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Canal Plus and TPS appeal to football ref
Canal Plus and TPS, the rival teams competing for the right to broadcast live French football matches from next yea...
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NewsNTL man takes helm at Freeview
NTL product marketing director for Matt Seaman has been appointed as general manager for DTV Services, the operating company of digital terrestrial television service Freeview, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsTaggart gets another run
ITV1's longest-running crime drama, Taggart, has been commissioned for yet another run after its latest incarnation proved a ratings hit, writes John Plunkett
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NewsGEITF advisory committee unveiled
The advisory committee for this year's Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF), which will work alongside GEITF advisory chair and Sky One controller Sara Ramsden on the festival's editorial content, has been announced, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsBall to give this year's MacTaggart
BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball will give this year's MacTaggart lecture at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) in August, writes Hayley Treacy
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NewsThomson calls for clearance on Carlton/Granada merger
The merger of Carlton and Granada should be greenlit without referral to the Competition Commission, according to former Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) chairman Lord Thomson, writes John Plunkett
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Off the record - BBC3 gets off to a swinging start.
During the dark days when it seemed the BBC's new digital youth channel BBC3 would never
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Off the record - Pass the buck.
Granada supremo Charles Allen appears to have cast his content chief Simon Shaps as his very
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Off the record - Down and out.
Meanwhile, Carlton's new series Cage Combat promises to be interesting. It features young stallions wrestling and
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ITV1's State of Mind is no match for The Lost Prince.
After the excitement of last week's Street-inspired rivalry, ITV1's primetime charge lost some momentum, mainly due
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War coverage - Getting ready for action.
As broadcasters dig deep in their preparations to cover the looming war in Iraq, Peter Keighron looks at how the UK's news teams will report on a conflict in which there might be a large number of allied casualties.
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News analysis - Dramatic licence.
Channel 4 is looking for a new drama chief - but he or she faces one of the most demanding jobs in British TV.
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On the box - Too much hairtime.
Foundation TV Productions' Vanessa Amberleigh wanted to give The Salon a trim but thought Footballers' Wives looked great.
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City watch - Chrysalis bucks the trend in radio.
Chrysalis Radio is one of the most successful radio businesses in the country, but will the group's less profitable television, publishing and music divisions put a brake on the group's further expansion?
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TX - Sky's Mile High club.
We all know about Sky One's predilection for sassy, sexy TV. And we all know what
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Interview - Swapping sides.
What's tempted ex-Granada man Grant Mansfield to join RDF Media, the maker of Channel 4 reality hit Wife Swap, and leave broadcasting for the uncertain world of indie production?
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PROGRAMMING - COOGAN TO PLAY SAMUEL PEPYS IN BBC2 FILM.
The BBC's drama, arts and entertainment departments are set to come together for the first time