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3M buys Corning's TV lens unit
The US industrial conglomerate is making its largest acquisition by paying $850m for the television lens business o...
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You never had it so good or so funny
The saving grace of the colder age we live in is that so much of the comedy it produces is excellent ...
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Emap signals recovery with expansion hope
Emap, the radio and magazine group, yesterday signalled that it had recovered from its disastrous foray into the US...
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Comedy classics to make digital comeback
Episodes from The Goon show and Hancock's Half Hour are among classic radio comedies rescued from the archives with...
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Young turned off by BBC political drama
BBC One's heavily promoted political drama The Project was watched by fewer than two million people at its conclusi...
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ITV to have Miss Marple on its side in ratings battle
Miss Marple, one of the BBC's most famous detectives, has decided to turn her back on Greg dyke and the corporation...
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Cash offers from TV pour in for Burrell
Paul Burrell was inundated with millions of dollars' worth of offers yesterday from US movie producers, television ...
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NewsClassic FM bags Goodier
The voice of BBC Radio 1's chart rundown Mark Goodier is set to host a new chart show on Classic FM in the new year, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsGranada's Gray defects to ABC
Granada controller of entertainment Duncan Gray has quit the company to join the ABC network in the US overseeing its entertainment output, writes Steve Aston
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NewsITV beats BBC to Agatha Christie catalogue
ITV has emerged the victor following a 'titanic struggle' with the BBC over the rights to the entire Agatha Christie collection including BBC stalwart Miss Marple, writes Katy Elliott
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NewsBBC 7 unveiled
The BBC has announced the launch date of its final and much-awaited digital radio station BBC 7, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsFoyle's War gets a second series
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has ordered a second series of Greenlit Productions' crime drama Foyle's War before the first series has even finished airing, writes Jon Rogers
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NewsITC report finds digital TV too slow and complicated
Digital TV is still too slow and complicated and needs to be more 'user centred' if broadcasters and manufacturers are to convince people to take it up, according to a survey of consumers conducted by the Independent Television Commission (ITC), writes Steve Aston
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DJ carpeted for rant at the cleaner
A radio DJ caused a stink by launching an on-air rant against his station's cleaners. Presenter Alex Dyke 42, moan...
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Bath time with Zhivago
The contrast across 37 years couldn't be more vivid. The picture above in of a steamy bathroom scene from Dr Zhiva...
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The end of the arts show
The BBC wants to show that it is committed to the arts but has just axed ...
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Sir Roland of the Reds joins TV team
BSkyB has drafted in Professor Sir Roland Smith, the former chairman of Manchester United, as a consultant on sport...
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Elderly Asians don't see the joke in 'Kumars' chat show spoof
Older people of Asian origin are offended by the television series ...
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RTL talks of Five ties with BSkyB
The future of Channel 5 was back in the spotlight yesterday after the majority owner RTL, said it wanted to forge c...
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Bid for Noddy
Chorion said yesterday it had received a conditional proposal from Basil Brush owner Entertainment Rights ...