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French watchdog opens inquiry into Vivendi
Vivendi Universal's woes deepened last night when France's stock market watchdog said it had opened an investigatio...
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FilmFour's blurred vision
Channel 4's venture failed because producers neither knew their market nor truly cared about cinema ...
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Executive goes as Channel 4 pulls plug on ailing FilmFour production arm
The search began last night for a British film executive brave enough to take on the bloody carcass of FilmFour ...
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Britons sink into ignorance as TV turns to trivia in third world
Television has abandoned serious examination of developing countries, according to a survey of last year's programm...
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Britain's crumbling heritage gets the Big Brother treatment
£3m restoration awaits winning building in new BBC show ...
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Vivendi faces Bourne investigation
French market regulators have opened an inquiry into financial information issued by Vivendi since January 2001 ...
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Chairmen to picket Carlton and Granada
Football chairmen are not traditionally among life's militants but this afternoon they will take their banners and ...
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Vivendi close to securing €1bn lifeline as French launch accounting investigation
Vivendi Universal was hit by an official investigation into its accounts yesterday as the media giant put together ...
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C4 hits out at£320m ITV advertising deal
ITV's blockbuster£320m advertising deal with Unilever breaks competition rules, according to Channel 4, which has ...
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Is Greg Dyke getting too big for his boots?
Labour MP Gerald Kaufman comments on the BBC and its director general Greg Dyke ...
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FilmFour exits the big league
Channel 4 confirmed deep cuts to its FilmFour movie business yesterday in a revamp that destroys its dream of compe...
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BBC treated presenter as 'native of the Raj years'
An award-winning radio presenter for the BBC accused her bosses of treating her as if she were an 'illiterate nativ...
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TV show reignites car hire mogul's feud
A car hire tycoon's decision to allow BBC television cameras into his headquarters appeared to have backfired yeste...
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NewsC4 confirms demise of FilmFour
Channel 4 today confirmed it will close its standalone film production outfit FilmFour Ltd and merge it into the main channel with a reduced staff and budget, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsChannel 4 to make sweeping job-cuts
Channel 4 is to make job cuts 'across the board' as chief executive Mark Thompson attempts to reinvigorate the channel following the£20m hole ripped out of the business by the advertising downturn, writes Leigh Holmwood
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TV's savage Simon gets U.S. minder
Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell has been forced to hire bodyguards after his outspoken remarks led to threats from view...
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Bruv is getting bigger
Channel 4 grabbed its best-ever ratings for Big Brother in its three-year history when bitchy Adele Roberts got kic...
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Sky bill rap for soccer ace Laurent
Soccer star Laurent Robert has been ordered bhy a court to settle a Sky TV bill for£223. ...
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pace axes 180 jobs as profits nosedive
Set-top box maker Pace Microtechnology yesterday lost another quarter of its value after issuing a six-months prof...