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NewsRajar updates radio audience measurement
Rajar, the organisation behind recording the size of radio listeners, is introducing new digital technology to increase the efficiency of its audience measurement tools.
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NewsCurrent hunting fresh content
Current TV has issued a call for quick fire pitches as it looks to commission for the second half of next year and find “big hits” for 2012.
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NewsCameron targets broadcasters over sexualisation
A website to help parents complain about what campaigners have dubbed the “pornification” of children should be put in place within months, David Cameron said.
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NewsSky1 orders Tree House Challenge
Sky1 has launched a search for the ultimate environmentally responsible community space with a grant of £20,000 up for grabs.
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NewsUBC profits fall 17%
UBC Media saw profit fall by 17% from £1.38m in 2010 to £1.14m across the year, according to its full year results to 31 March 2011.
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NewsIABM launches training academy
The IABM today launched a training academy in a bid to tackle “a chronic shortage of skilled technical resources” in the broadcasting sector.
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NewsBBC1's Candy Cabs canned
The BBC has put the brakes on BBC1 comedy-drama Candy Cabs after it failed to take off with viewers.
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NewsCowell calls in police over BGT fix claims
Pop mogul Simon Cowell has called in police over claims that popular TV contest Britain’s Got Talent is fixed.
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NewsSweden to remake The Office
BBC comedy The Office is to be remade in Sweden, nearly 10 years after Ricky Gervais first appeared as hapless boss David Brent.
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NewsDownton smashes ratings Down Under
ITV drama Downton Abbey has scored the biggest new drama launch in Australia since 2008.
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NewsITV pulls Corrie Nation for refresh
ITV is to take its Coronation Street social networking game offline at the end of July as it completes an overhaul of the ailing property.
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NewsC4 visitors watch most video streams
Visitors to Channel 4’s website watch twice as many video streams as those who visit the BBC, ITV and Sky websites, according to the first set of results from the Nielsen Video Census.
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NewsMTV orders Geordie Shore summer specials
MTV is to capitalise on the record-breaking success of reality series Geordie Shore with a 2 x 60-minute summer special, following the cast on holiday in Magaluf.
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NewsJohn Bishop gets second series on BBC1
Comedian John Bishop will return to BBC1 for a second series of his comedy and entertainment show.
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NewsEvans reveals post-Sachs Radio 2 delay
Jonathan Ross put back the career of DJ pal Chris Evans by a year when he made his prank phone call with Russell Brand.
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NewsReal Hustle told to reveal insiders
BBC series The Real Hustle must make clearer to audiences which participants are in on scams after the show was found to have breached programme guidelines.
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NewsC4 News recruits online chief
Paul Brannan, former BBC multiplatform chief, has joined Channel 4 News to continue further development of the programme’s online and cross-devices strategy.
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NewsNew Imagine docs unveiled
Iraqi artists in Venice, the power of the mind and how the Arab Spring has affected attitudes to art are to explored in the new line-up of BBC1 arts strand Imagine.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: BBC2 and BBC4 line up new seasons
This week Greenlight is all about the arts with a raft new programmes unveiled by both BBC2 and BBC4 .
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NewsKeo bolsters digital team with new hire
Keo Films, the indie behind Hugh’s Fish Fight, has appointed the digital producer behind Channel 4’s Big Brother and Seven Days.