All articles by Matthew Hemley – Page 6
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NewsHazlitt appointed MD of GCap
Former Virgin Radio chief executive Fru Hazlitt has joined GCap Media as managing director of GCap London, giving her responsibility for Capital Radio and Choice FM.
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NewsRacial equality group keeps eye on Big Brother
The Commission for Racial Equality has labelled recent events in Celebrity Big Brotheras an 'interesting reflection' on today's society. The comments come after Ofcom was inundated with 14,500 complaints from viewers over the treatment of contestant Shilpa Shetty by other housemates.
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NewsCelebrity BB racism complaints hit 19,300
Celebrity Big Brotherhas become the most complained about show in Ofcom's history after receiving 19,300 complaints about alleged racism towards contestant Shilpa Shetty.
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NewsC4 freezes programming budget
Channel 4 has been forced to freeze its programming budget for 2007 because of falling advertising revenues.
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News19TV to make Brit-friendly American Idol
19TV has lined-up British celebrities to take part in specially recorded parts of American Idolhosted by Cat Deeley. The changes are part of plans to make the series more UK-friendly.
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NewsYouTube mulls channel launch
Video-sharing site YouTube is considering the launch of a linear TV channel after receiving a number of offers from television networks and broadcasting companies.
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NewsCanWest wins Aberdeen FM licence
Canadian media group CanWest is to continue its push into the UK radio market after winning its third licence from Ofcom to launch an FM station in Aberdeen.
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NewsI'm a Celebrity team given Gest pass
The team behind I'm a Celebrity - Get Me out of Here!will be reunited with contestant David Gest for a fly-on-the-wall documentary series.
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NewsITN strikes called off
Strikes by ITN staff that had threatened both ITV and Channel 4 news coverage this month have been called off after the news provider offered revised proposals to make up a 6% shortfall in pension contributions.
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NewsBuzzcocks host in Tiger comedy deal
Never Mind the Buzzcocks presenter Simon Amstell is working with indie Tiger Aspect to develop a raft of comedy programmes.
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NewsBBC seals treble deal for Tern TV
BBC Worldwide has secured the international sales of three factual entertainment series by Scottish indie Tern Television, including Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses.
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NewsRoman's Empire to conquer BBC2
BBC2 has commissioned Tiger Aspect to make a major new 6 x 30-minute comedy called Roman's Empire.
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Hazlitt quits SMG as merger looms
Radio industry insiders believe the merger of SMG and UTV is a done deal and that the departure of Fru Hazlitt as chief executive of Virgin Radio is the first part of the fallout from the merger.
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NewsUnions to ballot over BBC news compulsory job cuts
Unions will ballot BBC news staff over taking strike action after the corporation said it would push ahead with plans for compulsory job cut jobs within the department.
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NewsMore4 tells story of an epic ocean rescue
Live footage of a dramatic sea rescue during the Velux 5 Oceans round the world race in November is to feature in a More4 documentary.
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NewsJackson: Virgin to continue 'upward path'
Virgin Radio's new chief executive has vowed to continue leading the station on its 'upward path' following the shock departure of Fru Hazlitt yesterday.
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NewsUBC signs radio news deal with UTV
UBC Media Group has signed a deal to provide the 20 radio stations owned by UTV with its syndicated Sky News radio package.
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NewsJackson replaces Hazlitt at Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio chief executive Fru Hazlitt has resigned with immediate effect and has been replaced by the station's programme director Paul Jackson.
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NewsOrange orders ITN news bulletins
ITN is to provide video news bulletins to Orange's broadband and mobile phone customers.
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NewsDoctor drops Channel 4 MMR legal action
Libel action taken against Channel 4 by a doctor who featured in an episode of the current affairs series Dispatcheshas been dropped.