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Royal correspondent Jennie Bond gives up BBC job
Jennie Bond, the doyenne of BBC royal correspondents, is hanging up her microphone to spend more time with a less ...
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Television viewers want more news
Television viewers want more news despite attempts by broadcasters to push bulletins out of prime-time slots, accor...
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Inquiry to decide on ITV merger
The future of the UK television industry was placed in the hands of the competition commission yesterday. ...
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NTL imports new boardroom talent
Cable company NTL is strengthening its management team with the appointment of a new chairman and chief operating o...
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Complaints rocket as TV turns up the violence
Television has sunk to new depths with record complaints abou violence and swearing, it was revealed yesterday. ...
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Cliffhanger for ITV duo as merger is referred
Carlton and Granada shares tumbled to fresh lows as their planned merger was referred to the Competition Commissio...
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Broadcasters are spoiling for a fight
The war in Iraq will mark an evolutionary shift in newsgathering ...
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The wired network comes home to roost
Local connections take on a new meaning as domestic entertainment uses the advent of broadband as a springboard int...
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Broadcasters and publishers head losers' board
A choppy day for the broader market ended with the modest gains for the FTSE 100 but the media sector was prominent...
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NewsBBC hits Sky with satellite move
The BBC has announced a shock move to broadcast its channels via a new satellite - saving£85 million in encryption charges to Sky over the next five years, writes Conor Dignam
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Westcountry signs up for hospital reality
Carlton Westcountry controller of features and programme development Caroline Righton has commissioned a further series of fly-on-the-wall hospital documentary Emergencyfrom Seventwenty Productions. The next 8 x 30-minute series will be again set in the casualty department of a Plymouth hospital. David Atkins will produce with ...
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RatingsArsenal stutter in the ratings
Arsenal's inconsistent performances in Europe and the TV ratings continued last night (11 March), as a lame 1-1 draw with Roma in the Champions League produced an unspectacular 5.6m million viewers, writes Luke Satchell
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News100 jobs axed as BBCi tightens belt
The bursting of the dotcom bubble has finally caught up with the BBC, which is axing around 100 jobs in its new media department BBCi and refocusing on interactive television, write Leigh Holmwood and Jane Marlow
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NewsCNBC in Euro row
Newscaster CNBC Europe is set for a showdown with the Independent Television Commission (ITC) tomorrow over claims that it violated sponsorship rules by taking money from the European Commission to make a programme about the Euro, writes Paul Revoir
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BBC gears up for charter renewal
The BBC has set up five internal teams headed by senior executives to look at different areas of its remit as part of the next stage in its preparations for the renewal of its charter in 2006, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Virgin adds second show for gulf troops
Virgin Radio has added an extra request show for members of the armed forces serving in the Gulf and their families after the success of its original Backing Our Boysprogramme. A spokesman said the response to the original show, which airs on Saturdays between 10.00 ...