All News articles – Page 2973

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    Casualty in need of first aid

    2008-09-30T16:20:20Z

    Casualty, one of the main pillars in BBC1's schedule, may be in need of some attention as ratings have been in decline this year.

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    ITV aquires German indie

    2008-09-30T13:31:13Z

    ITV-owned Granada Germany has acquired a majority stake in the Berlin-based indie Imago as part of its global expansion strategy.

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    Clements makes first SMG hiring

    2008-09-30T13:21:52Z

    Alan Clements has made his first major appointment at Scottish media group SMG, handing the role of head of entertainment and factual to Paul Murray.

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    Sex tops C4 education slate

    2008-09-30T13:13:04Z

    Channel 4 is putting sex and relationships centre stage in its upcoming education slate.

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    Letter: Michael Jermey, director, ITV Regions

    2008-09-30T13:01:24Z

    Letter from ITV Regions director Michael Jermey to all ING staff outlining the timetable for the company cutting 430 jobs.

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    ITV regional staff to know fate by December

    2008-09-30T12:52:53Z

    ITV regions director Michael Jermey has told ITV News Group (ING) staff facing redundancy that they will “know where they stand” by early December.

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    Women in Film and TV names chair

    2008-09-30T12:42:58Z

    Trade body Women in Film and Television has appointed April Chamberlain as its new chair.

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    C4 education facing 10% cut

    2008-09-30T12:31:18Z

    Channel 4 will cut its education budget by 10% next year as part of its latest round of cuts.

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    Lipstick Jungle audience drops 57%

    2008-09-30T12:12:25Z

    Living's glossy new US drama Lipstick Jungle took a tumble in the ratings last night with just 85,000 (0.59%) watching at 10pm, a fall of 57% on last week's launch.

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    Who Do You Think You Are? ends on a whimper

    2008-09-30T11:39:02Z

    BBC1's ratings success Who Do You Think You Are? failed to spark in the last of its current run yesterday at 9pm only interesting 4.9m viewers (21.2% share), the lowest audience for the show on the channel.

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    NUJ: Industrial action at ITV is inevitable

    2008-09-30T11:33:10Z

    The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has declared it will lead the fight against ITV's plans to cut 430 jobs from regional news rooms and strikes are now “inevitable”.

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    CITV acquires CGI series

    2008-09-30T11:19:26Z

    CITV has acquired preschool series Bo on the Go! from Decode Enterprises, the DHX Media-owned children's and entertainment distributor.

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    ITV regional news guaranteed until 2012

    2008-09-30T10:55:11Z

    ITV has guaranteed the provision of its regional news until “at least 2012” - despite announcing that 430 jobs would be cut from its services this morning.

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    ITV to axe 1,000 jobs by February

    2008-09-30T10:06:51Z

    ITV plans to have slashed 1,000 jobs by February next year, nearly 20% of its workforce. This includes 430 jobs across its news services - 40% of regional news staff.

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    US commissions boost Shed results

    2008-09-30T09:51:23Z

    Shed Media generated more than a third of its£12.6m gross profit in the first half of the year from US broadcasters.

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    Sky may be forced to widen movie and sport access

    2008-09-30T09:34:29Z

    BSkyB has too much power in the supply of premium content and could be made to offer it on a wholesale basis to rivals, Ofcom has said.

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    OTF names UK production chief

    2008-09-30T09:24:01Z

    Producer and distributor Off The Fence (OTF) has appointed Allison Bean the new managing director of the company's UK development and production office.

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    TV Critics 30 September ‘08

    2008-09-30T09:14:34Z

    “The way I feel about Who Do You Think You Are? is that other people's family trees are rarely as interesting to you as they are to them.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

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    Virgin Media's response

    2008-09-29T18:18:27Z

    A statement from Virgin Media in relation to the Competition Appeal Tribunal ruling today (29 September).

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    Sky's response

    2008-09-29T17:59:37Z

    A statement from BSkyB in relation to today's Competition Appeal Tribunal ruling.