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Governance call over Carlton and Granada
A leading shareholder lobby group, whose members control more than a fifth of the stock market, has added its voice...
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Historian abandons Hitler TV series
The historian Sir Ian Kershaw has severed all connection with the American producers of a television mini-series th...
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Branagh v Branagh at television awards
Kenneth Branagh will be up against himself when the British Academy television awards are handed out on April 13. ...
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Disney beckons children to world of radio adverts
The Walt Disney Corporation is to challenge the BBC by creating a national radio network for children under new law...
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Carlton-Granada face investor anger
Media groups Carlton and Granada are bracing themselves for difficult annual meeetings because of shareholder disco...
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Angus up for Bafta
Angus Deayton has been nominated for a Bafta - despite being sacked after just two instalments of the last series o...
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Yahoo! to launch online video
The emergence of online video programming that could one day rival mainstream television will get another boost tod...
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Is Angus back after Bafta?
Their weekly verbal jousting came to a dramatic end last year, but it seems the battle between Angus Deayton and Pa...
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Granadea fights call to reform boardroom
Television giant Granada yesterday sought to downplay reports of an investor revolt over executive contracts. ...
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NAPF to act on Granada contract
Granada, the ITV broadcaster attempting a 2.7bn merger with Carlton, faces shareholder protests at its annual meeti...
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Brown leads media onslaught to rally support for Blair
Gordan brown led cabinet ministers in a concerted media blitz yesterday to rally support behind Tony Blair on Iraq....
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Eastenders in crisis
Eastenders stars are being told they're for the chop if they disgrace themselves at boozy parties. Bosses worried a...
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Grudging support for Granada chief
Major shareholders in the television group Granada are expted to vote for the re-election of executive chairman Cha...
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Evans blames drink binge on 'anxiety'
Former Virgin Radio presenter Chris Evans will claim in the High Court this week that his acrimonious departure fro...
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When soaps won't wash
The prime minister left the House of Commons during the debate on war with Iraq to lead a television debate on the ...
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NewsChrysalis eyes FM licence for Glasgow
Chrysalis has become the latest radio operator to announce plans to bid for the new local FM licence in Glasgow, writes Colin Robertson
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I can scratch the itch
He swears like a docker, berates his viewers, and mocks hid president. So why has Jon Stewart been handed a show wi...
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BBC breaks free from Sky
What happens when two worlds drift apart? Cliff Richard is joined in pondering this question by Greg Dyke, director...
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Granada faces revolt on top pay
Granada, the ITV company, is facing an embarrassing shareholder revolt over the terms of the employment contract aw...
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Radio revellers run riot at holiday camp
A commercial radio station called in police yesterday after scores of its listeners took too literally an invitatio...