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    Leslie:£3m for sex slurs

    2003-05-19T09:38:28Z

    Telly host John Leslie could rake in up to£3 million over the Ulrika Jonsson rape allegations that cost him his jo...

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    Viacom and BBC join forces in war on aids

    2003-05-19T09:41:44Z

    The BBC World Service is teaming up with Viacom, the world's largest media group, to launch the first pan-African r...

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    Tory BBC protest

    2003-05-19T09:44:48Z

    The BBC does not give fair prominence to 'mainstream' right-wing commentators, Bernard Jenkin, the Shadow Defence S...

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    ...the answer is Five

    2003-05-19T09:56:58Z

    Too little, too cheap, too dumb: the debate about arts on television won't go away. But is that all true? Have the ...

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    I'm a celeb, have a bet on me

    2003-05-19T10:00:39Z

    Reality shows such as I'm A Celebrity...attract huge audiences - a potential market for interactive gambling. But c...

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    Faking It carries off festival honours

    2003-05-19T10:07:03Z

    The acclaimed CHannel 4 series Faking It took the top award at the Montreux television festival at the weekend, pro...

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    Faking It lands Rose D'Or

    2003-05-19T10:14:33Z

    RDF Media's Faking It won the top award at the Rose D'Or entertainment festival in Montreux on Saturday night (17 May) in a barnstorming night for British programmes, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Black family to star in new BBC sitcom

    2003-05-19T10:17:02Z

    BBC executives have commissioned the first sitcom featuring a black family to be shown on the corporation's main ch...

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    Media bruiser milks family misfortune to show them who's boss

    2003-05-19T10:19:34Z

    Gerry Robinson is enjoying the flak he is attracting over his handling of the family businesses featured in his cur...

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    Trisha in blackmail porn sting

    2003-05-19T10:22:44Z

    TV presenter Trisha Goddard has been targetted by a ruthless blackmailer who threatened to put fake porn pictures o...

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    Big Bro's neighbour noise law

    2003-05-19T10:28:28Z

    Big brother 4 contestants will be punished if they make too much noise and upset neighbours with late-night boozy g...

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    Ratings

    Nearly 10 million see Arsenal lift Cup

    2003-05-19T12:34:03Z

    BBC1's coverage of the FA Cup Final on Saturday afternoon (17 May) peaked at 9.7 million (55.7% share), a stark reminder to BBC chairman Gavyn Davies that the competition is still a hot rights property despite his comments earlier in the season that the competition had become 'second rate', ...

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    'Super-funded' BBC under fire fom rivals

    2003-05-19T14:56:50Z

    The BBC came in for criticism from rivals ITV and Sky today for using its 'super' funding to replicate what other broadcasters are already doing, writes Rosemary Gallagher

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    Bragg puts training funding under scrutiny

    2003-05-20T09:29:58Z

    Ministers are to examine a suggestion by Lord Bragg, the LWT executive, that half the£250m levy ITV hands over to the Treasury should be used to fund the training of future Broadcasters, writes David Rose

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    Watchdog offers ITV merger hope

    2003-05-20T09:35:21Z

    ITV partners Carlton and Granada received two new concessions from the Competition Commission in their bid to win a...

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    Regulators cast further doubt over Carlton-Granada merger

    2003-05-20T09:35:49Z

    The proposed merger of Carlton and Granada suffered another regulatory blow yesterday when the Competition Commissi...

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    Plucky Jim

    2003-05-20T09:36:20Z

    Jim Moir is the man who did the impossible - he made Radio 2 cool ...

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    Big Bruv dunces

    2003-05-20T09:37:00Z

    TV bosses: we can't find a brainbox ...

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    Watchdogs offer compromise over ITV merger

    2003-05-20T09:37:23Z

    Watchdogs have suggested a way around deal-breaking objections to the merger of TV stations Granada and Carlton ...

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    Tonight Matthew you're back on TV

    2003-05-20T09:37:56Z

    Matthew Kelly will make his big telly comeback next month with a ...