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    Giving away the storyline

    2003-04-22T09:35:17Z

    As drama chief at the BBC, Jane Tranter is used to carping over quality and lack of big name talent. But, she tells...

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    We all could have cheated better than they did

    2003-04-22T09:30:16Z

    There were so many toe-curling best bits to chose from, but i think my favourite from this cover-your-ears-and-crin...

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    Freeview alters the picture

    2003-04-22T09:25:40Z

    The balnce of power in digital television is changing. BSkyB still has enormous power over any other broadcaster th...

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    ITV may yet cross the pond

    2003-04-22T09:22:53Z

    Until quite recently, no senior US media executive could come to London without being asked whether they were in to...

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    Continental Thrift

    2003-04-22T09:21:01Z

    As the communications bill enters its final stages, the potential fate of Channel 5 will become clearer. If the cur...

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    Lessons for America

    2003-04-22T09:14:35Z

    You have to admire his patience. Rupert Murdoch has been trying on and off for nearly twenty years to either build ...

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    Doubts grow over proposed Granada-Carlton merger

    2003-04-22T09:12:05Z

    Doubts over the proposed merger of Carlton and Granada have increasede after the UTV broadcasters' main lines of de...

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    Drama is played out in print

    2003-04-22T09:09:36Z

    Carlton and Granada may relish attracting audiences for their television shows but they are less keen to draw atten...

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    BBC war coverage examined

    2003-04-22T09:08:29Z

    The BBC's coverage of the war in Iraq, which has been attacked by the government for serving up 'biased journalism' and 'over-emphasising chaos', will come under public scrutiny this week, writes Michael Rosser

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    AOL in talks on Comedy Central

    2003-04-22T09:07:38Z

    AOL Time Warner, the US media group, is in advanced negotiations to sell its 50% stake in Comedy Central to Viacom,...

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    Cavemen take us back to a less hair-raising time.

    2003-04-17T15:34:51Z

    d under five minutes and omnibus editions (eg soaps) are excluded Production credits supplied by broadcasters

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    TX - The father of invention.

    2003-04-17T15:34:51Z

    Leonardo da Vinci's 'greatest hit' might have been the Mona Lisa, but any image of him

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    24-HOUR NEWS CHANNELS - Bullets over Baghdad.

    2003-04-17T15:34:50Z

    Armed with nothing but a remote control, John Plunkett embeds himself in the frontline of the UK's four leading rolling news services and reveals the ups and downs of a day in the life of 24-hour news as it struggles to keep pace with the Iraq war.

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - What's up doc?

    2003-04-17T15:34:50Z

    John Willis is back from a sojourn in the US to become BBC head of factual and learning. Can he succeed where others have failed in turning around this troubled department and reviving its documentary output?

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    INDIE BUSINESS - Radio indie with crossover appeal.

    2003-04-17T15:34:50Z

    Having made a name for itself as the BBC's key indie producer of radio programming, Somethin' Else is also pushing into television.

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    ON THE BOX - The sultan of spin.

    2003-04-17T15:34:50Z

    Pioneer Productions development director Nigel Henbest thought Anne's Bafta turn was no match for Prince Charles' spin doctor.

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    INTERVIEW - Vive la difference.

    2003-04-17T15:34:50Z

    BBC director of nations and regions Pat Loughrey says the corporation has now replaced ITV as the natural home of regional broadcasting.

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    FREE TO AIR - Fundamental mistake.

    2003-04-17T15:34:40Z

    I had confidently expected to be a member of Ofcom's content board. I was so confident

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - ASCENT HEAD QUITS.

    2003-04-17T15:34:40Z

    The head of Ascent Media Group's UK creative services division, Mark Hewitt, has quit the company

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    LEADER - Time to prune back BBC Online.

    2003-04-17T15:34:40Z

    Just when we all thought that the government had conveniently forgotten about its independent review of