All News articles – Page 3653
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NewsDisney profits rise
Walt Disney has reported a 5% rise in quarterly profits to $723m (£384m), up from last quarter's $688m (365m).
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NewsC4 restructures 4 Ventures
Channel 4 is to slim down its commercial activities to concentrate on new media and programme rights, while other businesses such as digital service E4 are to move back into the main terrestrial network.
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NewsColeman loses Heart slot
London station Heart 106.2 is to replace its breakfast DJ Jono Coleman with former children's TV presenter Jamie Theakston following a drop in ratings.
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NewsTitchmarsh gets role as gnome
Gardening presenter Alan Titchmarsh is to take on a new role as the voice of a cheerful gnome for a new BBC animation series.
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NewsITV moots football shares disposal
ITV will consider selling its stake in football clubs Arsenal and Liverpool as part of is strategy of getting rid of its non-core businesses, even though its holding in the London club is set to almost double.
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NewsAhead of the Class gets 10.3m
Ahead of the Classboosted ITV1's peaktime figures last night with a peak audience of 10.3million (42%) at 10pm.
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NewsBBC to hold cost-cutting crunch talks
The BBC's most senior executives will tomorrow convene for two-day crunch talks to flesh out how they will reduce the corporation's overheads by 15%.
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NewsWogan sets retirement date
Veteran DJ Terry Wogan has announced he will quit his BBC Radio 2 breakfast show in two years time.
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NewsSky set for subs boost
BSkyB is due to report an increase of between 160,000 and 178,000 new subscribers this week, following strong Christmas sales.
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NewsPaxman criticises BBC budget cuts
Newsnightpresenter Jeremy Paxman has criticised BBC director general Mark Thompson's plan to cut 15% from the budget of news and current affairs.
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NewsShed to float for£40m in March
Shed, the company behind ITV's Bad Girlsand Footballers Wives, has confirmed it will float on the London Stock Market on March 18 in a bid to raise cash to go on the acquisition trail.
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NewsClassic FM grows clout
Classic FM has reversed a decline in audience figures and bolstered its position as the nation's biggest commercial radio station.
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NewsFahrenheit 9/11 convinces 4m
Channel 4's premiere of Michael Moore's documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11was a big hit for the broadcaster with a peak audience of 4 million (18%) at 9.30pm.
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NewsBurns panel calls for new BBC watchdog
The government should set up a new independent body to oversee the BBC's accountability and advise on how much public funding it should get, the charter review panel led by Lord Burns said today.
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NewsSopranos for sale at£1m an episode
US cable stations are lining up to bid more than£1m an episode for old episodes of The Sopranosas HBO offers the hit show to America's syndicated market for the first time.
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NewsSMG bids for Scottish ITV News
Sir Trevor McDonald will no longer be the face of ITV's news bulletin in Scotland if new proposals submitted to Ofcom are given the green light.
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NewsYorke axes EastEnders duo
EastEndersexecutive producer Kathleen Hutchison and series producer Sharon Hughff have left the show after only four months as part of an overhaul by drama chief John Yorke.
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NewsMagic overtakes Heart in London Rajars
London easy-listening station Magic has overtaken rival Heart 106.2 for the first time - taking a step closer to the number one slot.
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC News
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is Michael Grade right about BBC news?
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