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    Classic FM TV on a global mission

    2003-07-10T10:55:19Z

    Classic FM TV, the TV spin-off of the GWR-owned commercial classical music radio station, is poised to launch in at least four overseas territories, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    ITV axes Judgement Day

    2003-07-10T10:54:36Z

    ITV1's new Brian Conley-fronted gameshow Judgement Dayhas been pulled from the schedules after just two episodes as ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard moved to halt the alarming slump in the network's Saturday night ratings, writes Paul Revoir and Jon ...

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    Pension deficit pushes BBC£300m into the red

    2003-07-10T10:27:19Z

    Broadcaster to post record loss after£1bn shortfall in fund and digital costs. ...

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    Racing at odds over payout

    2003-07-10T10:25:42Z

    Atthe races, the media group jointly owned by Arena leisure, BSkyB and Channel 4, is in a contractual dispute with ...

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    Why No 10's war with the BBC is far from over

    2003-07-10T10:23:35Z

    Whether it was faith in the parliamentary process or just wishful thinking among bored journalists, it was widely p...

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    Scot Flee

    2003-07-10T10:19:37Z

    TV's John Leslie is escaping the London spotlight and buying a rundown house in Scotland. ...

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    BBC pay up 3.6%

    2003-07-10T10:18:23Z

    More than 20,000 BBC staff will get inflation-busting pay rises of 3.6 per cent next month. ...

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    Dodgy dossier row gave BBC image a boost

    2003-07-10T10:10:06Z

    The furious row between the BBC and the government over the

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    No challenge to Sky for top matches

    2003-07-10T10:09:07Z

    Broadcasters were this week putting the finishing touches to their bids for Premiership Football rights in time for Friday's deadline (11 July), with Sky expected to face no terrestrial competition for the two key live packages, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    The Bill cops it from writers

    2003-07-10T10:08:11Z

    Writers have accused The Billof criminal cheek after series producer Carson Black wrote to them offering just£200 for story ideas, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Is this the funniest comedy line ever?

    2003-07-10T09:41:49Z

    Mincing Mr Humphries' camp call 'I'm free' from the seventies TV sitcom Are You Being Served? was yesterday named t...

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    Lygo's glad to be back and causing trouble at C4

    2003-07-10T09:37:53Z

    Channel Five programming chief Kevin Lygo, who helped transform the broadcasters trashy image by introducing arts p...

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    Scientist named as BBC contact

    2003-07-10T09:33:41Z

    A former senior UN weapons inspector was named yesterdsay as the person said by the Ministry of ddefence to have ha...

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    BBC reassures stadff as it reveals£1bn pension black hole

    2003-07-10T09:30:23Z

    The BBC will reveal a£1billion hole in its staff pension fund when its annual report is issued next week. ...

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    Weapons expert is named as BBC mole

    2003-07-10T09:28:42Z

    The suspected mole at the centre of a row between the government and the BBC was named last night as moicrobiologis...

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    BBC tells its staff of£1bn pension shortfall

    2003-07-10T09:25:18Z

    The BBC is writing to its 27,000 employees warning that new accounts, published next week, will show a deficit of m...

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    Channel Four lures director from Five

    2003-07-10T09:23:29Z

    Channel Four, the free-to-air broadcaster, has headhunted Kevin Lygo, director of programmes at arch rival Channel ...

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    BBC accuses No 10 of manipulation as it names source of dossier claim

    2003-07-10T09:20:53Z

    The identity of a Whitehall official who admitted attending an unauthorised meeting with the BBC journalist Andrew ...

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    Ad producer starts Soho HD business

    2003-07-10T08:30:00Z

    A renowned commercials producer has opened an HD facility in Soho after demand for his self-bought kit went through the roof, writes Sam Espensen.

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    TSL scoops BBC contract

    2003-07-10T08:30:00Z

    Television Systems Limited (TSL) has won a lucrative contract with BBC Broadcast to design, install, commission and integrate the playout and broadcast automation systems for the new Broadcast Centre currently being built in White City.