personal video recording technology. The technology forms the backbone of BskyB's Sky+ service, allowing viewers to record and watch programmes via the set-top box hard disk

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    Pace DVTA download

    2002-10-23T12:53:43Z

    Pace has successfully downloaded its digital television adapter (DTVA) timer function, marking the first DTT download since the BBC changed to the 16QAM broadcast system. The timer is the latest in an ongoing programme of updates for Pace free-to-view customers and was downloaded over the air for existing DTVA customers ...

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    Hauppage adaptor

    2002-10-23T12:54:12Z

    Consumer electronics group Hauppage is launching a digital terrestrial television adapter that plugs into either the TV or the PC. Priced at£129, the adapter will compete with Pace's box but will also plug into a PC's USB port to enable viewers to watch and record DTT channels via the PC