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    Cablevision highlights irregularities

    2003-06-19T09:20:48Z

    Cablevision, the New York-based media group, yesterday revealed accounting irregualrities at its cable television s...

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    Wallace went with£4.4m in the pot

    2003-06-19T09:23:56Z

    Graham Wallace, the former chief executive of Cable & Wireless, has amassed a pension pot of£4.4m in his six years...

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    Leslie: I'll clear my name

    2003-06-19T09:26:40Z

    Fallen TV presenter John Leslie vowed to clear his name yesterday after he was charged with two counts of indecentl...

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    Report slams 'vulgar' TV

    2003-06-19T09:27:42Z

    The Campaign for Quality Television (CQTV) will today submit a hard-hitting report on the state of UK television to the House of Lords, in which Endemol UK chairman Peter Bazalgette is singled out for pedalling vulgarity, writes Rosemary Gallagher

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    Leslie in sex trial shock

    2003-06-19T09:29:52Z

    Television star John Leslie vowed to win the battle to clear his name yesterday after he was dramatically accused o...

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    Daytime TV host charged with assault

    2003-06-19T09:36:13Z

    John Leslie, the television presenter protested his innocence yesterday after he was charged with two offences of i...

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    Fox News cleared of war bias by ITC

    2003-06-19T09:40:21Z

    Fox News Channel's controversial coverage of the Iraq war has been given the all-clear after the Independent Television Commission (ITC) rejected complaints of bias from British viewers, writes Conor Dignam

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    Labour to back down on media bill

    2003-06-19T10:03:57Z

    Ministers are preparing to make a significant climbdown on their planned relaxation of cross-media ownership rules....

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    BBC is too southern and middle class, says Dyke

    2003-06-19T10:07:34Z

    The BBC's director general, Greg Dyke, reopened the debate about the representation of ethnic minorities at the cor...

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    Leslie: I'm innocnet of sex charges

    2003-06-19T10:10:25Z

    The television presenter john leslie stood on the steps of an east London police station yesterday to protest his i...

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    BBC satellite service launch is a quiet revolution, says ITC chief

    2003-06-19T10:12:34Z

    The BBC's decision to launch a free satellite service wil revolutionise the broadcasting landscape, the independent...

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    Doctors switch off Laura life-support

    2003-06-19T10:17:43Z

    Hope fades for Holby actress in flat plunge. ...

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    Ratings

    Ultimate Force blasts Royal doc

    2003-06-19T13:50:31Z

    SAS drama Ultimate Force returned to ITV1 last night (18 June), attracting 6 million viewers (28% share) and a peaktime win for ITV1, writes Luke Satchell

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    Gov must save Coms Bill says Gallagher

    2003-06-19T15:18:38Z

    Eileen Gallagher, chair of Pact, has appealed to the government not to allow the controversial cross media ownership changes to wreck the Communications Bill, writes Jane Marlow

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    BBC1 to run plugs for BBC3 News

    2003-06-19T15:30:07Z

    The BBC is to step up cross-promotion between its terrestrial and digital channels by flagging up BBC3's fledgling evening news bulletin at the end of BBC1's Six O'Clock News, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Tony Wilson 'too rock and roll' for Fame Academy

    2003-06-19T15:43:27Z

    Tony Wilson, the music guru whose Factory Records label helped give birth to the celebrated 'Madchester' scene in the 1980s, has been approached to take part in the next series of the BBC's Fame Academy, writes Paul Revoir

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    Holby City actress dies of her injuries

    2003-06-20T09:14:31Z

    Laura Sadler, the Holby City actress who fell from a 40ft balcony five days ago, died yesterday after her life supp...

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    Mum watches as Holby star loses her fight for life

    2003-06-20T09:17:38Z

    Actress Laura Sadler lost her fight for life last night, 24 hours after doctors made the agonising decision to swit...

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    Two charged over role at Murdoch arm

    2003-06-20T09:23:59Z

    Gemastar-Tv Guide International, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp, said last night its former top two exec...

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    RTE's Cabin Fever survivors may sue

    2003-06-20T09:24:03Z

    Survivors of the sinking of RTE's Cabin Fever reality TV boat are expected to sue the station for damages after their traumatic experiences lastweek, when the boat sank off Tory Island, Co Donegal, writes Hugh Oram