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What price for a piece of Auntie?
The BBC is not commercial-free, it's just that its commercials are not paid for and they promote the corporation's ...
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NewsThompson turns the tide at C4
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has crowned his first full year in office with an upbeat set of results, which revealed he has succeeded pulling the broadcaster out of the red last year, returning£16.5m profits.
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NewsBBC reiterates public service commitment
The BBC has moved to counter criticism that it is too commercial by promising that next year it will screen more public service programmes, writes David Wood
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RatingsI'm A Celebrity returns to 10.8m
ITV1's popular jungle-based reality show I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! returned for its second series last night (28 April) to a peak audience of 10.8 million (45.9%), signalling what is likely to be a two-week stretch of peaktime ratings dominance for ITV1, ...
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NewsCapital appoints new commercial head
Capital Radio is placing its£110m national sales business in the hands of new commercial managing director Linda Grant as competition intensifies in the London market, writes Michael Rosser
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NewsFurther scrutiny for toddler ads
Ministers are facing renewed pressure to slap a ban on TV advertising promoting high fat food during programmes screened for under five-year-olds, writes David Rose
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NewsBBC complaints double
The BBC received more than twice as many complaints from viewers about its programmes in the last year than in the previous year, according to its Programme Complaints Unit and Governors' Programme Complaints Committee findings published today, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsSkinner rapped for disabled jokes
Comedian Frank Skinner has been accused of over-stepping the mark for mimicking people with physical disabilities during an episode of ITV1's Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned, writes Paul Revoir
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BBC receives record number of complaints
The BBC has received a record number of complaints about its programmes this year. Viewers lodged 1,596 grievances,...
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Chris Evans's mating game is a£6m flop
Chris Evans's dating show Boys and Girls looks likely to be axed after proving a ratings flop. ...
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The threat to our TV from this corrupter of politicians
Now is the time for the Lords to earn its ermine. There are a few occasions when its lack of democratic legitimacy ...
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C4 back in profit and set to 'make trouble'
Channel 4 marked the first steps on its path to recovery with a return to profit and a confident declaration yester...
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Reuters hopes new products will help recapture past glory
Reuters showed off its new products to the City yesterday which it hopes will 'cut through the spaghetti' of its pr...
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NewsEmap strengthens Radio Aire line-up
Emap, publisher of Broadcast, has dealt a double-blow to its Leeds-based rival Galaxy 105 by poaching DJ's Alex Pepper and Liz Whittaker, writes Michael Rosser
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Brussels urges pay-TV units to fight piracy
European regulators yesterday attacked pay-television companies for allegedly fostering a surge in electronic pirac...