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Confident Telewest cuts loss by£200m
The French bank petitioning to wind up Telewest, the giant cable group, in pursuit of a£10.5 million debt has been...
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BT boss admits error over 'too high' targets
Breitish Telecom chief executive Ben Verwaayen admitted yesterday that he had failed to meet his ambitious sales ta...
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Cue cheat, Louis
Popstars the Rivals judge Louis Walsh has been accused of reading his 'off-the-cuff' remarks from a cue card ...
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Telewest reduces third-quarter losses to£158m after cost-cutting measures
Telewest announced yesterday that losses had narrowed in the third quarter after a string of cost-cutting measures...
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Redmond plans exit that will take the day-to-day out of daytime television
Phil Redmond has sold part of his television business and is stepping back from the day-to-day mangement of his big...
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Great Britons contest gets personal
Rival BBC series presenters vie to canvass support amid talk of bets and ballot-rigging ...
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NewsNTL's Carter to step down
Stephen Carter, UK and Ireland managing director of debt-laden cable outfit NTL, is leaving the company at the end of the year as chief executive Barclay Knapp prepares to take a more hands-on role, writes Colin Robertson
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NewsBBC business guru Thirkell quits for start-up
The man behind the BBC's recent boom in business programming, Robert Thirkell, is leaving the corporation in what will be a blow to director general Greg Dyke's aspirations to make business coverage one of the BBC's top priorities, writes Leigh Holmwood
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VC cash to boost Mersey's coffers
Brookside producer Mersey Television has secured a multimillion pound investment from venture capital company LDC in a deal that will allow it to expand and move away from relying on ideas from founder Phil Redmond, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Channel 5 in hot pursuit of reality hit
A member of the public will be given the chance to become a Formula 1 racing driver trained by Jensen Button as part of a major new reality series for Channel 5, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Vote now for year's best new show
The BBC's Walking with Beasts, Channel 4 drama Shackleton and ITV's I'm a Celebrity?Get Me Out of Here! top the list for Broadcast's second annual readers' poll for the best new programme of the year
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On Demand finds funds for European VOD push
UK video-on-demand (VOD) consultancy On Demand Group has secured a£10m investment to develop cable VOD services in Europe, writes David Wood
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Ten Alps invests in politics shows
Bob Geldof's media outfit Ten Alps Communications is gearing up for a major a push into TV political programming after paying£4.5m for factual independent company Brook Lapping Productions, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Paramount in fresh co-production push
Paramount Comedy Channel is on the lookout for a series of new co-production deals to refresh its bank of original UK content and has poached Trouble channel editor Heather Jones to spearhead the drive, writes Paul Revoir
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Ratings high for Living TV
Living TV is looking to launch a regular chat show after recording the third highest share in multichannel homes on Halloween night, writes Paul Revoir
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ITV hits back at ITC international warning
ITV has clashed with the Independent Television Commission (ITC) after the regulator warned it must continue to make extra money available to its news service to ensure quality reporting of international events, writes Steve Aston
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Daws backs new comedy indie
Victoria Real chairman and co-founder Richard Daws has set up a separate radio and TV comedy production company and has poached Steve Coogan's head of development to help run it, writes Jon Rogers
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BBC to create ride based on wildlife show
Sir David Attenborough's new BBC 1 landmark natural history series The Life of Mammals is to be turned into a tourist attraction after BBC Worldwide signed a deal to create its first ever simulator ride, writes Leigh Holmwood