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    Jowell to defy peers over Five

    2003-04-09T09:27:44Z

    Defiant Tessa Jowell has signalled she is ready to take on peers now threatening to bar Rupert Murdoch from taking over Channel 5, writes David Rose

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    Radio Academy honours DJs

    2003-04-09T09:17:42Z

    Noel Edmonds, Tony Blackburn and Alan 'Fluff' Freeman were among the line up of influential DJs inaugurated into the Radio Academy's first Hall of Fame last night, writes Michael Rosser

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    ITC confirms BBC complaint

    2003-04-08T16:29:14Z

    The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has confirmed it has received an official representation from the BBC asking it to adjudicate in the increasingly bitter battle with Sky over its electronic programme guide (EPG), writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Sky nears golf rights monopoly

    2003-04-08T15:42:49Z

    Armchair golf-fans without Sky are facing the prospect of a drought on their screens - after BSkyB yesterday signed a rights extension deal for a host of the sport's top events, writes Luke Satchell

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    Microsoft attempts to take Broadcast market

    2003-04-08T14:27:11Z

    Software giant Microsoft will make yet another attempt 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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    Thomson ready to replace tape VTRs with digital recorders

    2003-04-08T14:20:38Z

    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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    Charlotte's got Angus TV quiz slot

    2003-04-08T10:42:48Z

    Teen singing star Charlotte Church is to sit in for axed Angus Deayton in the Have I Got News For You hot seat. ...

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    More live games on way

    2003-04-08T10:41:25Z

    If you think there is situation football coverage on Tv already, you ain't seen nothing yet. ...

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    Crazy Chris cost our station£20m

    2003-04-08T10:40:29Z

    DJ Chris Evans cost Viring Radio more than£20 million in less than three years as his drink fuelled behaviour spi...

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    Cameron Diaz, I presume

    2003-04-08T10:38:52Z

    When a BBC camera crew went to film in the rain forests of Belize they hoped to come across some exotice creatures....

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    Sniff out a TV prize

    2003-04-08T10:35:35Z

    ITV are offering a nose job to the winner of their latest makeover show. ...

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    Sheer Greed

    2003-04-08T10:34:42Z

    Tarrant hits out as cheating Major escapes with a fine. ...

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    Where the red button leads...

    2003-04-08T10:32:33Z

    Media laboratory iBurbia was set up to test audience response to interactive TV and advertising. But first the clie...

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    I'm a format maker...get me a lawyer

    2003-04-08T10:31:26Z

    The whole point of TV formats is that they can be easily duplicated for different territories - making them easy pr...

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    A special relationship

    2003-04-08T10:29:46Z

    A Brit heading a US production company is determined to make the most of formats and product placement on both side...

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    Is that your final answer, Chris?

    2003-04-08T10:28:14Z

    First Chris Tarrant was leaving Capital; then he stayed. Then he was off again, now he's not. Trivial? Not for the ...

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    Knock-on effect

    2003-04-08T10:26:31Z

    ITV, C4 and channel Five will be caught up in the BBC/Sky dispute. ...

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    ITC chief warns BBC to clarify its public service role

    2003-04-08T10:24:57Z

    Patricia Hodgson, chief executive of the Independent Television Commision, has warned the BBC that it must clarify ...

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    Three convicted of cheating on£1m quiz show

    2003-04-08T10:21:50Z

    An army major, his wife and a college lecturer were yesterday found guilty of cheating their way to the£1m top pri...

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    Tarrant to stay on at Capital Radio

    2003-04-08T10:19:33Z

    Chris Tarrant, the DJ whose rumoured departure from Capital Radio has played havoc with the company's share price, ...