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World's biggest radio gorup eyes British stations
The chief executive of US company Clear Channel, the world's biggest operator in the radio sector, last night admit...
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Shipman victims' families protest over TV film
Families of the victims of Harold Shipman yesterday condemned the decision to screen a dramatisation of the case da...
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The battle for rolling news
For the first time, BBC News 24 has recorded better figures than Sky News - or has it? As an inquiry into the BBC c...
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Boardroom coup ends Messier's reign at Vivendi
Jean-Marie Messier, the embattled chief executive of the media giant Vivendi Universal, agreed to resign yesterday ...
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Kabul TV chief ignites row after banning women from singing on air
The new Afghan government of Hamid Karzai is trying to resolve a dispute after the head of the country's broadcasti...
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Vivendi's Messier 'faces palace coup by Chirac'
Jean-Marie Messier, the controversial architect of the Vivendi media and water empire, was close to being outed las...
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Sacked Afghan TV chief refuses to go
The head of Afghan television was refusing to leave his post yesterday after he was sacked for banning women from t...
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Rise and fall of a French Master of the Universe
Jean-Marie Messier, the chairman and chief executive of Vivendi Universal, faced his nemesis last night, after fell...
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BBC 3 bid boosted by ITV rivals
The BBC could be given permission later this month to launch BBC Three, a digital television channel aimed at young...
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Plodding show like Crimewatch without a witness plea
No genre carries a greater guarantee of controversy that the 'docudrama'. ...
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Victims' relatives try to delay Shipman drama
ITV was under pressure last night to postpone broadcasting docudrama on the serial killer Harold Shipman until afte...
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TV viewers just say no
Far from embracing multi-channel TV, consumers crucial to broadcasters and advertisers are in fact 'digital refusen...
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Wrestling control from the fat cats
Two groups are challenging the traditional corporate expansionist model by offering an alternative to creative entr...
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A sense of direction
Jana Bennett - the most important woman in broadcasting - is back at the BBC as director of TV, determined to 'buil...
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Greenlighting the red button
With more teamwork, World Cup style interactive TV could rule OK, ...
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A merger headache
The draft Communications Bill pays scant attention to advertisers' main concerns. ...
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Little gain for all that pain
Advertiser-funded programming won't generate new revenue any time soon. ...
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To buy or not to buy
Andre Kudelski, whose family controlled company is the number two provider of conditional access systems for digita...
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Speeding up faster access
The UK government has been bleating on about broadband almost since taking office. And yet this country still lags ...
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Too much of a good thing
The almost accidental emergence of a super-niche TV channel represents a new model for launching pop stars. ...