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Mm02 makes first move in setting prices for 3G services
Mm02, the mobile phone business spun off from BT Group last year, has become the first European operator to price t...
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A new model Auntie
Tim Yeo says a lower licence fee and more commercial freedom for the BBC would benefit the corporation and viewers ...
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Processed slices of 'reality'
From noble beginnings, today's reality TV has become to actuality what McDonald's is to meat. ...
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Tories plan to cut TV licence fee and charge for some services
The BBC licence fee would be cut and viewers asked to pay extra for some corporation services under proposals by th...
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Brit hit is signed up by US TV
Smash British TV sitcom Coupling has been snapped up to replace Friends in the US, it was revealed last night. ...
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Never mind ITV boycott, Lineker grin is a turn-off
No column in British sportswriting has been more vocferous than this in flaying Carlton and Granada TV for reneging...
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TV plea to trap maniac firebug
A Nationwide appeal to trap Britain's mst prolific arsonist is to be made on BBC 1's Crimewatch programme. ...
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'Millionaire' is spent out
American audiences have had their fill of TV quiz show Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, part-owner Avesco admitted ye...
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NewsBBC to undertake biggest ever OB operation for Commonwealth Games
The BBC is to undertake its largest ever outside broadcast operation when it acts as host broadcaster to this summer's Commonwealth Games, which open in Manchester on 25 July, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsPenk returns to Capital FM
The turbulent career of radio DJ Steve Penk has taken another turn with the announcement today that he is returning to 95.8 Capital FM, writes Jon Rogers
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NewsArtsworld signs Brit Film contract
Artsworld has signed an exclusive contract for a season of British Film Institute treasures to celebrate 50 years of the National Film Theatre, writes Paul Revoir
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Television and the trouble with history
As his epic series draws to a close, Simon Schama argues that academics may shudder but history on the small screen...
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Puttnam leads media bill challenge
Government plans to allow US companies to own the ITV network and a Rupert Murdoch takeover of Channel 5 are to be ...
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Global ambition
Mark Byford, head of the World Service, is pressing for more money from the Government. Never has the service been...
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Some change
A former Sky man is out to stop Rupert Murdoch's bid with Greg Dyke for the digital future. ...
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HIT reduces offer for Gullane by 14%
HIT Entertainment, the company behind Bob the Builder, yesterday tried to fix a new deal to buy its rival Gullane, ...
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Telewest's bondholders demand hearing on debt restructure plan
A group of bondholders in Telewest yesterday called on both the troubled cable firm and one of its shareholders, Li...
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Rebels fight Telewest bid
The prospect of a battle for control of Telewest, the heavily indebted cable company, loomed yesterday after a grou...