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    BBC1's Merseybeat moves to city centre

    2003-02-06T08:30:00Z

    BBC1 police drama Merseybeatwill be relocated to Liverpool city centre for its fourth series in order to allow 'bigger storytelling opportunities'. The series, consisting of a yet to be decided number of 60-minute episodes, will again feature Leslie Ash, John McArdle and Joanna Taylor as ...

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    Imago spotlights adultery for ITV1

    2003-02-06T08:30:00Z

    ITV1 has commissioned Norwich-based indie Imago to produce a series delving into the world of adulterous man's 'other woman', writes Paul Revoir.

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    ITV1 plans M25 murder drama

    2003-02-06T08:30:00Z

    Granada has scooped two factual dramas from ITV in the wake of its success with Hillsborough and The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, writes John Plunkett.

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    VH1 launches quest to find UK's top divas

    2003-02-06T08:30:00Z

    VH1 has started production on a new talent series, Dare to Diva, which aims to find the UK's biggest diva. The London event - the second stop in a five-city tour which takes in Nashville, Miami, New York and Philadelphia - offers budding female singers ...

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    Liddiment teams up with Spacey

    2003-02-05T15:10:44Z

    Former ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has joined forces with Kevin Spacey to become the producer of London's Old Vic theatre company, writes John Plunkett

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    Jazz FM Manchester gets new md

    2003-02-05T13:58:07Z

    A new managing director has been appointed to run Jazz FM's north west of England station as part of a series of changes since the Guardian Media Group (GMG) bought the network in July last year, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    BBC suffers peaktime blackout

    2003-02-05T10:39:08Z

    Millions of viewers in London and the south east were left watching blank screens last night (5 January) as BBC 1 and BBC 2 went off air during peaktime, writes Luke Satchell

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    My TV career's over fears Matthew Kelly

    2003-02-05T09:56:10Z

    Troubled Matthew Kelly fears his glittering TV career is over. ...

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    Bashir: It was such pressure

    2003-02-05T09:54:34Z

    Documentary ace Martin Bashir told last night of the manic eight months he spent getting to know Michael Jackson. ...

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    15m - Show of the year for ITV

    2003-02-05T09:52:19Z

    Up to 15 million viewers saw Martin Bashir's disturbing interview with Jackson. ...

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    No turning back

    2003-02-05T09:50:17Z

    Kelly tells how child sex arrest has changed his life. ...

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    TV scoop earns millions for Granada

    2003-02-05T09:48:59Z

    The Michael Jackson documentary - which attracted more than 15 million viewers - is the most lucrative single progr...

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    Comcast sells TV systems in cut-price deal

    2003-02-05T09:34:49Z

    Comcast, the largest US cable operator, has sold a group of TV systems in the Rocky Mountain region for about $675m...

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    Channel with an identity crisis

    2003-02-05T09:34:15Z

    Next week when BBC3 at last claims its allotted place alongside the likes of BBC's 1,2,4,6 and 7, the first phase o...

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    Millions lose BBC signal

    2003-02-05T09:33:44Z

    Millions of television viewers were faced with a blank screen last night when BBC lost transmission during the peak...

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    Some disturbing pictures for advertisers: what viewers really do during commercial breaks

    2003-02-05T09:19:15Z

    New research shows that many people switch off the adverts, particularly during peaktime shows ...

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    Media mogul expects sixth child

    2003-02-05T09:18:43Z

    The media magnate Rupert Murdoch is expecting his sixth child at the age of 71 ...

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    King to speak at Mipdoc

    2003-02-05T09:02:42Z

    Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Allan King - the godfather of cinema vérité - has been signed up to speak at next month's Mipdoc event in Cannes, writes Penny Hughes

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    NUJ opposes foreign ownership plans

    2003-02-05T08:53:47Z

    The National Union of Journalists will lobby Parliament next week over plans to open up terrestrial TV channels to foreign ownership, writes John Plunkett

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    C4 snaps up Saddam interview

    2003-02-04T16:06:04Z

    Channel 4 is to screen Tony Benn's interview with Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the dictator's first with a western figure for 12 years, after the BBC refused to pay commercial rates for the interview, writes Luke Satchell