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    BBC boss buys golf club No 2

    2003-08-05T09:48:12Z

    The BBC's director-general Greg Dykehas expanded his personal business interests by buying a secon luxury golf cour...

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    Obituary - Harvey Unna

    2003-08-05T09:41:37Z

    Literary agent who bought us much of the best in postwar drama, comedy and television serials. ...

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    NTL chief sees stake's value rise

    2003-08-05T09:39:41Z

    Barclay Knapp, chief executive of NTL, saw the value of his shareholding in the cable company grow by $46,300 durin...

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    Dyke buts himself another golf club

    2003-08-05T09:37:21Z

    Greg Dyke, the BBC director-general, is now the owner of two championship-standard golf courses after a multi-milli...

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    Keep it in the family

    2003-08-05T09:33:26Z

    Xfm, Capital Radio's 'grown-up' music station, has won over the critics and media types. It now needs to translate ...

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    Power to the people

    2003-08-05T09:31:22Z

    Hewlett-Packard and a small film company have been testing technology which offers remote access to extra computer ...

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    Listening to the television

    2003-08-05T09:27:21Z

    Last week's Rajar figures, which revealed a 45 per cent rise in the number of people listening to radio through TV ...

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    Bigger than the sum of its parts

    2003-08-05T09:23:57Z

    Cross-promotion of all BBC services is a duty to the viewer, not an anti-competitive marketing ploy, says director ...

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    No laughs please, we're British

    2003-08-05T09:20:48Z

    Three BBC sitcoms are to be remade in the US. But will they survive the journey across the Atlantic? ...

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    Greg Dyke buys another luxury golf club for£7m

    2003-08-05T09:20:21Z

    Greg Dyke, the director general of the BBC, has expanded his leisure business empire by buying a second luxury golf...

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    Frost digs deep again to help net distributor

    2003-08-05T09:19:58Z

    The veteran TV presenter Sir David Frost has been forced to come to the aid of Newsplayer Group, which distributes ...

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    Dyke buys Gates' golf course

    2003-08-05T09:19:39Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke has bought his second golf course from a consortium that includes the world's riches...

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    BBC NI jumps on lifestyle bandwagon

    2003-08-04T15:33:34Z

    BBC Northern Ireland is hoping to capture the success of lifestyle programmes such as the Dinner Party Inspectors with a new series focussing on surprise parties, writes Michael Rosser

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    Britain's pay-TV market to eclipse Europe

    2003-08-04T09:59:00Z

    Britain is set to become the biggest pay-TV market in Europe with revenues rocketing from£2.9bn to£14bn in just five years, a new report predicts, writes Mchael Rosser

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    A suitable case for treatment

    2003-08-04T09:56:34Z

    A TV series giving an unprecedented insight into the justice system was nearly scupped by legal difficulties itself...

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    ?A gripping soap opera'

    2003-08-04T09:56:18Z

    The foreign media showed little interest in the dodgy Iraq dossier affair - but the death of Dr David Kelly soon sh...

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    Sky bags Hollywood reality show

    2003-08-04T09:52:52Z

    The reality format has hit Hollywood, with Sky One picking up a new US show in which a group of people train to be action movie stars, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    It is the BBC's political agenda that should be investigated

    2003-08-04T09:48:22Z

    What is the point of Lord Hutton's inquiry? He is to look into the specific circumstances of David Kelly's death, b...

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    Gimme, gimme, gimme

    2003-08-04T09:46:14Z

    Angelique Chrisafis on Radio 4's unlikely scoop - an interview with Bromley, ex-girl gang member and Damilola Taylo...

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    Digital kills the Radio 1 stars

    2003-08-04T09:44:48Z

    The BBC's pop station is in terminal decline, says Matt Wells. ...