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CBM FOR SEPTEMBER.
The new Freeview general entertainment channel being run by a mystery broadcaster has said it will
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11 bid for WM local licence.
The Radio Authority has confirmed it has received 11 bids for the West Midlands FM licence, one of the last regional independent radio licences, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Purvis slams Hoon's ITN ruling.
ITN chief executive Stewart Purvis has blasted the British government for blocking an investigation into the disappearance in Iraq of cameramen Fred Nerac and translator Hussein Osman, writes Paul Revoir.
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RATINGS - I'm a Celebrity ... result bowls out all comers.
Media secretary Tessa Jowell may have called for a 'viewers revolt' against reality TV shows but her comments fell on deaf ears as the final of ITV1's I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here achieved its highest ever audience, writes Jon Rogers.
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Sky to end Solus satellite cards.
The smartcard system which allows around a million viewers to watch encrypted public service broadcasters on satellite without taking a Sky package will cease by the end of the year, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Granada takes Dr Zhivago home.
Granada is set to take its epic dramatisation of Doctor Zhivago to Russia following a complex deal involving the surviving relatives of author Boris Pasternak, writes Paul Revoir.
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FIVE TO EXPLORE WHAT MADE MYRA HINDLEY A KILLER.
Five has commissioned a 90-minute film that will attempt to explain why the notorious Moors murderer
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RDFI moves in on C4I's business.
Factual distributor RDF International (RDFI) has approached around eight key Channel 4 producers in a bid to form a 'distribution club' ahead of new legislation that will allow producers to hold onto programme rights, writes Penny Hughes.
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Mentorn signs Canadian co-pro deal.
Indie Mentorn has signed a production and distribution deal with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) that will see it co-produce four landmark documentary series over the next four years, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Jowell turns on charm to win over rebel hearts.
The government is undertaking a charm offensive to try to convince peers to back controversial aspects of the communications bill amid fears that the legislation could be severely hampered by ongoing wrangling, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Murdoch denies fancying Five.
BSkyB and News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch this week claimed he had no plans to buy Five, saying he would vote against the acquisition if it ever went before the Sky board, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Lewis takes on Sky scheduling.
BSkyB has appointed its first ever director of scheduling and promotions in a bid to stop
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Freeview platform may overtake Sky by 2005.
Almost 4 million households will have Freeview by the end of the year and more people will have access to it than Sky by 2005, according to one of the biggest suppliers of set-top box software, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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BBC STAFF TRAINING.
BBC director general Greg Dyke is to send around 1,500 managers on a new training course
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NTL EARNINGS GO UP.
NTL has reported earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of #165.5m in the three months
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MONKEY SHOWS SELL.
Indie Monkey Kingdom has sold Channel 4 hidden camera show Make My Day to Warner Bros
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C4 sets up 4 Broadband channel.
Channel 4 is launching a factual and entertainment broadband channel, 4 Broadband, to showcase programmes and clips from the broadcaster's back-catalogue, writes Penny Hughes.
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Big Brother house stays open till 2008.
Big Brother is set to stay on British screens until at least 2008, even if ratings fall for the main Channel 4 show, according to the C4 executive in charge of it, write Leigh Holmwood and Paul Revoir.
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ITV pushes on with back-room merger.
The back-room merger of Carlton and Granada continued this week as the pair announced that all
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Carlton and Granada to buy NTL out of ITV News.
Carlton and Granada are to take full control of the ITV News Channel by buying out NTL Europe's 35% stake, writes Paul Revoir.