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    Constant vigilance

    2003-06-24T09:48:16Z

    A small UK company has come up with a way to track whether TV channel are actually playing ads when and where they ...

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    Digital driving force

    2003-06-24T09:46:21Z

    Jenny Abramsky might well smile: she has blazed a trail for digital radio, won over her rivals...and argues that ra...

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    Puttnam moves to appease ministers

    2003-06-24T09:46:13Z

    Ministers renewed talks with rebel peer Lord Puttnam this week to head off a Labour rebellion over moves that would allow large newspaper groups like Rupert Murdoch's News International to buy Channel 5, writes David Rose

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    'More valuable than the sum of its part'

    2003-06-24T09:43:46Z

    Critics see RTL as an odd mix of partially owned channels but its new chief executive, Gerhard Zeiler, prefers to p...

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    C4 orders series on NI marching season

    2003-06-24T09:34:46Z

    Channel 4 has ordered a fast-turnaround event directed by Bafta award winning director David Modell, that will document the marching season in Northern Ireland this summer, writes Penny Hughes

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    Two plus one equals not much

    2003-06-24T09:28:52Z

    Big radio deals could well be blocked by the Competition Commission despite Ofcom's radical proposals. This could r...

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    Summertime blues

    2003-06-24T09:27:04Z

    The government is in a hole over ITV - hence the two-month extension. ...

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    EU targets sex bias in media and insurance

    2003-06-24T09:25:16Z

    A law to ban sex discrimination, with implications for the media, advertising and insuarance industries, is in the ...

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    Digital radio sales boosted by BBC station

    2003-06-24T09:23:09Z

    The BBC's new comedy and drama radio station helped drive a fifth of all sales of digital radio sets between Decemb...

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    RTL vows to keep Channel Five stake

    2003-06-24T09:21:04Z

    RTL, the pan-European broadcaster behind Channel Five, has pledged to retain and possibly increase its stake in the...

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    UBC shares up 24% as it passes milestone early

    2003-06-24T09:18:03Z

    UBC Media, the radio broadcaster and production house, narrowed pre-tax losses and reported its first operating pro...

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    Viacom misses deadline

    2003-06-24T09:15:11Z

    Viacom, the world's largest media group, yesterday missed a deadline to bid for US entertainment assets of Vivendi ...

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    Medal a winner in the first year

    2003-06-24T09:12:17Z

    Irish actor James Nesbitt has joined the stars studding the firmament of TV rights and studio company Medal Enterta...

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    DJ Blackburn has golden touch for UBC Media

    2003-06-24T09:10:24Z

    Tony Blackburn's new breakfast radio show is already a big hit with audiences, according to broadcaster UBC Media....

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    NTL bags new Sky carriage deal

    2003-06-23T15:26:05Z

    British cable operator NTL has taken a step forward in the battle for subscribers, by securing a deal which will see nine BSkyB channels available on the NTL digital platform, writes Luke Satchell

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    UBC Media upbeat and into the black

    2003-06-23T14:26:18Z

    Radio Group UBC Media has turned its fortunes around faster than expected and remains positive about its future in the burgeoning digital radio market, writes Michael Rosser

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    Broadcasting restrictions in Parliament upheld

    2003-06-23T11:43:15Z

    MPs have rejected a plea from the BBC that broadcasters should be allowed to cover Parliament with the same freedom they cover other events such as the party conferences, writes David Rose

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    ITV's Pickard to overhaul daytime

    2003-06-23T11:00:59Z

    ITV's new director of programmes Nigel Pickard has vowed to overhaul the channel's daytime schedule claiming it has become a 'retirement home' for peak-time game-shows, writes Paul Revoir

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    Classic Gold signs Time Out deal

    2003-06-23T10:38:35Z

    Classic Gold, the digital radio station which recently resurrected the career of former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tony Blackburn, has signed a marketing and content deal with London Listings bible Time Out.

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    Will we see this again?

    2003-06-23T09:53:59Z

    Since the proposed amendments to the communications bill, opposition to it has all dried up. But as the Lords prepa...