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  • News

    Following in Liddiment's footlights

    2002-09-03T10:00:29Z

    Who is the most important person in the ITV universe? Charles Allen of Granada? Michael Green of Carlton? Neither o...

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    After years of gain, the pain

    2002-09-03T10:00:51Z

    Media companies are suffering - mainly because the good times were so good for so long ...

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    Premiership fails to hit target

    2002-09-03T10:01:08Z

    If ever there was an argument for retaining the licence fee this is it. ...

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    Revolution postponed

    2002-09-03T10:01:33Z

    Personal video recorders like TiVo have been slow to take hold, but mass production may yet turn a minority interes...

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    Hitting them for a five

    2002-09-03T10:01:54Z

    How did a low-profile agency win Channel 5's rebranding contract? ...

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    Grandstand ratings flop

    2002-09-03T10:02:22Z

    Grandstand slumped to its second-lowest ratings on Saturday after a bid to woo younger viewers backfired. ...

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    In the public interest

    2002-09-03T10:02:30Z

    Mark Thompson, chief executive of Channel 4, says bold ideas and sufficient resources, not regulation, should defin...

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    Friendly eye on the market

    2002-09-03T10:03:00Z

    The company that produces Friends and ER is looking at opportunities to expand and make new shows in the UK, and IT...

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    ITV to BBC - 'Please don't schedule against us'

    2002-09-03T10:03:40Z

    ITV made an unprecedented pleas to BBC last night not to schedule its blockbuster autumn costume drama against its ...

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    Carlton and Granada cleared for Unilever deal

    2002-09-03T10:04:17Z

    Carlton and Granada have been cleared by the regulator over working together to win a 230m advertising deal for ITV...

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    Fifty years on

    2002-09-03T10:04:42Z

    The BBC's current-affairs flagship Panorama is preparing to celebrate it half-century. John Mair speaks to the pro...

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    TV editor Sergeant quits ITN

    2002-09-03T10:04:54Z

    ITN Political Editor John Sergeant is to quit at the end of the year. ...

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    Grandstand loses viewers as it takes sport to extremes

    2002-09-03T10:05:23Z

    The BBC sports programme Grandstand attracted its second-lowest audience last Saturday when it screened almost thre...

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    Drama warning by 'rattled' ITV1

    2002-09-03T10:05:51Z

    The BBC and ITV were engaged in a war of words yesterday over a clash between their autumn period dramas. ...

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    Cat gets prime time Deeley

    2002-09-03T10:06:18Z

    CD:UK host Cat Deeley looks set to follow in the footsteps of former colleagues Ant and Dec. ...

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    Bob builds and empire

    2002-09-03T10:09:22Z

    Bob The Builder scooped up Thomas The Tank Engine yesterday to become the fat controller of kids' TV. ...

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    A fee-sy life for TV hosts

    2002-09-03T10:11:08Z

    Telly hosts Ant & Dec have become such hot property that they now get at least£30,000 for personal appearances. ...

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    Ratings

    I'm a Celebrity? suffers surprise ratings defeat

    2002-09-03T12:14:47Z

    The return of BBC 1's Waking the Deadmanaged to deliver a shock ratings defeat to ITV 1's increasingly popular I'm a Celebrity? Get Me Out of Here! last night (September 2), writes Jon Rogers

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    Grandstand finds itself at a X-roads

    2002-09-03T13:05:59Z

    BBC 1 Saturday sports stalwart Grandstand crashed to its second lowest ratings ever this weekend, after the corporation's shortage of sports rights led it to experiment with a range of niche sports, writes Luke Satchell

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    News

    DCMS names new director for culture online

    2002-09-03T15:57:10Z

    John Drori, former head of commissioning and editorial director for BBC Online, has been appointed as the director for culture online, the campaign to increase digital access to the nations cultural heritage, writes Luke Satchell