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Alli, TWG in talks to merge ad sales
Waheed Alli, the Labour peer bidding for SMG-owned Virgin Radio, has held talks with Talksport-owner The Wireless Group about merging their advertising sales operations. Backed by venture capital group 3i, Lord Alli is offering£100m for Virgin Radio, a figure that SMG said undervalues the business. But if shareholder pressure leads ...
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Steiner takes new creative role at Lion
Lion TV has promoted development executive Mat Steiner to become its creative head. In the new role, Steiner will focus on developing formats, advertiser funded projects, entertainment shows and event programming. He joined Lion in 2003 from format producer and distributor Rose Bay, where he was managing director.
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ITN signs up 02 to mobile news delivery
ITN has signed a distribution deal with O2, which will give the mobile phone operator's customers news and archive content dating back 50 years. The service, which launches this month as part of O2's new 3G offering, is the latest in a series of 3G mobile phone deals ITN has ...
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Charter green paper set for next week
The government's green paper on the BBC's next Charter is set to be published next week. The document, which will set out the government's proposals for the BBC's funding and purpose for the 10 years from 2006, was expected this week but sources suggested Lord Birt, a former BBC director ...
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Westwood drives MTV makeover show
Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood is to host the UK version of Pimp My Ride, set to premier on MTV in late spring. Westwood will be the British answer to rap star Xzibit, the presenter of the original US show, which follows a crew of mechanics ...
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NewsJamie's School Dinners appeals to 5.3m
Channel 4's Jamie's School Dinnersgave something for viewers to get their teeth into last night with a peak audience of 5.3 million (22%) at the end, giving the programme more viewers than BBC1 as well as its nearest rivals.
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NewsPEER POLL: EastEnders
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: After 20 years of EastEndersis it time to pull the plug?
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NewsRTS unveils TV awards shortlist
The Royal Television Society has published its nominations for this year's programme awards. The event will take place on Tuesday 15 March at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, hosted by X Factorpresenter Kate Thornton.
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NewsJackson joins DVD rights firm
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson has re-emerged on the UK media scene, with a part-time role at The Rights Company (TRC).
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NewsHallmark UK chief quits
Hallmark UK chief executive Jeff Henry has quit the company following this week's $242m takeover of Hallmark International by an investor team led by David Elstein.
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NewsPsychic TV channel grows reach
TV Commerce, the interactive TV operator that floated on the AIM Stock Exchange this week, has secured a daytime slot for its psychic TV service, Your Destiny.
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NewsCSS sells Target stake
Sports and talent agency CSS has sold its stake in rights management company Target Entertainment to a city investor.
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NewsMacKenzie reignites Rajar row
Kelvin MacKenzie has relaunched his campaign against Rajar, challenging the radio audience measurement body to admit his Talksport station gets more listeners than it publishes.
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NewsCostume drama producer to run EastEnders
The Bafta-winning producer of BBC costume drama Charles II - The Power and The Passionis to be the new executive producer of EastEnders.
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NewsBBC1's Dad appeals to 5.7m
BBC1's drama Dadmanaged a peak of 5.7 million (23.4%) at the start in the face of a literally explosive episode of The Billon ITV1.
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NewsCRR decision delayed until February
ITV will have to wait until February to hear the final decision on whether its complex advertising mechanism - Contract Rights Renewal - will be relaxed, after a surge in submissions to the Competition Commission.
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NewsOfcom: no progress on PSB content for kids
Ofcom chairman Collette Bowe has admitted the regulator has “not made much progress” in protecting public service content for children – but appears to have passed the buck to the nation at large.
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NewsHoller goes independent following MBO
Digital agency Holler has bought out the 51% stake owned by digital services company BlueFreeway.
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NewsMurphy to overhaul Sky 1 roles
Sky 1 has embarked on a major restructure of its commissioning team which has resulted in the departure of commissioning editor for factual entertainment and specialist factual Emma Read.
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NewsRadio indies to get online content store
Former Radio Independents Group chairman Neil Gardner is leading an initiative to create a dedicated online portal to sell audio content made by the UK indie sector.