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    Who is having a good war on TV?

    2003-03-25T10:02:35Z

    As the military conflict is fought on television, our correspondents examine how the boadcasters compare. ...

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    Radio stations ban war and gore from playlists

    2003-03-25T10:05:20Z

    Radio stations have banned certain records from their playlists in an attempt to protect their listeners from unpal...

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    Satellite row may go to higher level

    2003-03-25T10:08:04Z

    The dispute between the BBC and BSkyB over a satellite broadcasting deal could be settled by regulators after talks...

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    Star 'was happy as Larry'

    2003-03-25T10:09:45Z

    The former Virgin Radio presenter Chris Evans was 'happy as Larry' drinking with friends on occasions when he claim...

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    Major's wife denies plot to use pagers to win quiz show£1m

    2003-03-25T10:13:26Z

    The wife of an army major yesterday denied she and her husband had tried to cheat to win the top prize TV quiz show...

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    Evans 'lied he was ill'

    2003-03-25T10:17:49Z

    Chris Evans went drinking with friends on the days he failed to appear as host of Virgin Radio's breakfast show, a ...

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    Corrie helps News at Nine to 9.2 million

    2003-03-25T12:07:27Z

    A healthy inherited audience from the second of two Coronation Street episodes last night (24 March) helped ITV1's News at Nine gain its best figures yet since shifting from 22.00 for the war with Iraq, writes Luke Satchell

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    New role for Nagra

    2003-03-25T12:13:27Z

    The BBC has appointed Tommy Nagra to the newly-created role of executive producer of its Birmingham-based Asian Programmes Unit (APU), writes John Plunkett

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    Green 'hopeful' for single ITV

    2003-03-25T14:14:42Z

    Carlton chairman Michael Green remained bullish today about the prospect of a united ITV, telling shareholders: 'We must compete with other channels, not with Granada.' writes John Plunkett

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    Radio stations to play safe during war

    2003-03-25T15:41:47Z

    The BBC and commercial radio stations' playlists have been changed so as not to offend the listening public during the war with Iraq, writes Sam Matthews

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    We planned to axe 'tired, staid' Evans 3 months earlier

    2003-03-26T09:06:05Z

    Virgin radio bosses had plotted to get rid of star DJ Chris Evans three months before he was sacked, it emerged yes...

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    4m in Europe sign up for al-Jazeera

    2003-03-26T09:09:58Z

    Subscriptions to the Arabic-language television network al-Jazeera have doubled since the war on Iraq began last we...

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    Puttnam to lead Five rebels

    2003-03-26T09:12:46Z

    Lord Puttnam, a government ally in the House of Lords, signalled yesterday that he would lead a rebellion of peers ...

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    Bertelsmann infighting denied

    2003-03-26T09:15:15Z

    The chief executive of Bertelsmann, the biggest shareholder in Channel Five, yesterday insisted the family which co...

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    Bellini to head Explore

    2003-03-26T09:17:24Z

    Channel 4 International director of co-production and sales Barbara Bellini Witkowski is leaving the UK distributor to become executive director of Explore International, writes Jane Marlow in Cannes

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    Carlton investors snub Green

    2003-03-26T09:17:32Z

    Micheal Green, the chairman of Carlton Communications, yesterday became the second ITV boss in a week to come under...

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    Radio Advertising

    2003-03-26T09:19:26Z

    In a week of trading updates from commercial radio broadcasters attention will be focused on advertising revenues....

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    I'm a quiz show flop

    2003-03-26T09:24:24Z

    A Lecturer accused of helping an Army major to cheat on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire had appeared on four other qu...

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    Victory for rebels over Carlton pay secrets

    2003-03-26T09:27:07Z

    Carlton shareholders rebelled against the group's secretive pay policy for top executives. Some 14pc voted against ...

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    'Millionaire' show accused says he was a quiz failure

    2003-03-26T09:30:55Z

    A college lecturer accused of helping an army major win the top prize in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? portrayed h...