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    ITC boss issues Ofcom warning

    2003-04-10T11:06:34Z

    Independent Television Commission (ITC) chief executive Patricia Hodgson has issued a stark warning to Ofcom not to place competition over content when it is passed the torch later this year, writes Michael Rosser

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    Peek-a-Boobahs

    2003-04-10T10:23:47Z

    Humbah, Zumbah, Kumbah and co are new Teletubbies. ...

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    Hunt for ringleaders as IRA gang get 100 years

    2003-04-10T10:23:05Z

    Mystery bombers were filmed. ...

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    TV first as Bill's Boyden cops it

    2003-04-10T10:21:50Z

    Sergeant Matthew Boyden lies dead in this exclusive picture from The Bill - and sparks a telly first. ...

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    Gee, Ali...a US posse's after you

    2003-04-10T10:20:32Z

    Ali G star Sacha Baron Cohen faces being locked up if he ever return to Arizona after going on the run from police....

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    Meet the Boohbahs

    2003-04-10T10:18:29Z

    Kids' show set to earn millions. ...

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    DirecTV succumbs to Murdoch

    2003-04-10T10:16:57Z

    Rupert Murdoch's long held ambition to own a pay-TV platform in the US was finally realised last night when the med...

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    News Corp buys control of DirecTV

    2003-04-10T09:53:36Z

    The News Corporation last night became the largest satellite broadcaster in the US after agreeing to pay $6.6 billi...

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    Images of victory and jubilation announce downfall of Saddam to the watching world

    2003-04-10T09:53:11Z

    Matthew Parris goes channel hopping ...

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    Murdoch adds DirecTV to broadcast empire

    2003-04-10T09:52:49Z

    News Corporation last night secured control of broadcaster DirecTV for $6.6 billion ...

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    22 years for terrorists in BBC car bomb attack

    2003-04-10T09:52:31Z

    Five Irish terrorists who took part in a Real IRA car bomb campaign in 2001 were jailed for between 16 and 22 years...

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    Murdoch signs deal for Hughes

    2003-04-10T09:52:03Z

    Rupert Murdoch last night ended a three-year pursuit of Hughes Electronics in a deal worth $6.6bn ...

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    Boseley takes on ITV factual programming

    2003-04-10T09:31:35Z

    The driving force behind Channel 4's successful 100 Greatest... strand has been appointed as ITV's new controller of factual programming, writes Michael Rosser

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    Ofcom names nine to oversee content

    2003-04-10T09:19:29Z

    The shadow content board of super-regulator Ofcom has finally been unveiled, completing the team which is set to shoulder responsibility for standards in television and radio, writes Michael Rosser

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    Evans given another chance

    2003-04-10T08:57:14Z

    Channel 4 is going ahead with a new early evening show from Chris Evans' UMTV, despite recent ratings which show the former presenter's other project for the channel, Boys and Girls,

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    End in sight for tape-based VTRs

    2003-04-10T08:30:00Z

    Manufacturer Thomson Broadcast has introduced a digital VTR at NAB that threatens to make tape-based mechanical VTRs obsolete, writes Will Strauss.

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    PC editing gets power boost from Avid

    2003-04-10T08:30:00Z

    Avid Technology has developed a set of Digital Nonlinear Accelerator (DNA) boards that the company claims have the capability to increase the processing power of an editor's PC by as much as 30 times, writes Sam Espensenat NAB in Las Vegas.

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    Microsoft bids to join pro market

    2003-04-10T08:30:00Z

    Software giant Microsoft will try yet again to tap into markets beyond the personal computer by proving that its digital video and audio format is a standard for professional broadcasters, writes Will Strauss.

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    Servers to replace tape at BBC sport

    2003-04-10T08:30:00Z

    All BBC sport programming will be produced without the use of video tape within three years, thanks to BBC post-production's decision to move to a totally tapeless service, writes Will Strauss.

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    Apple shows final cut 4

    2003-04-10T08:30:00Z

    Apple has unveiled the fourth incarnation of its Final Cut Pro digital video and film editing software. The new version incorporates more than 300 new features and introduces a real-time compositing and effects system called RT Extreme that can be upgraded depending on processor speed. The technology enables Final Cut ...