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    SDN considers pay-TV channel on Freeview.

    2002-11-26T12:37:09Z

    Freeview viewers are to gain another two channels after it emerged that SDN, which owns one of the service's multiplexes, is in talks with a number of interested parties, writes Penny Hughes

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    Capital fears metropolitan focus is costing listeners.

    2002-11-26T12:37:09Z

    CAPITAL 95.8 FM has begun a major study of its audience following concerns that its dramatic loss of listeners was prompted by the station becoming too metropolitan, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    BBC's general factual review delayed again.

    2002-11-26T12:37:09Z

    The long-awaited review of the BBC's general factual commissioning system has been delayed again, leaving staff increasingly frustrated and fearing that it may never be published, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    24-hour newscasts 'lack quality foreign news'.

    2002-11-26T12:37:09Z

    Broadcasters risk diluting the quality of their international news coverage by attempting to satisfy the demands for fresh content on 24-hour news channels, according to some of the UK's most senior reporters, writes Steve Aston

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    ITV lines up big-budget version of Dracula.

    2002-11-26T12:37:04Z

    ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has strengthened his penchant for big-budget adaptations of classic texts, giving Granada the go-ahead for a multimillion pound adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, writes David Wood

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    BSkyB under attack in 'must carry' row.

    2002-11-26T12:36:46Z

    ITV is to lead a campaign against BSkyB in the run-up to voting on the Communications

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    Elstein attacks 'flotsam and jetsam' Freeview service

    2002-11-26T10:35:57Z

    Former Five chief executive David Elstein has launched another swingeing attack on DTT, dismissing the BBC/Crown Castle's Freeview service as a perverse package full of non-entity channels, writes David Wood

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    Pop goes the monopoly

    2002-11-26T10:24:54Z

    MTV was music television. Then came a rash of competitors across Europe. Can they all survive? ...

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    Kylie stripped bare in warts 'n all TV show

    2002-11-26T10:24:26Z

    Pop cutie Kylie Minogue is to be laid bare in a sensational new telly show. ...

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    The customer must come first

    2002-11-26T10:24:25Z

    Ofcom's success as a regulator depends on connecting with consumers. ...

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    Nowhere left to go

    2002-11-26T10:24:03Z

    European TV advertisers are feeling squeezed by dominant house sales and cuts in commercial airtime ...

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    Get off ITV

    2002-11-26T10:22:56Z

    Terry Venables is facing increasing pressure to give up his TV work. ...

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    Cough up or else

    2002-11-26T10:21:58Z

    Mobile operators slow to pay for TV texting. ...

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    Dean is quitting the gaff

    2002-11-26T10:21:33Z

    EastEnders star Dean Gaffney is leaving Albert Square after a row over storylines, The Sun can reveal. ...

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    Vivendi banks agree Eu. 1bn credit line

    2002-11-26T10:20:51Z

    Vivendi and its banks are understood to have reached an agreement on a Eu. 1bn credit facility instead of a Eu.3bn ...

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    Chrysalis still beating rivals

    2002-11-26T10:19:55Z

    Chrysalis, the media group behind Heart FM, has continued to outpace its rivals in the radio sector, lifting radio ...

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    I'm devastated

    2002-11-26T10:19:16Z

    EastEnders' star Dean in shock as Robbie is dropped after nine years. ...

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    Move to protect independent TV programming

    2002-11-26T10:17:38Z

    Broadcasters including ITV and the BBC could face stiff financial penalties if they fail to comply with quotas for ...

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    Battle stations

    2002-11-26T10:17:04Z

    With conflict in Iraq looming, the BBC has been sending journalists on safety-training courses. Fergal Keane report...

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    Deronda and Zhivago no match for Robin Hood

    2002-11-26T10:13:29Z

    Andrew Davies's adaptation of Doctor Zhivago narrowly beat Andrew Davies's adaptation of Daniel Deronda in the week...