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Telewest debt waiver
Telewest, the debt-laden cable group, said£2.25 billion of bank debt could be waived as early as next week in the ...
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Bertelsmann reassures US units
The new chairman and chief executive of Bertelsmann, the German media group, has assured senior US manager that it ...
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Millionaire quiz major in court
Army major Charles Ingram appeared in court yesterday charged with a£1m scam ...
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Teletubbies in court over 'lost' fees
BBC Worldwide has launched a legal battle for more than£250,000 ...
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Footballer's wives cast mutiny
Stars of ITV's Footballers' Wives are threatening to walk out on the hit show because they say scripts for the new ...
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Millionaire TV show 3 in court
Army major Charles Ingram appeared in court yesterday, charged with dishonestly attempting to win£1million on Who ...
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I must admit if I could change anything about myself I'd really like a new head
Andrew Marr on Blair, the BBC...and those ears. ...
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NewsITV Digital meltdown 'will not scupper E4'
The collapse of ITV Digital and Channel 4's subsequent failure to take control of the DTT platform has had little effect on the company's entertainment channel E4, despite speculation that losing access to around 1 million homes could force the channel off air, writes Penny ...
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NewsBBC loves up daytime with films
TV movies - the traditional genre of schmaltzy tales of triumph over tragedy from the American mid-West - are to be given a UK spin as part of a new BBC drive led by controller of daytime Alison Sharman to bring stories of 'love and self-fulfilment' to its daytime schedule, ...
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NewsC4 to lay Lovelace bare
The life of celebrated porn star Linda Lovelace, who shot to fame in the cult 1972 movie Deep Throat but who died tragically in a car crash in April, is to be brought to the small screen in a new Channel 4 documentary, writes Penny ...
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NewsAnger at Jowell's festival no-show
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has snubbed the broadcasting industry once again by refusing to attend the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, despite plans to be in the city just days before the annual event, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Pressure grows on ITV chiefs to quit
Pressure is mounting on Granada and Carlton to placate City investors with senior management sacrifices in the wake of the ITV Digital fiasco and new figures which show ITV recorded its lowest ever audience share last month, writes Steve Aston
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S4C backs kids series
Welsh broadcaster S4C is set to pour an extra£3m into children's programming over the next three years in order to better serve the nation's young people, writes Penny Hughes
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CNN enhances online service
CNN is to upgrade its online news services across Europe with a 'revolutionary' broadband application, writes David Wood
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US will witness Messiah's second coming
Paramount Pictures, the US production company that co-produced hit BBC 1 thriller Messiah, plans to take the drama to the US, where it believes it could match the ratings and critical acclaim of Prime Suspect, ...
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Cook to return to ITV
Roger Cook, once the scourge of British criminals, is set to return to ITV after a break of two years, following Carlton's libel victory against the News of the World last week, writes Steve Aston