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    Queen blown out of TV ad

    2003-02-17T09:59:40Z

    A comedy sketch showing the Queen breaking wind has been axed from a TV ad for Comic Relief. ...

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    Funny business

    2003-02-17T09:59:28Z

    The brains behind The Office and Goodness Gracious Me have set up a new company ...

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    The neverending story

    2003-02-17T09:59:04Z

    What really happened when Oliver Reed dropped in on ...

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    No 10 shrugs off BBC conman film

    2003-02-17T09:58:44Z

    Downing Street last night brushed aside attempts to reignite the controversy over Cherie Blair's property dealings...

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    Is there life after television?

    2003-02-17T09:58:13Z

    Can a family with three children survive without a TV for two weeks? ...

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    Hi, it's Tony calling

    2003-02-17T09:57:46Z

    BBC fly-on-the-wall documentary on Cheriegate tells of a midnight message to Carole aplin. ...

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    BBC film wins the top prize at Berlin

    2003-02-17T09:57:43Z

    A BBC film about two Afghan refugees seeking a new life in the West has seen off Hollywood to win the best film awa...

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    Carlton and Granada set to face down OFT

    2003-02-17T09:57:05Z

    Companies claim planned merger would not reduce competition for airtime sales ...

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    BSkyB to slot sport highlights into Net

    2003-02-17T09:56:44Z

    BSkyB is planning to launch a subscription-based website broadcasting video highlights of its major sporting conten...

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    Top of the Pops reaches Middle East audience

    2003-02-17T09:56:19Z

    broke new ground last night when it was broadcast for the first time in its 39-year history ...

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    BBC fails quota for privately produced TV shows

    2003-02-17T09:55:43Z

    The BBC for the second year in succession missed its statutory quota on the amount of independent production in its...

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    Pop first for BBC

    2003-02-17T09:55:12Z

    will be broadcast in the Middle East for the first time in its 39-year history ...

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    Noddy takes a trip to France

    2003-02-17T09:54:34Z

    Noddy is off to France next month after the intellectual property rights company Chorion licensed the character to ...

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    'Cherie lied' TV shocker

    2003-02-17T09:54:31Z

    The prime Minister and his wife Cherie face further embarrassing revelations this week over their links with depor...

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    BBC in deal on arts programmes

    2003-02-17T09:53:56Z

    The BBC is acquiring a stake in an Anglo-Dutch music and television production company in a commercial tie-up for d...

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    Dyke and Bennet's top 120 programmes

    2003-02-17T08:55:03Z

    The full list of BBC programmes the director general and his director of television believe represent the best of the BBC.

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    Bellens quits RTL

    2003-02-17T08:50:52Z

    Didier Bellens, chief executive of RTL, the Euopean-based broadcaster which owns 65% of Five and production powerhouse Fremantle, has quit the group, writes Paul Revoir

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    Sky prepares to turn the screw

    2003-02-14T16:09:23Z

    BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball has threatened to put the squeeze on MTV, Paramount Comedy, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, when their channel fees come up for renewal this year, writes Paul Revoir

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    AOL pulls out of ABC merger talks

    2003-02-14T14:59:57Z

    AOL Time Warner, the world's largest media company, has ruled out the possibility of a merger between its CNN cable news network and Disney's ABC News, saying such a union would be too problematic to pursue, writes Luke Satchell

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    Skillset hires for regions

    2003-02-14T11:41:46Z

    Skillset, the sector skills council for the audio-visual industries, has restructured to boost its regional presence, writes Penny Hughes