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    Wild boss quits for Discovery US.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Granada Wild head Phil Fairclough is quitting the broadcaster to become vice-president of production at the

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    GWR moves to buy up station.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    GWR is looking to take full control of London News Radio (LNR) in the wake of

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    POPBEACH CALLED OFF.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Channel 4 event Popbeach, a live showcase of pop music scheduled to be held on Brighton

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    Cartoon Network ready to grow up.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Cartoon Network is understood to be hatching plans to launch a grown-up version of its main channel, writes Steve Aston

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    ITN WINS CONTRACT.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    ITN has landed the contract to produce Channel 4's news for a further five years. The

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    COUNTDOWN SECURE.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Channel 4 has confirmed the future of its daily quizshow Countdown by giving it a permanent

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    Extra Doctors 'will keep ITV on its toes'.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    In her first major move since becoming BBC daytime controller in March, Alison Sharman has ordered a number of 60-minute specials of lunchtime soap Doctors as part of a wider strategy to 'keep ITV on its toes', writes Leigh Holmwood

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    ITV turns to short-run drama to lift ratings.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    ITV is looking to order more shorter-run mainstream drama series to reclaim its dominance in peaktime, writes Steve Aston

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    Entertainment DTT option hit.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Complicated rights and carriage deals could scupper plans to launch a new entertainment channel on the BBC/Crown Castle digital terrestrial platform, writes Paul Revoir

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    Lion focuses on entertainment.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Lion TV has appointed its first head of entertainment, hiring former Endemol controller of entertainment, international Adam Wood, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    BBC faces indie rage over quota shortfall.

    2002-07-19T11:38:04Z

    Accusations that the BBC is letting down the independent production sector gained further weight this week

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    Paxman apologises for intrusive interview with Lib Dem leader

    2002-07-19T11:14:58Z

    BBC political linchpin Jeremy Paxman was forced to apologise yesterday after a Newsnight interview in which he interrogated Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy over his drinking habits, writes Luke Satchell

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    Baying for blood

    2002-07-19T10:54:03Z

    How did Jade from Big Brother become the object of such a searingly vicious hate campaign? ...

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    Drama's queen

    2002-07-19T10:53:35Z

    At 16 she was a working-class girl pushing a pram on a Leeds estate. Now she's one of Britain's most successful tel...

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    Malone withdraws Telewest bond offer

    2002-07-19T10:53:14Z

    The battle for control of Telewest has taken a surprising twist with billionaire John Mallone withdrawing his offer...

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    AOL suffers a double blow

    2002-07-19T10:52:51Z

    AOL Time Warner, the US internet and media group created at the height of the dotcom boom, lost one of the leading ...

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    Fortuyn exhumation to be shown on TV

    2002-07-19T10:52:31Z

    In death as in life Pim Fortuynm, the maverick Dutch politician, has the power to provoke controversy, and a decisi...

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    Brits vie for Emmy awards

    2002-07-19T10:52:05Z

    The macabre US funeral drama Six Feet Under, which has developed a cult following on Channel 4, has topped the list...

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    Paxman apology for grilling Kennedy on drink

    2002-07-19T10:51:44Z

    Jeremy Paxman made a rare apology yesterday after being accused of overstepping the mark in an interview with Charl...

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    Liberty Media scraps Telewest bond offer

    2002-07-19T10:50:43Z

    Liberty Media's attempt to influence the future of the UK cable company Telewest took another twist yesterday after...