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    A fee-sy life for TV hosts

    2002-09-03T10:11:08Z

    Telly hosts Ant & Dec have become such hot property that they now get at least£30,000 for personal appearances. ...

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    Bob builds and empire

    2002-09-03T10:09:22Z

    Bob The Builder scooped up Thomas The Tank Engine yesterday to become the fat controller of kids' TV. ...

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    Cat gets prime time Deeley

    2002-09-03T10:06:18Z

    CD:UK host Cat Deeley looks set to follow in the footsteps of former colleagues Ant and Dec. ...

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    Drama warning by 'rattled' ITV1

    2002-09-03T10:05:51Z

    The BBC and ITV were engaged in a war of words yesterday over a clash between their autumn period dramas. ...

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    Grandstand loses viewers as it takes sport to extremes

    2002-09-03T10:05:23Z

    The BBC sports programme Grandstand attracted its second-lowest audience last Saturday when it screened almost thre...

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    TV editor Sergeant quits ITN

    2002-09-03T10:04:54Z

    ITN Political Editor John Sergeant is to quit at the end of the year. ...

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    Fifty years on

    2002-09-03T10:04:42Z

    The BBC's current-affairs flagship Panorama is preparing to celebrate it half-century. John Mair speaks to the pro...

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    Carlton and Granada cleared for Unilever deal

    2002-09-03T10:04:17Z

    Carlton and Granada have been cleared by the regulator over working together to win a 230m advertising deal for ITV...

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    ITV to BBC - 'Please don't schedule against us'

    2002-09-03T10:03:40Z

    ITV made an unprecedented pleas to BBC last night not to schedule its blockbuster autumn costume drama against its ...

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    Friendly eye on the market

    2002-09-03T10:03:00Z

    The company that produces Friends and ER is looking at opportunities to expand and make new shows in the UK, and IT...

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    In the public interest

    2002-09-03T10:02:30Z

    Mark Thompson, chief executive of Channel 4, says bold ideas and sufficient resources, not regulation, should defin...

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    Grandstand ratings flop

    2002-09-03T10:02:22Z

    Grandstand slumped to its second-lowest ratings on Saturday after a bid to woo younger viewers backfired. ...

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    Hitting them for a five

    2002-09-03T10:01:54Z

    How did a low-profile agency win Channel 5's rebranding contract? ...

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    Revolution postponed

    2002-09-03T10:01:33Z

    Personal video recorders like TiVo have been slow to take hold, but mass production may yet turn a minority interes...

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    Premiership fails to hit target

    2002-09-03T10:01:08Z

    If ever there was an argument for retaining the licence fee this is it. ...

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    After years of gain, the pain

    2002-09-03T10:00:51Z

    Media companies are suffering - mainly because the good times were so good for so long ...

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    Following in Liddiment's footlights

    2002-09-03T10:00:29Z

    Who is the most important person in the ITV universe? Charles Allen of Granada? Michael Green of Carlton? Neither o...

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    Remaking Bertelsmann

    2002-09-03T10:00:07Z

    Bertelsmann, Europe's second largest media group, is being quietly refashioned by Gunter Thielsen after five years ...

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    Moving pictures go mobile

    2002-09-03T09:59:45Z

    The wireless communications industry is likely to start using technology that should bring good quality video to mo...

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    Curtain won't fall on Des

    2002-09-03T09:59:29Z

    Des Lynam's contract with ITV's Premiership highlights show expires this season, but there are encouraging signs th...