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    Carlton-Granada face investor anger

    2003-03-17T09:57:23Z

    Media groups Carlton and Granada are bracing themselves for difficult annual meeetings because of shareholder disco...

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    Angus up for Bafta

    2003-03-17T09:50:36Z

    Angus Deayton has been nominated for a Bafta - despite being sacked after just two instalments of the last series o...

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    Yahoo! to launch online video

    2003-03-17T09:48:42Z

    The emergence of online video programming that could one day rival mainstream television will get another boost tod...

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    Is Angus back after Bafta?

    2003-03-17T09:48:39Z

    Their weekly verbal jousting came to a dramatic end last year, but it seems the battle between Angus Deayton and Pa...

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    Granadea fights call to reform boardroom

    2003-03-17T09:47:08Z

    Television giant Granada yesterday sought to downplay reports of an investor revolt over executive contracts. ...

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    NAPF to act on Granada contract

    2003-03-17T09:45:25Z

    Granada, the ITV broadcaster attempting a 2.7bn merger with Carlton, faces shareholder protests at its annual meeti...

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    Brown leads media onslaught to rally support for Blair

    2003-03-17T09:42:49Z

    Gordan brown led cabinet ministers in a concerted media blitz yesterday to rally support behind Tony Blair on Iraq....

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    Eastenders in crisis

    2003-03-17T09:36:59Z

    Eastenders stars are being told they're for the chop if they disgrace themselves at boozy parties. Bosses worried a...

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    Grudging support for Granada chief

    2003-03-17T09:31:48Z

    Major shareholders in the television group Granada are expted to vote for the re-election of executive chairman Cha...

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    Evans blames drink binge on 'anxiety'

    2003-03-17T09:29:17Z

    Former Virgin Radio presenter Chris Evans will claim in the High Court this week that his acrimonious departure fro...

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    When soaps won't wash

    2003-03-17T09:25:34Z

    The prime minister left the House of Commons during the debate on war with Iraq to lead a television debate on the ...

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    Chrysalis eyes FM licence for Glasgow

    2003-03-17T09:23:43Z

    Chrysalis has become the latest radio operator to announce plans to bid for the new local FM licence in Glasgow, writes Colin Robertson

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    I can scratch the itch

    2003-03-17T09:23:07Z

    He swears like a docker, berates his viewers, and mocks hid president. So why has Jon Stewart been handed a show wi...

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    BBC breaks free from Sky

    2003-03-17T09:20:12Z

    What happens when two worlds drift apart? Cliff Richard is joined in pondering this question by Greg Dyke, director...

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    Granada faces revolt on top pay

    2003-03-17T09:16:20Z

    Granada, the ITV company, is facing an embarrassing shareholder revolt over the terms of the employment contract aw...

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    Radio revellers run riot at holiday camp

    2003-03-17T09:13:24Z

    A commercial radio station called in police yesterday after scores of its listeners took too literally an invitatio...

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    Fame show's popularity has double edge for BBC

    2003-03-17T09:10:42Z

    Celebrity Fame Academy may have been the must-watch TV of last week, but concerns about its effect on the BBC's ima...

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    Kumars top Bafta nominees

    2003-03-17T09:07:52Z

    The Kumars at No. 42, the spoof chatshow that made stars of Sanjeev Bhasker and Meera Syal, has topped the nominati...

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    Bastable quits Channel 4

    2003-03-14T15:53:08Z

    Gerry Bastable, the driving force behind E4 and Film Four, has quit his recently appointed job as head of corporate development and is to leave Channel 4, writes Luke Satchell

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    Public service sites in firing line

    2003-03-14T11:32:39Z

    The first casualties of the swingeing cut-backs at BBCi scheduled for the next 12 months are to be two of the department's most high profile public service sites, writes Luke Satchell