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Foot and Mouth drama for CBBC
The devastating effect that foot and mouth disease can wreak on children in rural communities is to be highlighted in a new hard-hitting drama commissioned by the BBC's kids department, CBBC.Out
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NewsJowell kick-starts hunt for new chairman
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has said the government will launch the search for a BBC chairman this weekend and has emphasised the new Trust's role in safeguarding the future of the corporation.
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Capital Radio restructures
Radio group to re-align geographically divided businesses around four key brands
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Granada in format boost drive
Media group to rename its format shop The Hothouse and roll it out across Granada Content
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Radio 2 extends dominance
BBC Radio 2 today confirmed its position as the UK's largest and most popular radio station by adding nearly 1 million new listeners during the last three months helping BBC radio to maintain an overall lead over commercial rivals, according to the latest
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BBC 1's share plummets to just 21.7 per cent
Connery's return as Bond attracts 6.7m and helps ITV to gun down rival in ratings, according to unoffcial overnights
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Radio 2 extends reach
Former MOR champion confirms position as BBC's and UK's most popular station by adding nearly 1m new listeners
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BBC 1's share plummets to just 21.7%
Connery's return as Bond attracts 6.7m and helps ITV to gun down rival in ratings, according to unoffcial overnights
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NewsCeleb Big Brother keeps C4 ahead
Last night's events in Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brotherat 9pm gained a strong 5.2 million (21.6%), keeping it well ahead of all the other channels at the time.
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Watch footie with mother
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment says network aiming for 'widest possible family audience' with 19.00 slot for new football show, The Premiership
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Avid sheds 8% of workforce
US software firm, whose products are used to edit and finish TV programmes worldwide, axes 140 jobs in bid to cut costs by $11 million
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'Super indies' push for reduction in BBC quota
A number of 'super indies' are lobbying members of the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) to reduce the BBC's statutory indie quota in return for releasing more rights.On 18
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Brass Eye reaction
Channel 4 this week prompted a national debate about the fraught subject of paedophilia just weeks before chief executive Michael Jackson leaves the station amid charges of excessive commercialism. Proving that
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NewsNewsnight previews reports online
Newsnightis to stream sections of programming on the internet before they air on BBC2. The service will begin today with a report about the growth of mobile phone usage in Africa.
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Bazalgette rails against the might of BBC Online
One of the BBC's key programme suppliers is refusing to submit proposals to the corporation if they have a major new media element attached, despite calls for all pitches to carry 'thought through' interactive elements, writes Katy Elliott.
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BBC kids' production split
The BBC's replacement for axed Saturday morning kids show Live & Kicking will be produced in both Scotland and London, although the look of the programme will stay the same, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Bids in place for ITV news
The Challenger for the lucrative ITV news contract, Channel 3 News, is understood to have undercut the price of current supplier ITN's contract by several million in its tender document submitted to the network this week, writes Simon Ellery.
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NewsZodiak adds UK acquisitions exec
Scandinavian distributor Zodiak Television World (Zodiak), the new owners of UK indie Diverse Productions, has hired Tobi de Graaff as director of sales and acquisitions in London.
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DJS urged to watch lyrics
The Radio Authority has issued advice to music stations on the playing of 'dodgy' tracks from controversial rap and pop artists such as Eminem and Outkast, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Jowell stance on C4 slammed
Broadcasters and producers have this week united in condemnation of media secretary Tessa Jowell's 'ham-fisted' reaction to Brass Eye's satire on media representations of paedophilia broadcast on Channel 4.Jowell sparked a