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BT announces new broadband rates
Wholesale line rental to be slashed from£25-a-month to£14.75 as of April 1
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RTS Awards snub for Coronation Street and Emmerdale
Granada outraged as its two major soaps fail to register nominations in new category at Royal Television Society Awards
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ITV 1's Sunday night line-up makes light work of the Baftas
Millionaire? Heartbeat and The Jury condemn BBC 1 to another overwhelming Sunday night peaktime defeat
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Pop Idol bandwagon rolls on
Pop Idol winner Will Young saw off Del Boy and Rodney on Saturday night with a one-off special but otherwise it was a pleasing night for BBC 1
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Two Thousand Acres of Sky gets third run
Michelle Collins and Paul Kaye to star again as BBC Scotland asks Zenith Entertainment for another series of the drama despite unspectacular ratings
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Younger viewers flock to PPV events
Continental Research report says 15-34 year olds regard buying one-off pay-per-view broadcasts as a 'normal occurrence'
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Channel 5 draws the crowds
Broadcaster puts in a very strong peaktime performance with its two favourite 'f' words
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Emap Performance head quits
Managing director of pop Trevor Dann leaves to set up his own development and production company
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RATINGS - Shooting Stars outshone BBC 1 crime drama.
The new series of BBC 2 comedy quiz Shooting Stars pulled in more viewers than BBC 1 on Monday night, writes Jon Rogers.
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C4 #2.5m regions spend.
Channel 4 has boosted its commitment to regional production with #2.5m worth of primetime commissions, writes Penny Hughes.
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Pop Idol puts in a star performance for ITV 2.
The success of the final stages of Pop Idol brings to mind the sensation caused by Big Brother when it first stormed into the national consciousness.That was only the summer before
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PARKIE TO HOST TOP TV MOMENTS OF 2001.
Chat show host Michael Parkinson is to host a special Saturday night primetime show on BBC 1 marking the best television moments from last year. The live 90-minute show, 2001 TV
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Fates of BBC 3 and C4 are linked.
The government's decision on whether to greenlight BBC 3 will be a real test of its vision for public service broadcasting and, more than that, the shape of British TV in
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BBC angles for prime EPG location for BBC 4.
THE BBC IS still in negotiations with BSkyB over the position of new digital culture channel BBC 4 on the electronic programme guide (EPG), just days before its launch, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ENDEMOL TO MAKE SECOND CHAINED FOR E4.
Endemol UK Productions has been commissioned to produce a second series of Chained for E4. The 16 x 30-minute series, presented by former Big Brother contestant Melanie Hill, follows a group
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BBC 4 COMMISSIONS GREEN BAY MUSIC DOC.
Cardiff-based indie Green Bay has been commissioned to make two programmes for BBC 4, including a 90-minute special on music in the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Playing Elizabeth's Tune will
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Channel 4 sends World to prison.
The maker of Channel 4's controversial drama Men Only, World Productions, has secured an eight-part commission from the channel about life in a northern men's prison.The 8 x 50-minute series, Buried,
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BBC 4 raises curtain.
THE BBC'S NEW digital culture channel BBC 4 will launch on 2 March, simulcasting on BBC 2, with a programme about artist Michael Landy, who destroyed his possessions in the name of art, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C5 TO AIR PRIVATE RYAN.
Channel 5 controller of acquisitions Jeff Ford has bought the rights to the second world war epic Saving Private Ryan, which is expected to get its first terrestrial airing later this