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NewsTheakston closes breakfast gap
Jamie Theakston picked up 163,000 extra listeners, taking his breakfast show on Heart 106.2 to within just 10,000 listeners of his rival Johnny Vaughan on GCap-owned Capital 95.8.
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NewsBBC Radio strides ahead in record style
3.30pm: BBC Radio logged record share, and second highest ever reach in the UK radio market, leaving its commercial rivals lagging behind in the latest Rajar results.
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Commissioning - Talkback seeks Aztec gold for C4
Maverick author DBC Pierre is to attempt to track down the missing treasure of the Aztec
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Comment - Is this the revolution?
Are changes to governance at the BBC more window-dressing than genuine transformation, asks Lisa Campbell, Deputy Editor.
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Off the record - 30 second guide - Robin Hood
Robin Hood, Robin Hood with his set-top box ... Eh? Robin Hood, Robin Hood, cunning as a fox
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NewsNational TV Awards gain 7.1m
ITV1's coverage of the National Television Awards, which saw the BBC's Doctor Who walk off with three awards, was a big hit with viewers with 7.1 million (31%) at 8pm.
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NewsHeart is number one with Londoners
GCap's Capital 95.8 FM has lost its top spot in the battle for London listeners, falling from first to third, as Chrysalis' Heart 106.2 surged to the number one commercial station.
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Indie Done and Dusted opens in New York
Indie Done And Dusted has set up a New York office after winning the contract to film the Victoria's Secret fashion show in the city.
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UK radio groups band together for music week
Commercial radio groups are looking to revisit the success of UK RadioAid and UK Leaders Live, by uniting for a new event dubbed British Music Week.
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ITV4 competes for male attention
ITV's latest multichannel venture, ITV4, will launch next week into an already competitive market for male viewers.
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ITV politics bids in
ITV has closed bids for the contract to produce its new Sunday morning political format, with a shortlist due within the next few weeks. Eight indies - Mentorn, Juniper Communications, Talkback Thames, Flame, North One, Lion Television, Ten Alps and Granada ' have put in bids for the show, which ...
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Five airs bird flu doc
Five is to bring the battle against bird flu to UK screens after acquiring a National Geographic and Electric Pictures co-production with the working title Race Against the Killer Flu. The documentary uses CGI and re-enactments to explain how a bird flu pandemic could develop and what its impact would ...
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Sky News gains
The relaunch of Sky News on Monday (24 October) brought modest gains but the 24-hour news channel was still outperformed by BBC News 24. Across the day Sky News ended with a share of 0.53%, marginally behind BBC News 24 on 0.58% and largely in line with what both channels ...
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Immedia bailed out
Immedia Broadcasting, the instore radio company set up by former Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brooks, has been given a new lease of life following a deal with Northcliffe Retail. The company, which reported growing losses in the first half of the year to August of£273,000, will provide instore radio services ...
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NewsMitchells return
The return of the Mitchell brothers to EastEnders gave a much needed boost to the BBC1 soap with an average audience of 13.1 million (52.7%) at 8pm on Monday night (24 October). The 30-minute show gained a peak audience of 13.6 million (53.9%) halfway through.
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BBC Broadcast unveils rebrand
After months of brainstorming BBC Broadcast has finally come up with a new name and corporate identity: Red Bee Media.
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UK firm develops artificial presenter
Advanced media development company Televirtual has claimed it has built TV's first synthetic broadcaster, METman, an authentically voiced artificial speech engine.
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C4 showcases winning short films online
The Channel 4 Ideas Factory film and video initiative New Shoots is to showcase its winners' work online on 1 November.