All articles by Kate Bulkley – Page 19
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CommentMedia money: Is time alone what Michael Grade needs to turn around ITV?
Michael Grade has extended his tenure as executive chairman of ITV for another year to 2010 and at the recent AGM asked his shareholders to be patient and judge his success in the context of the next three to five years. But, given the rising volume of discontent in the ...
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NewsHowell: ITV budget is under threat
ITV's£1 billion programming budget is under intense pressure if Ofcom does not loosen certain regulations on the broadcaster, Rupert Howell has said.
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CommentMedia money: Why is Disney going free-to-air in Spain?
It could be an archetypal Disney story - brave, upstanding Disney Channel (DC) decides to leave its traditional Spanish home and head for a bold, new future in neighbouring DTT land where it hopes to make its fortune.
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CommentMedia money: Are live advertisements worth the anxiety?
After being inspired by those clever people at Channel 4 and Honda (which delivered the live skydiving ad last week), I am proud to announce that this column is being written live. Cue triumphant music.
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NewsDyke: ITV needs to slash programming by£150m
ITV should slash£150m from its original programming budget in order to regain the confidence of the market and its investors, according to Greg Dyke.
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CommentMedia money: What will Tinopolis gain from the purchase of a Tulsa sports producer?
The odds of Llanelli and Tulsa, Oklahoma, having much in common seem extreme, but if Welsh producer Tinopolis buys US sports producer Winnercomm, a lot of cultural and business exchange will be on the cards.
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CommentMedia money: Why is ITV changing the Friends Reunited business model?
There is an old saying in business: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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CommentMedia Money: Why is SMG launching a new linear TV channel?
The cry of the big broadcasters seems to be: when in doubt, launch another channel. And so it is that SMG wants to launch a new channel by 2009/10, anchored with some 200,000 hours of programming from its video archives.
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CommentMedia Money: Challenges for new Endemol CEO
If any TV company understands the power of Big Brother, it's Endemol. The biggest indie in Europe has been having money troubles lately, so what did the owners do? Install a financial “Big Brother” to sort out the mess.
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CommentMedia money: Blinkx and Mr Murdoch?
Shares in video search engine Blinkx surged 50% in one day last week to nearly 40p per share - up from a recent low of 14.5p a share - on speculation that News Corp was preparing a bid.
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CommentMedia money: As Tinopolis delists, will others follow?
A trickle of independent production companies looking to take themselves off the public market could be set to turn into a rout.
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CommentMedia money: Who will be the biggest winners and losers in the Freesat landscape?
When you're fitting in the last piece of a jigsaw, you want to get it right. Michael Grade believes Freesat is the last piece in the digital television jigsaw, and the fact that Sky is not involved in this platform is significant to its potential for success.
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CommentMedia money: What will the sale of Jalipo mean?
You may be forgiven if you haven't heard of Jalipo. The niche content aggregator was officially set up in the UK two years ago. It raised and spent a few million pounds and was sold this week in an all-share deal worth $16.8m to US-based ROK Entertainment Group.
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NewsRTL won Airey with whirlwind approach
RTL took just a few weeks to convince Dawn Airey to quit ITV to become Five's new supremo.
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CommentMedia money: Will RDF's delisting lead to indies abandoning the Stock Exchange?
RDF Media's management plan to leave the goldfish bowl we call the Stock Exchange is no big surprise. The question is will others follow suit or is RDF's situation unique?
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CommentMedia money: Is Channel 4's Andy Duncan paid too much?
There's been a lot of braying in the press about Andy Duncan's salary doubling to£1.2m in 2007, just as Channel 4 is claiming a financial crisis. His pay packet may look big to us mere mortals, but the real question is: compared to what?
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CommentMedia money: What do Richard & Judy know about digital that we don't?
Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan are always full of surprises, whether it's dressing up as Ali G or showing more than just a little cleavage at an awards ceremony.
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CommentMedia money: What is next for Shed and RDF?
On the eve of Shed's results (30 April), the company should be riding high.
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