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OFF THE RECORD - Fading tsar
Poor old Kelvin MacKenzie. The Talk Sport tsar came over all hot and bothered on the Today programme after the Beeb successfully fought off Talk's bid to snatch the radio rights
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OFF THE RECORD - Asbestos they can
And so to the bewildering world of digital TV, where this week lentil-munchers on OTR were delighted to learn that The Natural Health Channel is to launch later this year. The
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NewsPrimeval finds 6.9m
ITV1's new big-budget drama series Primevallaunched on Saturday evening with 6.9 million viewers (28.9%), an audience that was comfortably above the channel's 2006 slot average.
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NewsChrysalis mulls demerger
Chrysalis is to launch a strategic review of the company which could lead to the sale of its radio arm.
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Telefonica mounts£3.4 billion bid for Endemol
Spanish telecoms group Telefonica has launched a Euro5.5 billion (£3.4 billion) bid for Endemol Entertainment, one of Europe's largest independent TV content producers.The proposed deal would see Netherlands-based Endemol form
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Bertelsmann to offload AOL Europe for $7.7 billion
German media giant Bertelsmann is expected to announce on Friday (17 March) the sale of its 50 per cent stake in AOL Europe to America Online for $7.5 billion (£4.8 billion),
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NewsBBC talks up Salford ahead of move
BBC Radio Manchester will today devote its airtime to promoting Salford and the people who live there, as five of the corporation's London-based departments prepare to move to the new Media City in Salford Quays.
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Root reorders Tribe for BBC 2
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a second series of Tribe from BBC entertainment features in Manchester. The 10 x 30-minute series goes into production this week and is expected
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BBC 1 unveils£242 million spring/summer schedule
Ten new drama series lead out new BBC offerings
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NewsFormer England boss launches online sport channel
Sports networking site isporty.com, backed by former England manager Terry Venables, is launching an online TV channel and has lined up ITV Sport pundit Gary Newbon as lead presenter.