All Broadcast articles in 27 June 2003 – Page 6
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It's Oasis vs McGee in Glasgow radio battle
Rock group Oasis will go head to head with estranged manager Alan McGee in rival bids for Glasgow's new FM radio licence. The Gallagher brothers have pledged their support to SMG's
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ITC to hold seminar for teleshopping channels
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) and leading players in the teleshopping industry will next week hold a one-day seminar on the future shape of regulation in the industry and how the sector can lose its cowboy image, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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BBC Worldwide exec takes IP role at Tweenies indie
Kids indie Tell-Tale, the company behind Tweenies, has recruited a former senior BBC Worldwide figure, Mike Dee, to become its first director of intellectual property, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Radio 4 to air interactive drama
BBC Radio 4 has put together a new interactive play which will allow listeners to change the direction of the story using mobile phones, writes Michael Rosser.
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Advertisers hit out at ITV merger
Advertisers this week stepped up their opposition to a single ITV controlling its own sales house, dismissing the new compromise deals being offered by Carlton and Granada as desperate, writes Paul Revoir.
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Digital costs force S4C to cut 2004 programming spend
Welsh language broadcaster S4C has been forced to cut its programming budget for 2004 by 2.5%, writes Penny Hughes.
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Campbell accuses BBC of lying
Alastair Campbell unleashed an extraordinary onslaughht on the BBC yesterday for lying, bad journalism and having a...
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ITV pregnancy show censured
An interview with a pregnant 12-year-old girl conducted for the ITV1 programme Tonight with Trevor McDonald was exp...
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Jackass copycats are too degrading, says TV regulator
Broadcasting regulators have condemned a new breed of television series, in which participants inflict acts of extr...
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Puttnam hopeful of a deal on media Bill
Lord Puttnam, the Labour peer, said last night he was more hopeful of a compromise with the government over controv...
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Tories to meet Dyke over BBC bias claim
The BBC director general Greg Dyke is to meet senior Tories next week to discuss complaints that the corporation is...
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Campbell claims BBC lied over Iraq 'dodgy dossier'
Downing Street and the BBC were locked in a ferocious row last night over government intelligence assessments of Ir...
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Football rights auction under threat
The Premier League TV rights auction was under threat last night after European competition officials said they may...
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Sara rap for bra stapling
Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox was rapped by watchdogs yesterday for a self mutilation stunt on her Born Slippy TV Show. ...
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Campbell: BBC liars
Labour's spin maestro Alastair Campbell last night accused the BBC of lying over Iraq - and demanded an apology. ...
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Source was credible and senior, says BBC
The BBC came out fighting yesterday after Alastair Campbell's demand for an apology aggravated its long-running dis...
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Hoffman goes one word too far
Dustin Hoffman has landed Channel 4 in trouble for using the c-word in an interview with Graham Norton. ...
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Channel 4 seeks successor after Gardam announces he will leave at end of year
The director of television at Channel 4, Tim Gardem, is to leave the station at the end of the year, he said yester...
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RatingsBBC1 takes knock in peaktime viewing
After ITV1's poor peaktime performance on Tuesday it was BBC1's turn to suffer embarrassment yesterday as the corporation's serving of documentaries failed to inspire viewers, writes Jon Rogers.