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    BBC governors sharpen up PR act

    2003-06-19T09:12:21Z

    The BBC governors are set to stage a public relations fightback as new regulator Ofcom prepares to launch, with the appointment of two new executives charged with improving their independent advice and raising their profile, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    The Bill goes live to mark 20th birthday

    2003-06-19T09:03:25Z

    ITV is to celebrate the 20th anni-versary of its cop soap The Bill this autumn with a live extravaganza, writes Jane Marlow

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    John Willis's Royal Television Society Speech

    2003-06-18T14:53:05Z

    I had fully expected to be standing here as Vice President in charge of National Programmes at WGBH in Boston, not as the BBC's new Director of Factual and Learning, just eight days into a new job.

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    BBC's Willis keeps up US offensive

    2003-06-18T14:46:42Z

    John Willis, who last week took over as the new director of factual and learning BBC factual after a year spent in the US, has launched a withering attack on American news and current affairs television, writes Conor Dignam

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    Top Gear 'hooligans'

    2003-06-18T10:57:11Z

    Fury as TV boy racers go joyriding in historis£1m Jaguar which won Le Mans. ...

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    GWR departure prompts takeover talk

    2003-06-18T10:55:43Z

    GWR, the radio company that owns Classic FM, yesterday announced the surprise resignation of its chief executive, P...

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    New deadline in Carlton and Granada talks

    2003-06-18T10:54:03Z

    Carlton and Granada will have to wait another two months befor elearning if they can merge, after the Competition C...

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    Chief executive of GWR steps down

    2003-06-18T10:50:04Z

    The chief executive of Classic FM owner GWR resigned yesterday - less than a month after the radio group was force...

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    ITV companies win two-month stay of merger judgement day

    2003-06-18T10:47:21Z

    The competition commission extended its investigation intop the merger between Carlton and Granada yesterday after...

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    Henwood to head up Premium TV

    2003-06-18T09:58:49Z

    NTL Europe, the continental cable business spun off by troubled NTL earlier this year, is set to appoint Rod Henwood as chief executive of its Premium TV subsidiary, writes Rosemary Gallagher

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    Top-level changes at MTV Networks

    2003-06-18T09:25:48Z

    MTV Networks UK and Ireland has made two senior level appointments, with Steve Shannon joining as VH1's director of programmes and James Dearlove being promoted to a new role as MTV head of non-music talent.

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    Simpson to speak of 'friendly fire' attack

    2003-06-18T09:07:16Z

    Veteran BBC war correspondent John Simpson will discuss his recent brush with death in Iraq in a new Radio 4 series on synthetic materials, writes Michael Rosser

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    Broadcast figures honoured in Queen's list

    2003-06-17T14:36:44Z

    The Queen's birthday honours list this year included nine figures from the broadcasting industry, more than ever before, writes Sam Matthews

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    Rose D'Or leaves Montreux

    2003-06-17T13:49:58Z

    The Rose D'Or television festival, held for the last 43 years in the sleepy Swiss town of Montreux, is to move to the bright lights of the city of Lucerne in order to expand the event, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Government promises gradual switch-off

    2003-06-17T12:03:49Z

    The process of switching off analogue TV transmissions will be done on a region by region basis, the government has pledged, writes Michael Rosser

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    QVC - and the rest

    2003-06-17T10:10:09Z

    Running a teleshopping channel calls for a whole new set of retail skills - and taking on one tough incumbent. ...

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    And finally...

    2003-06-17T10:08:12Z

    Complaints abpout Fox News mean the ITC won't be bowing out quietly. ...

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    A new dawn for the twilight zone

    2003-06-17T10:05:05Z

    Broadcasters are waking up to the fact that poor daytime figures seriously affect overall ratings, writes Steve Cla...

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    TV talks hit snag

    2003-06-17T10:00:55Z

    Super League's 'big five' are rebelling against a new offer from BSkyB. ...

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    Funniest man you've never heard of

    2003-06-17T09:57:38Z

    Writer and producer Henry Normal helped to create Mrs Merton and the Royle family; then he brought decent comedy ba...