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Telewest deal will wipe out£3.5bn debt
Telewest bondholders have reached an agreement on revised terms of a debt-for-equity swap that is set to erase£3.5...
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BBC points the finger at Blair over naming doctor
BBC bosses plan to accuse Tony Blair of personally approving the naming of Dr David Kelly in their evidence to the ...
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Campbell seeks revenge on TV
Alastair Campbell is launching a TV career and his first project is a sensational expose on the Daily Mail empire, ...
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NewsOpera offloads Friendly TV stake
Telco company Opera Telecom has sold its 50% stake in Friendly TV, the entertainment channel currently being investigated by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) over claims it has screened unencrypted pornography , writes Rosemary Gallagher
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Jowell denies charter review will be used to punish BBC over Iraq
The government appeared to back away from its confrontation with the BBC last night after the corporation's chairma...
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Pubs protest over Sky fee increase
Pub landlords have launched a camapaign to stop Sky Sports increasing the cost of showing live sports in bars and c...
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BBC calls head of M16 to its defence in Hutton inquiry
Sir Richard Dearlove, the head of M16, will be named in the BBC's submission to the Hutton inquiry in defence of it...
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Row over dossier will not affect renewal of charter, insists Jowell
The review of the BBC's charter will not be influenced by the broadcaster's feud with the Goverrnment over Iraqi we...
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Ratner in digital TV talks with Desmond
Gerald Ratner is planning to team up with Richard Desmond's media empire to sell jewellery from his new internet ve...
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Ministers retreat over BBC charter threats
The culture secretary, tessa Jowell, yesterday sought to extinguish the still incendiary row between the government...
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BBC faces new questions as charter debate reignites
A senior BBC executive cleared Andrew Gilligan's controversial newspaper article in which he linked Alastair Campb...
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Why I'm not bitter
When a man drowned in Michael Barrymore's pool it seemed his TV career was over. But now he's on the comeback trail...
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Doing the business
Former Reuters boss Mark Wood took over last week at ITN. In his first interview he tells Maggie Brown that he's th...
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NewsPeters rejoins BBC
Former Channel 4 kids chief Andi Peters has rejoined the BBC in a newly-created role of executive editor (popular music).
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NewsJowell allays Charter fears
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has moved to quell fears that the BBC's role in the Dr David Kelly affair would influence its Charter renewal process.
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So who really hates the BBC
The Times and The sun were highly critical of the corporation last week in the wake of David Kelly's suicide. Was R...
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RatingsViewers remain indifferent to Fame Academy
The second series of BBC1's Fame Academy started on Saturday night (26 July) with just 4.2 million viewers (25.6% share), 500,00 viewers down on its opening night last time and 800,000 viewers down on the slot average for the last 12 months, writes Luke Satchell
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RatingsBig figures spell relative failure for fourth Brother
The Big Brother 4 final became the channel's second most watched programme of the year so far on Friday night (25 July) but viewers were significantly down on last year's final, writes Jon Rogers
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Extracts from BBC chairman Gavyn Davies' piece in the Sunday Telegraph
'Even amid the sadness surrounding the tragic death of Dr Kelly, some people in and around the government have seen...
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BBC defends online activities ahead of websites review
The BBC has submitted a vigorous defence of its online activities ahead of a government-commissioned review of its ...