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Friendly eye on the market
The company that produces Friends and ER is looking at opportunities to expand and make new shows in the UK, and IT...
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In the public interest
Mark Thompson, chief executive of Channel 4, says bold ideas and sufficient resources, not regulation, should defin...
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Grandstand ratings flop
Grandstand slumped to its second-lowest ratings on Saturday after a bid to woo younger viewers backfired. ...
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Revolution postponed
Personal video recorders like TiVo have been slow to take hold, but mass production may yet turn a minority interes...
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Premiership fails to hit target
If ever there was an argument for retaining the licence fee this is it. ...
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After years of gain, the pain
Media companies are suffering - mainly because the good times were so good for so long ...
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Following in Liddiment's footlights
Who is the most important person in the ITV universe? Charles Allen of Granada? Michael Green of Carlton? Neither o...
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Remaking Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann, Europe's second largest media group, is being quietly refashioned by Gunter Thielsen after five years ...
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Moving pictures go mobile
The wireless communications industry is likely to start using technology that should bring good quality video to mo...
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Curtain won't fall on Des
Des Lynam's contract with ITV's Premiership highlights show expires this season, but there are encouraging signs th...
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New Bertelsmann chief pushes on with IPO
Gunter Thielen, Bertelsmann's new chief executive yesterday pledged that the German media group would press ahead w...
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After getting up at 5am for 15 years I now need a break, says Chris Tarrant
As he prepares to give up his breakfast show and cut back on TV commitments, Britain's busiest broadcaster reveals ...
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Fayed's fury at 'nonentity' Tara after slur over Dodi
Mohamed Al Fayed last night furiously attacked Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Christine Hamilton after they made dispara...
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NewsIrvine lays down law on witness payments
Lord Irvine has given the BBC and other broadcasters until the end of the year to produce proposals showing how they will enforce a ban on payments to witnesses in trials, writes David Rose
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ITV gives Anthea another chance
ITV is giving Anthea Turner another chance on TV, resuscitating a career that many thought unsavable ...
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ITV urges BBC to avoid drama clash
ITV has urged the BBC to rethink its schedules to avoid a clash between two of this autumn's most eagerly awaited d...
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NewsSissons accuses BBC of 'ageism'
Veteran BBC news anchor Peter Sissons has accused the corporation of ageism following his shock resignation from BBC 1's Ten O'Clock News, writes Luke Satchell
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Clapton at my club...no way!
Phoenix Nights star Peter Kay turned down hero Eric Clapton for a part in his hit comedy. ...