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  • Michael Jackson
    News

    Viewers blast C4 over Jackson jokes

    2009-08-06T09:00:00Z

    Channel 4’s treatment of Michael Jackson’s death has come under fire from viewers, with more than 200 complaints levelled against three shows last month.

  • Channel 4 News: Jon Snow
    News

    Axe falls on C4's News at Noon and More 4 News

    2009-08-05T14:50:00Z

    Channel 4 has axed news bulletin News at Noon and More 4 News to strengthen its focus on its flagship 7pm news programme.

  • News

    ITN begins voluntary redundancies

    2009-08-05T15:05:00Z

    ITN will axe 33 staff positions as a result of the scaled-back Channel 4 contract, but expects to redeploy at least a third in new roles.

  • News

    22 youths to take over 1Xtra

    2009-08-06T10:07:00Z

    BBC 1Xtra and BBC Blast have teamed up to give young people not in education or employment the chance to take over the station’s airwaves for a day.

  • watching tv
    News

    TV subs defy credit crunch

    2009-08-06T09:11:00Z

    Fewer than one in five people plan to cut back on TV subscriptions as they tighten their belts in the economic recession, according to Ofcom research.

  • Friends Reunited
    News

    ITV suffers as it sells Friends Reunited for £25m

    2009-08-06T08:36:00Z

    ITV made a loss of £104m in the six months to 30 June and has sold Friends Reunited to DC Thomson company Brightsolid for £25m – taking a hit of £145m.

  • radio digital
    News

    Commercial radio closes gap on BBC

    2009-08-06T08:50:00Z

    Commercial radio clawed some audience share back from the BBC in the last quarter, with its overall share rising to 42.7%, from 41.6% in Q1.

  • Sir Terry Wogan
    News

    Wogan extends lead over Moyles

    2009-08-06T08:54:00Z

    Sir Terry Wogan extended his ratings lead over breakfast rival Chris Moyles, according to latest Rajar figures, but could not prevent BBC Radio 2 slipping to its lowest share since 2006.

  • Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon
    News

    Capital overtakes Heart in London breakfast war

    2009-08-06T09:28:00Z

    A resurgent Capital 95.8 overtook stablemate Heart 106.2 in the Q2 Rajar figures, thanks to a strong performance by its breakfast show.

  • Demetri Martin
    News

    E4 buys hit Comedy Central sketch show

    2009-08-06T09:59:00Z

    E4 has bought the UK rights to Comedy Central sketch show Important Things with Demetri Martin.

  • The Colour of Money
    News

    In-house production falls at ITV

    2009-08-06T10:01:00Z

    ITV Studios generated significantly more revenue from rival UK broadcasters during the first half of the year – but significantly less from the ITV channels themselves.

  • News

    Jazz FM is fastest growing radio station in UK

    2009-08-06T11:35:00Z

    Jazz FM, still short of its first birthday, added an extra 74,000 listeners, taking it up to 482,000 listeners.

  • Christian O’Connell
    News

    Absolute steadies declining audience

    2009-08-06T11:33:00Z

    Absolute Radio steadied its declining audience in the last quarter, but still recorded nearly a third fewer listeners than it had when it was Virgin Radio this time last year.

  • Secret Diary of a Call Girl
    News

    ITV digital channels may leave Freeview

    2009-08-06T11:24:00Z

    ITV bosses have declared they would be open to putting their digital channels ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 exclusively on Sky and Virgin Media, if a higher carriage fee for the channels could be negotiated.

  • Who Do You Think You Are?
    Ratings

    Mitchell murdered by ITV1

    2009-08-06T11:18:00Z

    ITV1’s Midsomer Murders attracted 5.8m (26.3%) viewers between 8pm and 10pm last night, comfortably outperforming Peep Show comedian David Mitchell’s appearance on BBC1’s Who Do You Think You Are?.

  • scottish premier league
    News

    O21 wins Sky SPL contract

    2009-08-06T12:03:00Z

    O21 Television has been awarded the contract to provide outside broadcast facilities for Sky for its coverage of the Scottish Premier League (SPL) this season.

  • Red, the Virgin 1 mascot, with Richard Branson
    News

    Virgin Media loses customers

    2009-08-06T12:54:00Z

    Virgin Media lost twice as many customers as expected in the second quarter but kept revenues flat and in line with market expectations.

  • The Bill
    News

    Grade slams STV opt outs

    2009-08-06T13:01:00Z

    Executive chairman Michael Grade has lifted the lid on ITV’s “tense” relationship with Scottish franchisee STV, claiming its decision to opt out of key network dramas is damaging the ITV brand.  

  • MediaCityUK
    News

    "Major risk" that Salford will exceed £867m budget

    2009-08-06T13:04:00Z

    The BBC has warned of “major risks” that the Salford move will exceed its £867m budget.

  • X Factor
    News

    ITV shares rally back to January high

    2009-08-06T15:38:00Z

    ITV share price rallied 7% today on the back of its half-yearly results to 44.96p – its highest price since January.