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Reality TV searching for the next Maradona
The Popstars-style format is familiar around the world, but this time television is not looking for Madonna. Now r...
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Fourtou to break up Canal Plus network
Canal Plus, the pay-television subsidiary of Vivendi Universal, is to be broken up and its internal operations sold...
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Media stars vie for Newsnight slot
Andrew Neil, Rosie Boycott and Matthew Parris are being lined up as potential successors to Jeremy Vine, the Newsni...
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Actor who made a hero of Rumpole dies aged 82
Leo McKern, who was told as a young man that his glass eye and ugly face left him no chance as an actor, died yeste...
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BBC power abuse warning
A TV executive yesterday warned the BBC against abusing its dominant position in the british media industry. ...
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Executive salaries concealed
The BBC is concealing the extent of its executives' salaries and bonuses at the same time as it is imposing one of ...
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Vivendi plans Canal Plus shake-up
New Vivendi Universal boss Jean-René Fourtou last night spelled out the first steps in a strategic restructuring of...
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Legacy of 'grumpy Rumpole'
Leo McKern, endearingly curmudgeonly as Horace Rumpole, died yesterday at a nursing home near bath. He was 82. ...
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Gareth Hunt collapses in pier show
Gareth Hunt, who starred in The New Avengers, collapsed on stage last night. ...
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How Big Brother lost my vote
If you want to measure the increasing velocity at which television is changing, you should study the development of...
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Jade to be a cartoon character
Big brother's Jade Goody, due to leave the TV house this week, could be making a screen comeback as a cartoon chara...
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New Archbishop preaches against world of Disney
Cleric condemns entertainment that 'exploits' children. ...
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NewsITV to face Edinburgh grilling
The ITV network will face unprecedented scrutiny at this year's Edinburgh TV Festival with two sessions putting the network under the microscope, writes David Wood
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NewsKeating builds a week around architecture
BBC 4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a tranche of programmes for a week-long look at British architecture in the 21 stcentury, writes Jon Rogers
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Vivendi may break up Canal Plus to cut debts
Vivendi Universal's new chairman, Jean-René Fourtou, yesterday called in top management for a strategic review, ami...
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Burglar copied plot from TV
A woman who was burgled by her neighbour after he removed bricks from an attic wall said yesterday that she was tol...
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Archbishop fires opening shot at Disney
Dr Williams, who is now Archbishop of Wales, will take over from Dr George Carey later this year, and he is already...
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Waiting for content
It's no use just getting the technology right. Publishers should aim for more paid-for services on the net. ...