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NewsLeslie's hopes dashed by Five
Five announced yesterday it will not be taking John Leslie on as the host of a new TV show.
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NewsPremier League to agree TV rights
Premier League representatives are today meeting with chairmen from all 20 Premiership clubs to thrash out the details of the bids received from broadcasters for TV rights from 2004 to 2007.
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NewsElstein forms team to take over ITV
Former Five chief executive David Elstein has assembled a team of executives to take over running ITV if Carlton and Granada's merger is approved, writes Colin Robertson.
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Seaman does a Lineker
Goalie David Seaman is to be a new team captain on They Think It's All Over, new boy Phil Tuffnal blurted out yeste...
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A boy soldier triumphs over the cynicism of spin
It was always going to be topical, but recent events have added an edge to the BBC World Service's series on Spinni...
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TV fame school is praying for flings
Fame academy bosses are praying for an on-screen romance to save them from a hammering in the ratings war with ITV1...
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C5 blow to Leslie's fightback
John Leslie's hopes for a quick TV comeback were dashed again yesterday after Channel 5 said it would not be taking...
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Premier crunch time on TV deals
Premier League chairmen will today find out if the current round of bids for teleivsion rights to show thei games i...
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Protest as Freeview channel axed
A consortium advised by Mike Hollingsworth, the former TV-am and BBC executive, is considering legal action after i...
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The new face of ITV? Elstein plots a post-merger coup
Former Five executive has team ready to replace Green and Allen ...
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John Hurt's sneer earns him BBC role as Tory Alan Clark
The diaries of the late Alan Clark, which scandalised a generation of politicians are to be turned into a BBC drama...
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Rockin' all over the world
MTV's president tells how serious issues are helping the channel to win new viewers ...
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?BBC must switch to voluntary funding'
The licence fee should be replaced by voluntary subscription and the BBC governors stripped of their regulatory pow...
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The show's over
Pop Idol judge Nikki Chapman's BBC1 daytime slot The Morning Show will definitely not be returning. ...
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Age of the five-TV family as teenagers create hi-tech dens
Once, families gathered around their television set and, as it slowly warmed up, discussed - or more oftyen argued ...
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Five's future - less sex, more money
Jane lighting, the new chief executive of Five, yesterday promised to increase the broadcaster's programme budget n...
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Give up on Saturdays, TV channels told
Broadcasters should abandon attempts to woo mass audiences and focus instead on carefully targeted shows if they wa...
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NewsBBC reinvents variety with Parkie special
The variety show - the traditional home of old-school comics and jobbing magicians - is to be resurrected and refreshed by the BBC as part of a raft of big budget entertainment events, writes Leigh Holwmood