All News articles – Page 2843
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Grade: family honour prompted Times legal action
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has revealed it was a sense of family honour that prompted him to take legal action against The Times over a heavily critical column by Greg Dyke.
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US drama: Life axed; Fringe to return
ITV's US cop drama Life has been axed in the States while JJ Abrams' sci-fi series Fringe, currently airing on Sky 1, has been given a second run.
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ITV shows seen by 4m using Virgin Media catch-up
ITV shows accessed via Virgin Media's on-demand service attracted 4 million views in their first full month.
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Virgin Media beats forecasts with 7,100 new customers
Virgin Media beat analyst forecasts by adding 7,100 net new customers in the first quarter of 2009.
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Programme chiefs face cull at Global Radio
The programme controller of the Gold network and the programme director of Xfm are understood to be among up to 30 casualties in the latest round of Global Radio job cuts.
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C4 sends Location host to Oz
Channel 4 property presenter Phil Spencer is to head to Australia for his next project for the channel.
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Virgin Media iPlayer goes HD
The BBC and Virgin Media have launched HD content on the iPlayer service on the cable company's TV platform.
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Hit unveils new kids shows
Hit Entertainment, the indie behind Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends, has unveiled three new shows currently in development.
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C4 Dispatches editor quits
Mehdi Hasan, an editor on Channel 4 current affairs strand Dispatches, has left the broadcaster to join political magazine the New Statesman.
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Voting begins for Channel of the Year awards
The battle for the coveted Channel of the Year awards begins today as the ballot box opens for votes.
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BBC names bosses moving to Salford
Michael Carrington, Ben Gallop, Rhian Roberts and Philip Bernie are among 15 senior BBC managers set to move to Salford MediaCity.
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BBC axes Mutual Friends
BBC1 has axed primetime comedy-drama Mutual Friends after just one series.
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ITV is overstocked, says Grade
ITV has scaled back its commissioning needs because it is “overstocked” with programmes, according to outgoing executive chairman Michael Grade.
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BBC working to 'reconnect' with Grange Hill viewers
The BBC is working on ways to “reconnect” with its 'Grange Hill viewers' - but is still not doing enough, children's controller Richard Deverell has claimed.
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Grade: my successor faces key decisions
Michael Grade has said that ITV is “reverting to plan A” with his decision to step down as executive chairman a year earlier than planned.
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Oprah's McCanns interview to air in UK
Oprah Winfrey's interview with the parents of missing child Madeleine McCann is to be screened in the UK just a day after airing in the US.
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Grade backs radical regional news plan
Michael Grade today backed Ofcom's call for independently-funded news consortia to deliver regional services, but warned that decisions were needed quickly for the sake of local news.
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BSkyB profits up as customers flock to HD
BSkyB reported increased profit in the third quarter and added 80,000 net new customers due to increased interest in its high-definition service.
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Facilities briefs 1 May 2009
Facilities sector news in briefs from Broadcast dated 1 May 2009 including Soho Editors, Light, The DMC and Halo Post.
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Goldcrest takes Pavement stake
DVD and motion graphics production facility The Pavement has secured major new investment from post and production company Goldcrest Group.