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C&W axes 1,500 jobs and halts dividends to save cash
Cable & Wireless's new management yesterday pledged to cut 1,500 British jobs, suspend all payouts to shareholders ...
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NewsFive plans reality super-league
Five has ordered a 'champions' league' reality show that will feature former Big Brother, I'm a Celebrity?Get me out of Here!, Survivor and Pop Idol contestants, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsBBC attacked over 'Big Brother' move
The BBC has been accused of acting like Big Brother by 'invading the privacy' of its 25,000-plus staff, after asking them to declare external business, personal or political interests they or anyone close to them might have, writes Leigh Holmwood
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'Yanks trigger-happy'
TV newsman John Simpson saved an old Iraqi man from being shot by trigger-happy US marines. ...
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NewsJowell fights back against rebel lords
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has issued a 'rallying cry' to the broadcasting industry - 'If you want this Communications Bill, get out there and argue for it.'
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Fallen star
Former telly star Cheryl Baker yesterday admitted her career was in freefall when she agreed to her bungled 12,000f...
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Fergie stars in TV sitcom
Fergie is to be a guest on the smash hit US sitcom Will & Grace, it was revealed yesterday. ...
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Sky News set for launch in America.
BSkyB is planning to roll out its Sky News service in the US and is in
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UK TV execs to produce soap opera in Cambodia.
Former EastEnders executive producer Matthew Robinson and ex-Sky One editor Andrew Lowrey are quitting the UK to set up a social awareness soap opera in Cambodia, writes Penny Hughes.
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Jazz FM swings onto TV.
Guardian Media Group is preparing to launch a TV version of its Jazz FM national radio station as part of a wider strategy to strengthen and expand its radio assets, writes Michael Rosser.
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C4 will let couples be single again.
Channel 4 has commissioned a delicate new reality show in which couples who have come to a crossroads in their relationship will be forced to separate for a month, writes Penny Hughes.
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Trauma ahead for Emmerdale as BBC1 strips against ITV1.
BBC1 is to strip a new hospital documentary series, Trauma, across the week in a 19.00 slot as part of new scheduling plans to try and break the ratings dominance of ITV1 soap Emmerdale, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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YTV runs off with top RDF executive.
RDF executive producer Sam Anthony has been appointed as Yorkshire Television's controller of features, giving him control of programmes such as Countdown and With a Little Help from My Friends, writes Paul Revoir.
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GOLDEN ROSE WINNER FAKING IT BACK ON C4.
Channel 4 has ordered five more episodes of RDF Media's Golden Rose of Montreux winner Faking
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Indie queen has 'teeth'.
The BBC's new 'indie champion', Elaine Bedell, has said she is determined that independents will be
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Better deal in offing for freelance staff.
Independent production companies will be encouraged to pay pension contributions to freelancers under planned changes in
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This Morning staff face restructure.
The 100 staff at ITV's flagship daytime show This Morning have been ordered to reapply for their jobs following plans to restructure two of the show's departments in a bid to cut costs, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC refuses to back down over Iraq doc.
The BBC has defended its plans to screen a Correspondent special in which the bodies of two British soldiers 'executed' in Iraq are featured, saying the Ministry of Defence (MoD) knew about the programme months ago, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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'Nul points' sparks BBC Eurovision rejig.
The BBC is set to overhaul the way it chooses the UK's entry for the Eurovision song contest following Britain's first ever 'nul points' at this year's event, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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MoD acts on missing ITN pair.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has decided to launch a formal investigation into the disappearance of ITN workers Fred Nerac and Hussein Osman in Iraq, after uncovering new evidence that a war crime may have been committed, writes Paul Revoir.