All News articles – Page 4548
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Vivendi mauled on Merrill rating
Vivendi Universal suffered another mauling at the hands of stock market traders yesterday as fears over its cash po...
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Palace clears Sophie
Prince Edward's television company was at the centre of another row yesterday over claims it was granted an intervi...
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Watchdog rate BBC drama as humdrum
Corporation warned that lack of cutting edge popular entertainment will risk a ratings dive. ...
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At the end of the day
On Sunday night, the nation will be split into two halves: those gripped by the TV drama 24? and the rest. But is ...
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FA foiled in bid for England TV rights
The Football Association has been told it is fighting a losing battle in its bid for more control of television rig...
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Is it time for the big switch?
A new music station opens and a£99 set goes on sale. Is this a breakthrough weekend for digital radio, asks Marti...
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BBC is 'boring', says top regulator
the BBC shows too many dumbed down and boring programmes and should lose licence fee funding for some of its output...
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This is real, not how TV shows it
Tensions between the press and police have flared in the hunt for Holly and Jessica, but each side has its own need...
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UPC may seek Chapter 11 protection
United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC), Europe's largest cable company, turned up the heat on its investors yesterd...
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Cash crisis fears send Vivendi plunging 23%
Shares in Vivendi Universal dived below the Eu 10 level yesterday amid fears that the stricken media group could ru...
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Carlton TV
Carlton TV asks us to say that it did not contrary to report of June 29, use the Government's tax break for the fil...
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BBC race case
An Asian broadcaster has lost her claim of racial discrimination against the BBC. ...
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ITV drops ads for September 11
ITV1 will broadcast a first anniversary documentary about victims of the September 11 attacks without advertisement...
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Liberty Media reveals $5.1bn in write-downs
Liberty Media, the investment company controlled by John Malone, continued to suffer from the collapse in media sto...
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Brussels to stay out of pay-TV merger
A merger to create Spain's largest pay-TV operator, with sales of Eu 1.3bn ($1.28bn), is set to be consummated afte...
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Doubts over Vodafone's Vivendi tie-up
The future of Vizzavi, the internet joint venture between Vodafone and Vivendi Universal, has been put in doubt by ...
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Premiership clubs spend£100m less
Spending in the Premiership is down by more than£100 million according to a ...
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BBC chiefs 'wasting licence fee millions'
The head of the broadcasting watchdog has said too many of the BBC's programmes were 'humdrum, over-familiar and fo...
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Earl 'annoyed' by interview claim
The Earl and Countess of Wessex denied giving interviews to US entertainment channel E! which is screening Ardent's...
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Poor year for the rich.
This year the fattest cats are purring less contentedly. While the combined wealth of our 100 TV and radio multimillionaires has risen, few have weathered the media recession and stock market fall without losses