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Rich List brings woe to BBC chairman Davies
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies, the former Goldman Sachs high-flier, has seen his fortune drop by£55m over the past 12 months, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List, writes Paul Revoir
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RDF cracks ITV entertainment
Grant Mansfield, the former Granada programming chief who quit the ITV broadcaster in November to join RDF Media, has bagged the indie's first entertainment commission for ITV1, writes Penny Hughes
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BBC defends new financial interest rules
The BBC has defended its decision to allow governors and executive committee members to declare only their interests in a list of 60 companies connected to the corporation as a 'tightening up' of its regulatory system, writes Leigh Holmwood
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First order for Farmbrough indie
Former Talkback Productions producer Richard Farmbrough has launched his own indie, Reef Television, and has appointed 12 full-time staff to help him run it, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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BBC softens audit stance
The BBC has accepted for the first time that it does not object in principle tobeing scrutinised by the national au...
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Opie confirmed as pay-TV boss
Lisa Opie will today be confirmed as the new boss of Flextech, the pay-TV company that part owns the UK Gold channe...
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Rugby rattled by another TV mix-up
Yet more evidence that rugby union is a professional spoort riddled with amateurish administrators emerged yesterda...
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Watchdog caveat may halt ITV merger
Groups could be forced to shed ad sales houses to satisfy commission. ...
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Archbishop in TV series on morality
Rowan Williams is to break new ground again by becoming the first archbishop of Canterbury to take part in a televi...
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TV asks for top 10 Germans - but don't mention the war
Germany is doing a version of the BBC's Greatest Britons but voters selecting the greatest German will be banned fr...
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The government this week pressed on with proposals to liberalise British broadcasting in the face of a mounting backlash from the House of Lords and a report from a leading US academic warning the plans would 'lead to disaster', writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsRadio 2 woos Disney chief
A television executive has emerged as a candidate to take the BBC Radio 2 controller role when Jim Moir steps down later this year, writes Michael Rosser
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Network Rail slams door on the media
Network Rail, the successor to Railtrack supported by£21 billion of loans and grants from the taxpayer, is plannin...
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ITV merger his first competition doubts
Commission could force partners to offload their sales houses. ...
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Pick 'n' mix Prom gives public a say
The BBC is to hold a Pop-Idol style vote to allow audiences to choose the Proms they want to hear. ...
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Dishy Des signed up for extra telly time
Fans' favourite Des Lynam has signed a new£1million contract for another season as the star presenter of ITV's foo...
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Naughty Nigella
Supercook Nigella Lawson's cleavage brought things to the boil when she rustled up something special for American T...
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NewsITV1 shelves building show
ITV1 has been forced to postpone a major daytime reality show, in which 10 couples compete to build and win a dream home, for nearly a year because producers spent so long looking for a star to front it, writes Paul Revoir
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Ad house threat could kill off ITV merger
The planned merger of ITV companies Carlton and Granada was dealt a blow yesterday by the Competition Commission, w...