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Fox quits capital after 17 years
Capital Radio drivetime DJ Neil Fox has quit after 17 years and will be replaced by former Blue Peterpresenter Richard Bacon. Bacon, who has DJ experience on Capital-owned Xfm, BBC Radio Five Live and digital station BBC7, will take over the slot this spring. The move ...
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Bailiffs return in BBC1 factual slate
BBC1 has commissioned seven factual series, including a drama-doc about what would happen if Britain was beset by a meteor-ological disaster.
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Thompson's PR problem
The price of the BBC's shift in management style from Greg Dyke to Mark Thompson is staff discontent. ...
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A Modest Revolution
Axing the BBC governors may sound dramatic but the government's green paper falls far short of radical reform.
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So you wanna be in the mobiles?
Third generation mobile phones have tremendous potential, and the race is on to produce the first really compelling content. Peter Keighron reports.
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Man on the Street
This is the first interview Tony Wood has done since he became Coronation Streetproducer just over a year ago and, in some ways, it's wasted on Broadcast. When asked for an exclusive for Broadcast readers the best he can come up with ...
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A job worth doing
Maxim Jago thinks that small budgets are the best way to judge the talent of newcomers to the industry.
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Do you feel lucky?
Lottery fever is way past its peak in the UK so as Camelot turns to multichannel in an attempt to widen its audience, the BBC is casting around for new concepts for the Saturday night show, writes Peter Keighron.
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In My View - Is TV fair to teenagers?
Troubled teenagers may make great TV but the emphasis on the difficult ones is giving a misleading picture.
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No job for a woman... or ethnic minorities
The strong line-up of female executives in the running for the BBC1 controllership doesn't mean the picture further down the ladder has changed. Skillset's new research shows women in broadcasting are still getting a raw deal.
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The pop culture champion
After pioneering nostalgia shows at the BBC, Alan Brown is shaking off the licence fee shackles for Talkback Thames and populist programme-making.
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BBC's carte blanche?
The treatment of a complaint made by a participant in a 2002 BBC2 documentary shows how hard it is to hold the BBC to account for its mistakes, argues David Elstein
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NewsGrade to head new BBC Trust
BBC chairman Michael Grade will remain at the head of the corporation despite the government's decision this week to abolish the board of governors after 77 years.
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NewsBBC still faces top slicing
The BBC may have won the battle for a new 10-year Charter and licence fee but the threat of top slicing has been left hanging over the corporation.
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NewsAnother Freeview slot up for grabs
Crown Castle is to put another Freeview slot up for grabs in the next couple of months.
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NewsEx Disney boss to run Hallmark
Former Disney International president David Hulbert has been lined up to run Hallmark International following David Elstein's£127m purchase of the business last week.
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NewsBBC green paper: industry reaction
Leading figures from the broadcasting give their reaction to the government's proposals.
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NewsFox snaps up Scream Films
Fox Television Studios (FTVS) has concluded its deal to buy Scream Films, paying a seven-figure sum for the indie.
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BBC staff hit out
The BBC board of governors may have learned their fate on Wednesday, but scores of other BBC employees took to the streets to complain that they were still very much in the dark about their futures at the corporation.
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Abbott moves into docs with ITV survival series
Paul Abbott, the award-winning creator of Shameless, is overseeing a Touching the Void-style documentary series for ITV1.