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Why Greg is the wrong man
David Liddiment will talk to next weekend's Guardian Edinburgh Festival about his five years as head of programming...
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Carlton and Granada balk at SMG price tag
Carlton and Granada have cooled towards buying the television assets belonging to cash-strapped Scottish Media Grou...
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Another row as Edward's TV series get US showing
The royal television series which embroiled the Earl of Wessex in controversy over his camera crew's alleged 'stalk...
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BBC enlists raw talent for radio station to woo back audience
The first national radio station aimed at a black audience has gone on air in an attempt by the BBC to connect with...
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ITV chief scorns Dyke's BBC role
The outgoing head of programmes at ITV has made an unprecedented attack on the BBC's director general, Greg Dyke, s...
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Tune in, rock out
With the release of the Evoke-1, digital radios have finally fallen below£100. But what's the sound quality like,...
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Carlton and Granada drop plans to buy SMG's television business
Carlton and Granada, the largest stakeholders in ITV, have shelved plans to launch a bidding war for Scottish Media...
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Murphy's law laid down for the future of commercial TV
Gerry Murphy has a stark view of commercial television. The chief executive of Carlton says the future of Britain's...
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Investors sue Disney over Winnie-the-Pooh royalty fees
A group of shareholders claim Disney failed to disclose hundreds of millions of dollars in potential royalty paymen...
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'I'm not a male fantasy figure'
Carol Vorderman wants to be a BBC governor or to go into politics ...
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Tax hitch over BBC expenses
The BBC's new expenses scheme for its staff is likely to be banned by the Inland Revenue for being open to abuse ...
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Vivendi head seeks to reassure markets
Jean-René Fourtou, chief executive of Vivendi Universal, yesterday took the unusual step of issuing an open letter ...
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ITV groups plan closer ties
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Shares in Vivendi Universal, the debt-ridden media conglomerate, plunged for the second day in succession yesterday...