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NewsAnalogue switch-off dependent on free set-top boxes
The government will have no alternative but to subsidise free set top boxes if it is to meet its analogue switch off target according to a new report to be published tomorrow, writes David Wood
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NewsLib-Dems attack communications bill
The Liberal Democrats today attacked the government's draft communications bill for relying too heavily on competition between broadcasters and called for 'greater transparency' regarding the BBC's commercial activities, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsBBC 1 rapped for Spooks violence
A scene in an episode of BBC1 drama Spooks in which a woman's head was shoved into a deep fat fryer attracted over 150 complaints, the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) revealed today, writes Steve Aston
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The sitcom that Marks and Gran built
The writer's latest project is a weak comedy that deserves to collapse, says Graham McCann. ...
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Bertelsmann set to grant its divisions greater autonomy
Senior executives at Bertelmann will today discuss a new strategy for the privately-owned German media group after ...
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KirchMedia bidders to set binding offers
Bidders for KirchMedia, the free-to-air television and sports-rights arm of Kirch Gruppe, are today expected to sub...
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TV show urged cannabis on young
A BBC Newsround report encouraged the use of cannabis among young viewers, the broadcasting watchdog has found. ...
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Ministers warned over TV rights
Senior MP's and peers will warn the Government today that British television channels are not 'cans of beans to be ...
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Benign BBC pundits raise the question of cronyism
There is a club in British athletics and the television viewer is not a member. At least, not if the BBC's punditr...
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Sissons backed over royal coverage
Broadcasting watchdogs have rejected complaints that the BBC's coverage of the Queen Mother's death. ...
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Puttnam is right to want broadcasting to stay British
Blair's new 'openness' doesn't seem to apply to the communications bill. ...
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Vivendi carve-up a bankers' boon
Investment bankers are to make millions in fees from dismantling Vivendi Universal, despite advocating the takeover...
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Sissons cleared over funeral coverage
Complaints about the 'insensitive' handling of the Queen Mother's death by the BBC presenter Peter Sissons were rej...
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British TV is no longer the best in the world, so is it time to let Americans take over?
Powerful committee of Lords and MPs will today publish a report attacking plans to open up the ownership of terrest...
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The weakest link
Police chiefs were last night accused of wasting public money on an investigation into Anne Robinson's 'racist' rem...
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Now Toyah is quitting the Street
Struggling Coonation Street was dealt another body blow yesterday when Georgia Taylor announced she was leaving Wea...
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...and Zak threatens to walk
Emmerdale star Steve Halliwell was in crunch talks with the TV soap's bosses last night after threatening to quit h...
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Sissons cleared over Queen Mum
Protests over BBC TV news presenter Peter Sissons' 'insensitive' handling of the Queen Mother's death have been rej...
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TV charmer who won the hearts of soap fans
Tony Anholt was an actor best known for his role as the smooth-talking millionaire Charles Frere in the hit BBC ser...