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Adie leaves her frontline post
Kate Adie is quitting her frontline reporting job after 34 years with the BBC ...
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BBC head quits amid controversy
A BBC director has resigned amid the controversy surrounding the corporation's digital curriculum service for schoo...
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Turner goes as AOL reveals loss of $98bn
US media mogul Ted Turner has resigned as vice-chairman of AOL Time Warner as the media combine announced a massive...
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BBC heads quit over schools online row
The BBC suffered two major resignations yesterday after the controversy over the improper spending of licence-fee m...
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Eurovision gives the world two days to sing along in harmony
The Eurovision Song Contest is to be expanded from a single evening into a two-day festival ...
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AOL Time Warner reports record $99bn loss
AOL Time Warner posted the largest loss in corporate history last night after taking a $45.5bn (£28bn) writedown in...
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BBC Digital chief quits over talks with Pearson
A senior BBC executive has resigned as joint head of the corporation's education division after admitting he had ac...
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Adie to hang up her flak jacket after 30 years on the front line
The BBC veteran war correspondent Kate Adie announced yesterday she was hanging up her flak jacket for a life of a ...
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Flextech's Lighting to head Five
Flextech chief executive of content Jane Lighting will be confirmed as the new chief executive of Five by a board meeting of the channel's shareholders today (Friday), writes Penny Hughes
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NewsTivo calls time on UK PVR strategy
Personal video recorder (PVR) Tivo has been pulled out of the UK in a move which will cast doubt over the viability of PVRs as standalone devices, writes David Wood
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NewsEndemol UK in tussle over Bar Wars format
Endemol UK is considering legal action against Action Time over concerns that its new reality show The Club may be a rip-off of its own format Bar Wars, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsBBC cleans up at Broadcast Awards 2003
The BBC dominated this week's Broadcast Awards, winning a total of eight out of 16 awards including best comedy show for The Office, best drama series for Spooks and best news programme for Ten O'Clock News.
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C4 to 'reinvent' Saturday night
Channel 4 and Five have committed to risk and experimentation in their 2003 statements of programme promise, writes Penny Hughes.
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ITV puts colour back into kids
ITV is set to revitalise its kids brand, CITV, after a period of budget cuts and stiff competition from the BBC, writes Steve Aston.
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ITN in talks over cost of war coverage
Broadcasters are already weighing up the cost of war coverage with ITN holding talks with ITV, Channel 4 and Five about additional funding, write Steve Aston and Paul Revoir.
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RAF grounds BBC2 pilot show
A major new BBC2 series following the training of a squadron of British fighter pilots has had to be postponed indefinitely as the Royal Air Force concentrates on preparations for a potential war in Iraq, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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TV prepares for war
The expected war with Iraq will be one of the most difficult conflicts ever covered by the media as military control over access and information is tightened and public opinion on the conflict becomes increasingly divided, senior news figures have said.
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NewsBlair eyes second Al-Jazeera interview
Tony Blair could be set to give another high profile interview to Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera in an attempt to justify a war with Iraq, writes Paul Revoir
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Movie stars to be next C4 list
Channel 4 has asked Yorkshire TV to produce another 100 Greatest...marathon, with a six-hour event documenting the stars of the silver screen, writes Penny Hughes.