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C-word allowed to make debut on BBC television
BBC switchboard operators are braced for a tide of complaints tonight, on a scale not seen since the newscaster Pet...
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Gwyneth to play Wallis
America's most-feted young actress is to play America's most controversial divorcee in one of Britain's greatest lo...
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NewsBBC plans ?Iraq Day'
The BBC's landmark day of programming devoted to transport issues - the third in its current affairs series following those on the NHS and crime - is to be postponed in order to make way for special programming on Iraq, it has been confirmed, writes ...
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NewsTelewest launch for Discovery Health
Discovery Networks Europe has renewed its carriage deal with cable operator Telewest in a new three-year arrangement that will see Discovery Health launched on the platform for the first time, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsJowell moves to safeguard Five programming
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell has moved to head off a showdown with the House of Lords amid fears peers will try to bar Rupert Murdoch from making a bid for Five, writes David Rose
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NewsBBC 4 resurrects After Dark
Seminal late night live discussion show After Dark, which famously saw actor Oliver Reed try to give American feminist Kate Millett a drunken kiss, is to be resurrected by digital culture channel BBC 4, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Tune into Tesco TV
The supermarket giant aims to have a private TV network in 100 of its shops this year - and hopes that ads and spon...
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Mistress of the makeover
Daisy Goodwin's run of lifestyle TV hits has seen her rise to the top at indie producer Talkback. And now the 'pos...
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Thinking man's television
Sky and BBC beware: Barry Cox's vision of the future needs tough regulation. ...
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DT's cable sale fails to hit target for debt reduction
Deutsche Telekom, the German telecommunications operator, will this week announce the sale of its six remaining cab...
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Pay TV chief tipped to take over at Five
Jane Lighting is expected to be named as the new chief executive of Five, formerly Channel Five, as early as this w...
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TV show is Evans and hell
It'll all end in tears on Chris Evans' new telly show - copntestants are to be branded 'babes or mingers' as they f...
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BBC challenge withdrawn
A High Court challenge to the BBC's plans to provide free material to schools as part of its 'digital curriculum' b...
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Love is in the air for Millionaire
Contestants will get the chance to win cash and love in a special Valentine's Day version of telly quiz Who Wants T...
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Broadband take-up rises
Households and business have accelerated their take-up of high-speed internet services. Figures from Oftel release...
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Merger of Telewest and NTL postponed
Investors in cable groups Telewest and NTL have ruled out a long-awaited merger of the two companies for at least o...
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FA Cup second rate, says BBC chairman
The Football Association's hopes of another big-money TV contreact for the FA Cup have been crushed after BBC chair...