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'Millionaire' quiz comapny hopes to make film of fraud case
The production company behind Who Wants To Be A Millionaire hopes to turn the story of how Charles Ingram cheated h...
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Who killed my friend Terry Lloyd
The war is all but over. But at ITV news, bosses are still trying to find out what happened to their reporter and h...
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Giving away the storyline
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Carlton and Granada may relish attracting audiences for their television shows but they are less keen to draw atten...
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NewsBBC war coverage examined
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
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.
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TX - The father of invention.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
I had confidently expected to be a member of Ofcom's content board. I was so confident