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    ITV groups plan closer ties

    2002-08-19T09:47:38Z

    Carlton and Granada, the two largest ITV broadcasters, are to combine large parts of their operations in an attempt...

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    Giants of TV eye up SMG

    2002-08-19T09:43:41Z

    The television arm of Scottish media company SMG has come under the spotlight from two of the country's biggest tel...

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    Sailing into history

    2002-08-19T09:39:55Z

    More than two centuries after the intrepid captain voyaged across the world, a crew of volunteers has recreated the...

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    RI:SE's Welsh clanger

    2002-08-16T10:31:26Z

    Blundering bhrekkiie showRI:se made a DAI-obolical blunder yesterday - over the capital city of Wales. ...

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    Beeb boss in telly rich list with£90m

    2002-08-16T10:30:22Z

    THE BBC's new chairman yesterday made it into a rich list of Britain's broadcasters ' thanks to his£90million fort...

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    Extreme Grandstand

    2002-08-16T10:28:43Z

    BBC bosses are ditching Grandstand's stuffy image to make it 'younger and sexier? ' packed with flashy graphics and...

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    You're boring, watchdog warns the BBC

    2002-08-16T10:26:30Z

    The BBC has been attacked by a TV watchdog for showing 'humdrum, over-familiar and formulaic' programmes. ...

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    Vivendi reels on fear of cut-price sell-offs

    2002-08-16T10:24:37Z

    Shares in Vivendi Universal, the debt-ridden media conglomerate, plunged for the second day in succession yesterday...

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    We're not sex objects say nurses

    2002-08-16T10:22:32Z

    A new gameshow which aims to find britain's sexiest workers has come under fire for belittling professions such as ...

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    From working class girl to million dollar woman

    2002-08-16T10:21:04Z

    Daljit Dhaliwal talks about her roles as cool newsreader and television babe as she takes an international job in A...

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    24, part 2

    2002-08-16T10:20:12Z

    TV drama 24 comes to an end on Sunday. But fret not - Tim Dowling is here with the sequel. ...

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    Liberty Media loses $4.6bn

    2002-08-16T10:19:39Z

    The media industry's fragility was underscored yesterday when Liberty Media, one of the sector's most prolific inve...

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    Vivendi mauled on Merrill rating

    2002-08-16T10:19:19Z

    Vivendi Universal suffered another mauling at the hands of stock market traders yesterday as fears over its cash po...

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    Palace clears Sophie

    2002-08-16T10:18:59Z

    Prince Edward's television company was at the centre of another row yesterday over claims it was granted an intervi...

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    Watchdog rate BBC drama as humdrum

    2002-08-16T10:18:57Z

    Corporation warned that lack of cutting edge popular entertainment will risk a ratings dive. ...

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    At the end of the day

    2002-08-16T10:18:34Z

    On Sunday night, the nation will be split into two halves: those gripped by the TV drama 24? and the rest. But is ...

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    FA foiled in bid for England TV rights

    2002-08-16T10:18:02Z

    The Football Association has been told it is fighting a losing battle in its bid for more control of television rig...

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    Is it time for the big switch?

    2002-08-16T10:17:41Z

    A new music station opens and a£99 set goes on sale. Is this a breakthrough weekend for digital radio, asks Marti...

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    BBC is 'boring', says top regulator

    2002-08-16T10:17:21Z

    the BBC shows too many dumbed down and boring programmes and should lose licence fee funding for some of its output...

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    This is real, not how TV shows it

    2002-08-16T10:17:18Z

    Tensions between the press and police have flared in the hunt for Holly and Jessica, but each side has its own need...