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Talks continue as Telewest loses 12,000 customers
Telewest, the cable operator, admitted yesterday that it had lost 12,000 customers over the third quarter while it ...
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NTL merger 'logical' says Telewest
Telewest Communications said yesterday that a merger with rival NTL could happen sooner rather than later once the ...
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ITV is 'opportunity' for Viacom chief
Sumner Redstone, the chairman and chief executive of US media giant Viacom, yesterday admitted that buying the TV n...
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BBC Asian Radio needs more than a pretty face
Amit Roy believes the network can only succeed with quality journalism. ...
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BBC to portray Byron as a 'sex-god aristo'
The BBC will attempt to portray Lord Byron as the 'Robbie Williams of his day' in a forthcoming television drama ab...
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Don't pay TV licence fee, campaigners urge viewers
A former Soviet dissident launched a campaign of civil disobedience yesterday by urging television viewers not to p...
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Vivendi vows to halve stake in its utilities arm
The break-up of Vivendi Universal accelerated last night as the French industrial group vowed to scale back its env...
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Disney predicts historic growth
Confident Walt Disney executives have predicted a return to historic profit growth rates of 20-30 per cent for the ...
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Viacom takes its show on a widening road
Sumner Redstone claim to have the winning formula in the global media industry. The 78 year-old chairman and chief-...
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Redstone backs UK media deregualtion
Viacom, the world's largest media company, has thrown its weight behind British government moves to liberalise medi...
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Telewest's 12,000 lost subscribers put blemish on results
Telewest yesterday reported improving figures, but the UK's cable operator lost 12,000 net subscribers in the third...
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Carter to step down at NTL
Stephen Carter, who has been widely tipped to take the helm at Emap, yesterday intensified speculation over hid fut...
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BT chief admits his sales target cannot be reached
BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen bowed to the inevitable yesterday, stepping back from his controversial goal of ex...
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A remarkable life on earth
As Sir David Attenborough celebrates half a century on screen with a new series, the naturalist tells how he hopes ...
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Confident Telewest cuts loss by£200m
The French bank petitioning to wind up Telewest, the giant cable group, in pursuit of a£10.5 million debt has been...
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BT boss admits error over 'too high' targets
Breitish Telecom chief executive Ben Verwaayen admitted yesterday that he had failed to meet his ambitious sales ta...
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Cue cheat, Louis
Popstars the Rivals judge Louis Walsh has been accused of reading his 'off-the-cuff' remarks from a cue card ...