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Telewest directors in firing line
Angry shareholders in Telewest yesterday accused the board of the cable operator of leaving them out of pocket thro...
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Avdertisers reject revised ITV merger proposals
Advertisers have warned that the new merger proposal that has emerged from Carlton and Granada, the two main ITV co...
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Telewest chief denies rumours
Charles Burdick, the managing director of Telewest, denied that he was under any pressure to resign after surviving...
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BBC Four turns to 'fun and sex'
Licence-payers had been told that BBC Four would offer them 'a place to think'. Now the corporation is hoping to bo...
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Telewest fends off criticism by shareholders
Telewest's directors yesterday vowed to do theirbest to avoid 'another disaster like Marconi' after a group of angr...
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NewsRacy French films to spice up BBC4
Digital culture channel BBC4 is to spice up its schedule with a week of programmes devoted to the French and sex, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsBroadcasters snap up C4 Moscow doc
Channel 4's Terror in Moscow documentary about the Moscow theatre siege in October last year has been sold to six territories, writes Penny Hughes
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BBC factual rejig to help indies
Indies have been told pitching bigger factual projects to the BBC will be made easier in the future with the start this week of a new commissioning structure overseen by the new controller of factual television, Glenwyn Benson, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsTelewest upbeat despite debt restructuring
Telewest announced today that it was trading in line with expectations and was experiencing strong contribution margins, reduced capital expenditure and a growth in customers, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsBBC Governors back Parfitt
BBC governors have given their seal of approval to Radio 1's ongoing strategy despite a massive plunge in ratings for the station, writes Michael Rosser
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Chrysalis Radio to shed producers
Chrysalis Radio is to axe seven members of its news teams following a top-level shake-up at its relaunched stations, writes Michael Rosser
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News International joins Five debate
Rupert Murdoch's News International has joined the row over cross-media ownership changes by writing to peers claiming it is a myth that the Communications Bill would allow it to walk straight in and buy Five, write David Rose & Rosemary Gallagher
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Gay parents focus of RDF series for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned a 2 x 60-minute series from RDF Media about gay couples who are trying or in the process of having children, writes Penny Hughes
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CBBC Scottish head takes on wizard project
Head of CBBC Scotland Claire Mundell is to step down from her role for 18 months in order to executive produce a new big-budget transatlantic co-production, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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ITV execs dismiss takeover rumours
Senior ITV executives have accused venture capitalists of 'rumour-mongering' about bids to buy out both Carlton and Granada and take control of the network, writes Paul Revoir
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Co-pro deal to bring back Belgian sleuth
LWT is to make a raft of new Agatha Christie thrillers as part of a co-production deal between Granada International and US broadcaster A&E Network, writes Paul Revoir
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Lyon's Den tempts Five
Five has completed a deal to buy Twentieth Century Fox Television's new drama The Lyon's Den at the LA Screenings, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsBig Brother opens its doors to the disabled
Channel 4's Big Brother is set to have a disabled person as a housemate - an aim supported by its production company Endemol, C4 chief executive Mark Thompson said today, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsC4 sets date for Brookie demise
Channel 4 has confirmed that long-running soap Brookside, shunted out of its peak time slot in November last year, will finally finish at the end of the year, writes Leigh Holmwood