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    Game, set and match to BBC1

    2003-06-25T09:34:19Z

    A peak of 4.1 million viewers watched BBC1's coverage of Greg Rusedki's victory in the first round of the Wimbledon...

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    Digital viewers free-wheel

    2003-06-25T09:31:12Z

    A fifth of all households with digital television receive free to air channels rather than pay TV, according to the...

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    ITV merger worries

    2003-06-25T09:29:13Z

    Advertisers are concerned that the Competition Commission will allow the merger of ITV companies Granada and Carlto...

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    The night the music died

    2003-06-25T09:27:36Z

    Jean-Marie Messier had created a French corporate powerhouse but his love of self-promotion and risk were to delive...

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    'Big Brother' loses viewers but stays top show on C4

    2003-06-25T09:27:12Z

    Big Brother may be watching you - but are you still watching ...

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    BBC detector vans go undercover

    2003-06-25T09:26:26Z

    The BBC showed off a new fleet of 'undercover' detector vans yesterday that it hopes will recoup the£150 million i...

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    Avesco spreads net to win quiz jackpot

    2003-06-25T09:26:04Z

    Who Wants to be a Millionaire? joint-owner Avesco said the production company behind the TV quiz was developing new...

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    Big Brother crisis

    2003-06-25T09:25:34Z

    40% drop in phone vote as viewers turn off ...

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    I'll make£1m

    2003-06-25T09:23:57Z

    Weeks ago he was making pocket money from private parties, but royal gatecrasher aaron Barshack last night said he ...

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    Rolf gets one-off special

    2003-06-25T09:03:04Z

    Rolf Harris - who before the advent of Kylie Minogue was arguably the country's favourite Australian - is to celebrate fifty years in television with a one-off special for BBC1, writes Luke Satchell

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    C4 journeys into daytime

    2003-06-24T16:45:08Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned indie At It Productions to produce its first ever daytime travel series, writes Rosemary Gallagher

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    BBC1 drama delves into unknown

    2003-06-24T16:43:42Z

    A major new BBC1 drama will feature the work of a team of parapsychologists - people who study mental phenomena beyond the scope of normal physical explanation - who investigate cases of voodoo, psychic abilities and past life experiences, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Canada checks out Paradise Hotel

    2003-06-24T16:41:35Z

    The Television Corporation has struck a simulcast deal with a Canadian broadcaster for its US reality show Paradise Hotel, despite the fact that the most viewers in Canada can already see the show on Fox, writes Colin Robertson

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    Substantial rise in free-to-air services

    2003-06-24T15:00:19Z

    One in five digital TV homes now takes free-to-air services, according to new figures, writes Rosemary Gallagher

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    Blair beaten over Ofcom role

    2003-06-24T10:27:09Z

    Tony Blair suffered his first broadcasting setback this week when Lord Puttnam succeeded in putting the interests of the 'citizen' at the heart of the duties of new media regulator Ofcom, writes David Rose

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    Now the commercial breakdown

    2003-06-24T10:16:00Z

    Thirty second ads are no longer enough - companies are paying for entire TV shows. Martin Jacson asks: is this a st...

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    Classic Gold hits digital high note

    2003-06-24T10:15:18Z

    UBC Media said strong growth at its Classic Gold Digital station, which broadcasts a breakfast show hosted by Tony ...

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    Watch out, pop-pickers

    2003-06-24T10:13:53Z

    Every Friday in the early Sixties, Derek Chinnery would stop at a newsagent on his way to work at the BBC's gramaph...

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    A fairytale beginning for Vivendi

    2003-06-24T10:13:14Z

    Jean-Marie Messier dreamed of creating a global media corporation to rival AOL Time Warner. The first of three extr...

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    UBC is on the right wavelength

    2003-06-24T10:10:14Z

    UBC Media, a tiny radio company, yesterday reported results no better than forecast, yet its shares leapt a quarter...