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Emma B leaves R1
BBC Radio 1 DJ Emma B is leaving the station after seven years and will be replaced by 1Xtra presenter Letitia. Emma B has presented R1's weekly phone-in show Sunday Surgerysince 2000 and will leave the station at the end of the month. Dr Mark Hamilton ...
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BBC pulls the plug on outlaws
The BBC has decided not to commission a second series of its critically acclaimed legal drama series Outlaws. Programme-maker World Productions was told the series would be axed, despite positive reviews. The series was a co-commission between BBC2 and BBC3, and the corporation blamed a limit ...
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BBC worst to deal with, say indies
The BBC has been voted the most difficult broadcaster to deal with by independent producers for the third year running in Broadcast's annual survey of the indie sector. In the survey of 150 indies, 61% named the BBC as the worst broadcaster, with Channel 4 a ...
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Ware leaves BBC after 20 years
BBC Learning creative director of Nick Ware is leaving after 20 years at the corporation. Ware, who helped mastermind learning projects linked to programmes such as Fat Nationand Who Do You Think You Are?, has no job lined up, but suggested he ...
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Radio Aid draws record audience
UK Radio Aid, the tsunami fund-raiser that ran across 280 commercial radio networks, attracted the single biggest radio audience since records began. More than 23 million adults - 1.5 million more than usual - tuned in on 17 January, according to Ipsos Media and Rajar. Chris Evans, Davina McCall and ...
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The self-shooting survival guide
Self-shooting directors, APs on second camera and researchers with a handheld are now commonplace in factual programme-making. In a special report, Gareth Watkins
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Which way forward for indies?
As investors eye the TV production sector, new routes to growth have opened up for indies. Belinda Archer
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Losing on appeal
The BBC pulled Bafta-nominated legal drama Outlaws after one series, despite reviewers' plaudits. Its creator Steve Coombes says the BBC's digital strategy is largely to blame
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The power of two
The duo at the helm of GMG Radio, a brand which encompasses the Smooth FM, Jazz FM and Real Radio network, insist that their group is not up for sale and their focus is firmly on expansion.
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Please don't pick me
Impending cuts and a change of values has turned the once-prized post of controller of BBC1 into a poisoned chalice.
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Breaking free from TV
As Channel 4 invests in FourDocs, an open access broadband channel, has the time finally arrived for broadcasters to embrace the democratising possibilities of broadband technology, asks Peter Keighron.
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On the Box - Life behind closed doors
Paul Bader wonders if some things are too private for TV, but will he make his excuses and leave while watching Extraordinary Families and Blame the Parents?
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Lost in translation
As NBC airs its US remake of The Office, Kenton Allen argues that British comedy should be able to cross the Atlantic without reversioning.
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Never had it so good?
The success of the big players in the indie world must not be allowed to threaten those working on a smaller scale.
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NewsProducers warn on rise of super-indies
The rise of the super-indie is a growing concern for smaller independent producers who fear their increasing domination of the sector, according to this year's BroadcastIndie Survey.
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NewsRDF looks at April float
RDF Media has hired stockbrokers Investec to prepare the company for flotation on the London Stock Exchange as early as the end of April.
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NewsSpringer lined up for Trisha slot
Controversial US TV talk-show king Jerry Springer is set to front a new ITV daytime show being lined up to replace Trisha.
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NewsITV and C4 look at taking UKTV stake
ITV and Channel 4 have held separate talks with UKTV's owners, the BBC and Flextech, about taking a stake in the multichannel network.
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NewsChannel 4 bans F words from The F Word
Ofcom can breathe a sigh of relief - Gordon Ramsay's new cookery show, The F Word, will have to be subjected to the swear bleeper because Channel 4 wants it for a pre-watershed slot.