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    Busy lifestyles prompt Channel 4 to 'time-shift' its E4 output

    2003-04-25T09:20:06Z

    Long working hours, hectic social lives, the travails of commuting and the nation's perennial inability to set a vi...

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    Ex-ITV trio launch Chrysalis bid

    2003-04-25T09:19:45Z

    Three top former ITV executives have launched a multi-million pound bid for Chrysalis TV group, writes Conor Dignam

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    Dyke labels US war coverage 'too patriotic'

    2003-04-25T09:16:29Z

    Greg Dyke, BBC director general, has condemned US media coverage of the Iraq war and accused American broadcasters ...

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    Dyke strikes out at US media

    2003-04-25T09:13:36Z

    The BBC director general, Greg Dyke, yesterday laid out the case for the impartiality of broadcast news in Britain ...

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    Niche TV overtakes big five in ratings battle

    2003-04-25T09:10:15Z

    The five traditional television networks have been overtaken in the ratings for the first time by the combined weig...

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    C4 halves losses at commercial arm

    2003-04-25T09:08:14Z

    Channel 4's commercial arm has halved its losses following a year of savage cuts, helped by increased interactive r...

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    R3 lines up celebrity presenters

    2003-04-25T09:04:49Z

    Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and former Brass Eye producer Armando Ianucci are among a raft of new presenters set to present breakfast shows on BBC Radio 3 this summer, writes Michael Rosser

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    Changing channels

    2003-04-25T08:59:45Z

    More viewers are watching satellite and digital television than BBC1 or ITV1 for the first time, figures revealed l...

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    ITN in Pathe deal

    2003-04-25T08:57:45Z

    ITN agreed a five-year deal to take over management and marketing of Daily mail and General trust's film archive Br...

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    Dyke slams US war coverage

    2003-04-25T08:54:19Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke has hit out at US newscasters 'unquestioning' attitude to the war in Iraq and has warned British broadcasters against repeating the same 'gung-ho' journalism, writes Paul Revoir

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    Millionaire trio got off lightly

    2003-04-24T14:55:23Z

    Over the past few weeks the 22-day Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? trial has delivered some welcome light relief in contrast to tales of death and destruction from Iraq.

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    Doganis spins Greek show into book

    2003-04-24T12:06:44Z

    The executive producer behind Kelly and Her Sisters, Carlton's Bafta-winning documentary about poverty in modern Britain, is leaving the ITV broadcaster to write a book about one of her latest programmes, writes Paul Revoir

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    International TV arms vie for Five rights

    2003-04-24T12:05:46Z

    Five UK distribution heavyweights, including Channel 4 International (C4I), are understood to be vying for Five's secondary rights business following the closure of Five International in February, writes Penny Hughes

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    Living to bring back Miss Universe contest

    2003-04-24T12:04:30Z

    Beauty pageant Miss Universe is returning to British television screens for the first time in what is believed to be a decade after Living TV picked up the UK rights to the event, writes Rosemary Gallagher

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    Setanta takes Freeview slot

    2003-04-24T12:02:27Z

    Freeview viewers could soon receive additional Uefa Cup football and Scottish Premier League games, after Eire-based broadcaster Setanta Sport secured a slot on the digital terrestrial TV platform.

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    ITN adds British Pathe to empire

    2003-04-24T12:01:28Z

    ITN has swelled its archive division after signing a deal to take over the running of the prestigious British Pathe News archive, writes Paul Revoir

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    Boxing board tries to halt Prebble doc

    2003-04-24T11:12:06Z

    the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) is putting pressure on ITV to drop a programme about white collar boxing being made by former ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    4 Ventures halves losses to£28m

    2003-04-24T10:51:09Z

    A dramatic hike in ad revenue at E4, coupled with viewers' thirst for text messages from Big Brother, helped Channel 4's commercial arm 4 Ventures to halve its losses last year, writes Penny Hughes

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    Vinnie's a massive telly flop

    2003-04-24T10:50:11Z

    Vinnie Jones's fly-on-the-wall series for BBC3 is a ratings disaster ...

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    £40,000 quiz loser to sue Ant and Dec

    2003-04-24T10:49:47Z

    Quiz fanatic Billy King is suing TV favourites Ant and Dec - because they didn't help him win a£40,000 prize on th...