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NewsBSkyB reports record-breaking quarter
BSkyB recorded its lowest ever churn for Sky Digital in its first quarter results with just 9.6 per cent of its 6.3 million customers cancelling their subscriptions, writes David Wood
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Is the licence fee illegal?
It will be bad for broadcasting if the BBC loses its latest battle, says Raymond Snoddy. ...
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Viacom chairman plays down talk of ITV takeover bid
Viacom, one of the world's biggest media companies, said that it had no immediate intention of bidding for ITV. ...
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Noddy for sale after Chorion warning
Noddy was looking for a new home yesterday after Chorion, his owner, issued a profits warning and hung a for-sale s...
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Talks continue as Telewest loses 12,000 customers
Telewest, the cable operator, admitted yesterday that it had lost 12,000 customers over the third quarter while it ...
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NTL merger 'logical' says Telewest
Telewest Communications said yesterday that a merger with rival NTL could happen sooner rather than later once the ...
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ITV is 'opportunity' for Viacom chief
Sumner Redstone, the chairman and chief executive of US media giant Viacom, yesterday admitted that buying the TV n...
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BBC Asian Radio needs more than a pretty face
Amit Roy believes the network can only succeed with quality journalism. ...
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BBC to portray Byron as a 'sex-god aristo'
The BBC will attempt to portray Lord Byron as the 'Robbie Williams of his day' in a forthcoming television drama ab...
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Don't pay TV licence fee, campaigners urge viewers
A former Soviet dissident launched a campaign of civil disobedience yesterday by urging television viewers not to p...
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Vivendi vows to halve stake in its utilities arm
The break-up of Vivendi Universal accelerated last night as the French industrial group vowed to scale back its env...
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Disney predicts historic growth
Confident Walt Disney executives have predicted a return to historic profit growth rates of 20-30 per cent for the ...
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Viacom takes its show on a widening road
Sumner Redstone claim to have the winning formula in the global media industry. The 78 year-old chairman and chief-...
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Redstone backs UK media deregualtion
Viacom, the world's largest media company, has thrown its weight behind British government moves to liberalise medi...
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Telewest's 12,000 lost subscribers put blemish on results
Telewest yesterday reported improving figures, but the UK's cable operator lost 12,000 net subscribers in the third...
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Carter to step down at NTL
Stephen Carter, who has been widely tipped to take the helm at Emap, yesterday intensified speculation over hid fut...
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BT chief admits his sales target cannot be reached
BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen bowed to the inevitable yesterday, stepping back from his controversial goal of ex...
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A remarkable life on earth
As Sir David Attenborough celebrates half a century on screen with a new series, the naturalist tells how he hopes ...