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NewsSex chat channels fined £157,250
Bang Channels and Bang Media have been fined a total of £157,250 for breaching broadcasting guidelines during their “adult sex chat” and “daytime chat” phone-ins.
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NewsBBC improves nation coverage
Significant improvements have been made to the BBC’s coverage of the devolved nations - but concerns remain about “misleading or confusing” news items, the BBC Trust has found.
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NewsLord Burns defends C4 over pay claims
Channel 4 bosses have defended accusations over “grotesque” sums paid to top executives.
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NewsLynne Frank returns to Time Warner
Lynne Frank, the former chief of ESPN Europe who led the sports broadcaster’s drive into the UK, is to join Warner Bros Pictures.
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NewsC4 restructures sales team
Channel 4 has appointed media agency veteran Mick Perry as head of airtime sales as it completes its restructure of its 175-strong sales team.
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NewsBBC reveals iPhone app figures
The BBC’s News iPhone and iPad app has been downloaded over 560,000 times in the first week following its launch.
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NewsZodiak buys minority stake in Shed
Zodiak Entertainment has purchased a minority stake in superindie Shed Media ahead of its anticipated takeover by US media giant Time Warner.
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NewsITV poised to reveal pay-TV plans
ITV is expected to outline a new pay-TV strategy tomorrow morning as part of its plans for transformation.
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NewsBBC should 'scrap licence fee'
The BBC should wind up its licence fee and become a voluntary subscription-based service, a report from think-tank the Adam Smith Institute has said.
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RatingsNearly 25% watch Britain take gold
Britain’s gold rush in the European Athletics Championships drew nearly 25% of the viewing population to BBC2 on Saturday night.
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NewsVintage TV orders first shows
Over-50s music channel Vintage TV has ordered its first round of shows from Transparent Television.
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RatingsNearly 1m viewers Stop Believing
The audience for Five’s new talent show Don’t Stop Believing plummeted by 840,000 viewers last night, as it struggled to keep pace with the athletics and BBC drama Sherlock.
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RatingsIT Crowd ends on 2.3m high
The IT Crowd cemented its place as Channel 4’s most bankable sitcom on Friday night after series four bowed out on a 2.3m high.
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Unpaid internships 'break the law'
Media companies which take on unpaid interns to do real work are almost certainly breaking the law, according to a national think tank.
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NewsBBC in staff talks over pension plans
The BBC is holding talks with staff over concerns about new pension proposals, it has emerged.
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NewsBBC Alba boss wants more public money
The BBC’s Gaelic language service has called for extra public funding to commission original content such as drama series, as regional public service channels face widespread cuts.
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NewsS4C names interim chief exec
Welsh language broadcaster S4C has appointed Arwel Ellis Owen as its interim chief executive following the abrupt departure of Iona Jones last week.
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NewsBBC fills indie roles
The BBC has named the two executives that will help manage the corporation’s relationship with the independent production sector.
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NewsTurner hunts EMEA digital director
Turner Broadcasting is hunting a director of digital entertainment to spearhead the online stategy for channels including CNN, Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies.
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NewsVirgin Media bids to block Canvas in Ofcom appeal
Virgin Media has launched a complaint to Ofcom supported by the Office of Fair Trading against IPTV service Project Canvas, labelling it “an immovable, unchanging constant”.