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BBC Prime signs broadband deal
International entertainment channel to be streamed 24 hours a day to Swedish broadband company B2 Bredband's 70,000 subscribers
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BBC Prime signs Swedish broadband deal
BBC Worldwide channel to stream BBC shows EastEnders, The Weakest Link and TOTP 24 hours a day to Swedish broadband subscribers.
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Broadcasters should dumb-down on politics, says report
Study from the Economic & Social Research Council says broadcasters need to popularise political programming and should not be afraid of using tabloid formats
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Whitehall still buying analogue TV sets
Embarrassment for government as Conservative media secretary Tim Yeo forces admission that there is 'no central guidance on the purchase of televisions'
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BBC and Sky continue talks on BBC 4 EPG position
Corporation strives for move from news and documentaries to general programmes section
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Giuliani to get TV biopic treatment
London-based Jam Pictures, Carlton America and USA Network strike£2.8m deal to dramatise the life of New York's former mayor
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Dail Mail plans Metro FM radio
Owner of free commuter newspaper mulls re-brand of LBC 1152 as LBC Metro
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Pact attacks BBC over trade 'abuses'
Producers' alliance says corporation is exploiting its dominant position in the market and bullying indies over rights
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Carry On Up the Khyber to sell in India
Carry On Up the Khyber, the classic comic film which lampoons British rule in colonial India and features a blacked up Kenneth Williams playing an Indian rajah, is set to be
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Leader - Can the BBC aim to please us all?
A week on from the furore over the BBC's attitude to the death of the Queen Mother, bigger issues surrounding the future of public service broadcasting continue to be debated.Just as
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Free To Air - A sad loss to the nation.
The inevitable passing of a much-loved figure in British public life has once again put the spotlight on how our broadcasters conduct themselves. Yes, the coverage of ITV Digital's collapse and
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Trade Talk - Sharp operator.
Given his undoubted intellect and political nous, does it matter that new LWT boss Christy Swords has little experience of programme-making?
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In My View - Simon Shaps.
On how heritage TV drama could have more staying power internationally than formats
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On The Box - Political intrigue.
Tor McLaren, Universal Studios Networks director of channels, is captivated by life on The West Wing but thinks 24 is drama by numbers
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News Analysis - The going is slow.
The Office of Fair Trading's decision to give BSkyB extra time to defend itself against charges of anti-competitive behaviour looks like indecisiveness, though some suspect the OFT may be deliberately avoiding a row with Sky
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Hot-House TV - Telly's test tube babies.
The growth of a new breed of 'ideas labs', designed to hot house new TV hits, shows that broadcasters are desperate for new ideas. Is the in-house approach working?
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Interview - The matter of facts.
Brook Lapping Productions director Brian Lapping is a class act - churning out quality factual against the grain. But is time running out for the veteran documentary maker?
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Ratings Analysis - BBC struggles to win youth vote.
Recent research shows the BBC is losing the battle to attract younger viewers to its slate of political programmes. Can it reverse the trend?
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TX - Clubbing together.
'I don't think it's very funny actually,' comments writer/director Annie Griffin about her black comedy drama, The Book Group. Not the sort of thing you'd normally expect someone to say about