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    BSkyB cleared

    2002-12-18T10:00:43Z

    Satellite TV operator BSkyB was given an early Christmas present yesterday as the Office of Fair Trading ruled it w...

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    £15m telly Minnelli row

    2002-12-18T09:58:49Z

    Oscar winner Liza Minnelli is suing a music channel for£15million for pulling the plug on her reality TV show. ...

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    'Borderline' BSkyB cleared

    2002-12-18T09:55:37Z

    Pay-TV firm BSkyB was cleared of breaching competition law after spending millions of pounds on its defence. ...

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    'Millionaire' Avesco hit by share plunge

    2002-12-18T09:54:10Z

    Avesco, joint owner of the production company behind TV hit Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, suffered another slide i...

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    Dominant Sky not guilty in pay-TV row

    2002-12-18T09:52:41Z

    Satellite television operator BSkyB was given an early Christmas present yesterday when the Office of Fair Trading ...

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    BBC to train video journalists in Newcastle

    2002-12-18T09:17:32Z

    The BBC has chosen BBC Newcastle as the base for its new training facility for multi-skilled video journalists, writes Steve Aston

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    'I need a mask like Michael Jackson'

    2002-12-18T09:15:03Z

    Ricky Gervais said that The Office is not over yet ...

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    Fashion makeover queens land£1m book deal

    2002-12-18T09:14:36Z

    Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine, TV's style experts, have hit the literary jackpot with a£1 million book d...

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    Playboy TV launches VOD service

    2002-12-18T09:11:02Z

    Playboy TV has launched its first ever UK adult content Video-On-Demand service on Kingston Communications broadband platform KIT in Hull this week, writes Paul Revoir

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    Deal brings extra cash for TV writers

    2002-12-18T09:00:32Z

    Producers' alliance Pact and the Writer's Guild for Great Britain (WGGB) have signed a new agreement for television scripts which will see writers given extra cash if their work is used on BBC 3 or BBC 4, writes Penny Hughes

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    New deal brings extra cash for TV writers

    2002-12-18T09:00:32Z

    Producers' alliance Pact and the Writer's Guild for Great Britain (WWGB) have signed a new agreement for television scripts which will see writers given extra cash if their work is used on BBC 3 or BBC 4, writes Penny Hughes

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    Sci-Fi Channel rapped

    2002-12-18T08:55:39Z

    The Sci-Fi Channel has been ticked off by the Independent Television Commission after screening a 15-rated film which included nudity and violence at lunchtime, writes Steve Aston

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    OFT backs BSkyB pricing

    2002-12-17T13:53:37Z

    The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has surprised the broadcasting industry by today ruling that BSkyB has not breached competition law in its supply of premium sport and movie channels to third parties, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Tuned to scandal as Archers affair swells audience by 250,000

    2002-12-17T10:59:42Z

    A steamy affair resulting in an illegitimate baby has hepled The Archers to attract its largest audience share in a...

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    Ah ha! County t get Alan Partridge trail

    2002-12-17T10:59:13Z

    Mass tourism in Norfolk could soon be bouncing back, thanks to Alan Partridge ...

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    'Paxo?' I'll give as good as I get?'

    2002-12-17T10:32:32Z

    Stephanie Flanders talks to Elizabeth Grice about landing one of the most demanding jobs on TV - and having a celeb...

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    Radio 1 finds a voice of youth

    2002-12-17T10:32:08Z

    The BBC has hired a little-know young disc-jockey to present Radio 1's most famous programme, the chart show on Sun...

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    Think locally, act locally

    2002-12-17T10:31:36Z

    US media groups deny plans to dump shows in the UK. The way forward is international formats. ...

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    Across the digital divide

    2002-12-17T10:31:10Z

    Online ads reinforce TV campaigns, but the figures don't tell the whole story. ...

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    Look at the whole pictures

    2002-12-17T10:30:48Z

    The competition verdict on the ITV merger must answer wider questions. ...