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CWC signs up 100,000
Cable & Wireless Communications says 100,000 subscribers have signed up to its digital cable television service since it launched the service six months ago
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In a lather about The Archers
Middle England can rest easy. The much-anticipated sex-in-the-shower scene of Radio 4's The Archers proved something of a damp squib in the end. The episode, in which married pub landlord Sid
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Channel 5 increases audience share as BBC and ITV slip
BBC 1 biggest loser in ITC's 1999 viewing figures
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TV swaps ads for internet equity
Channel 5 and Channel 4 set to offer web outfits airtime-for-equity deals
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Dyke targets bureaucracy
New BBC chief promises to cut amount spent on consultants and pledges more funds for high-quality programmes
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Mentorn shuts down Manchester operation
Chief executive Tom Gutteridge blames closure on broadcasters' lack of commitment to the regions
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Maniura to lead BBC 2 Art Zone
BBC 2 controller Jane Root hires Peter Maniura to oversee channel's new Sunday slot launching in spring
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Hole in Airey's bucket
Apologies to Channel 5 director of programmes from the Telegraph. After widespread reports of the amount offered by the station to keep newsreader Kirsty Young, Airey wanted to convince
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Teletubbies uncovered
The Teletubbies received an unwelcome visitor recently when a semi-nude sidekick joined Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po.A Philippine TV station earned the wrath of regulators when a
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OFF THE RECORD - Sloping off
Senior BBC execs were in an abstemious mood at Sir John Birt's new year drinks t'other week. Director general imminent Greg Dyke bowed out early to play footie with his son.
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OFF THE RECORD - Skinning up
And finally (surely that's another section, ed) here's a shot of funny man Frank Skinner (below), snapped at last week's Broadcast Awards do scanning the winners supplement - no doubt to
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MONEY SETS TARGET SHARE
The Money Channel has set a target of a 0.4 per cent share in Sky Digital homes within six months of its launch on 7 February and a 0.6 per cent
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MASON QUITS RAPTURE
Rapture TV founding director Debbie Mason is to leave the United-owned youth channel on the eve of its launch as a seven-day-a-week operation. Mason, whose programming duties have been absorbed by
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OFF THE RECORD - Salmon grilled
And so to Rules' eaterie where everyone's favourite prankster Noel Edmonds put on a serious face last week as he puffed his indie Unique's move into pastures new media. But there
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ITN TO PROVIDE GMTV'S NORTHERN IRELAND NEWS SLOT
ITN has won the contract to provide Northern Ireland's regional news slot on GMTV from Reuters. The five-year deal starts on 27 March. ITN deputy director of development Angela Frier will