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NewsC4's Cape fear
Channel 4 drama Cape Wrathgot its lowest audience yet at 10pm last night, pulling in a mere 845,000 viewers (4.9%). [ALL]
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NewsA landmark year for GMG Radio
The Guardian Media Group's radio division has reported 'a landmark year' for the financial year ended 1 April 2007. [ALL]
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NewsC4 axes premium-rate phone-in competitions
Channel 4 has axed all of its premium-rate phone-in competitions except for one tied to Deal or No Dealin the wake of the 'You Say, We Pay' row. [ALL]
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NewsWidow praises Watson doc
The wife of the Alzheimer's sufferer at the centre of the Paul Watson documentary scandal has commended the filmmaker's work. [ALL]
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NewsLawyers to investigate Alzheimer's doc
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has appointed law firm Olswang to conduct a 'speedy' investigation into the issues concerning the film Malcolm and Barbara: Love's Farewell. [ALL]
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NewsSky Sports website overhaul
Sky Sports has revamped its website in a bid to encourage more user interaction. [ALL]
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NewsGoing wild in the isles
Series producer/director Michael Waterhouse went back to history for an adventure across Britain.
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NewsEmap to drop spot ads on Heat radio
Emap Radio is to scrap spot advertising when it relaunches Heat radio in September, replacing it with sponsorships, promotions and ad-funded programming centred around a small group of key advertisers.
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NewsGCap chief: radio spending has 'turned a corner'
GCap Media chief executive Ralph Bernard believes that the UK commercial radio industry has 'turned a corner' as advertisers which had stopped investing in commercial radio advertising start to return, writes Yvette Mackenzie.
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Why we need community radio
The events of recent weeks have, once again, brought the issue of local communities to the fore. So why is it that politicians consistently brush aside community radio as something that has been brought in on someone's shoe?
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Lighten up, everyone, it's showbusiness
I was flattered recently to be named as another suspect in the quest to uncover the identity of the infamous TV Controller...
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Fireman Sam
There is a very minor mistake on page 3 of Broadcast(20.07.07) in the story 'Hit weighs up future of Bob the Builderstudio'.
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Camerawork critique
It was good to see Michael Hurll mentioning 'camera direction' ( Broadcastletters, 06.07.07) and even better to see Roger Fenna (13.07.07) responding.
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NewsEnd of BT Movio points to crisis in mobile TV
BT has scrapped wholesale mobile TV service BT Movio, putting paid to Virgin Mobile's nascent mobile TV service and highlighting some of the problems facing the mobile TV industry.
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NewsDavid Zucker Interview
David Zucker is looking for British production talent for US drama series
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NewsLonely girl finds new friends at Bebo
KateModern is a UK internet drama spin-off from the successful Lonelygirl15, an interactive web drama that viewers originally didn't realise was staged, writes Holly Cruickshank.
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NewsBSkyB takes over set-top supply in Amstrad swoop
BSkyB is dipping into its war chest to buy Amstrad, Sir Alan Sugar's set-top box manufacturing firm, for£125m.
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GCap and Emap buck downward trend
The FTSE 100 endured a turbulent week. Buffeted by concerns over the debt market, share prices fell more than 300 points, before recovering slightly to 6,360.1p. The Broadcast 20 fell in line with the market, with the majority of shares ending the week down.
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Film festival on web TV
Internet TV network Babelgum has launched a dedicated channel on the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, an event that supports film-makers.
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Yellow card for Mix 107
The Local Radio Company's Mix 107, which broadcasts to Amersham and High Wycombe, has received a 'yellow card warning' from Ofcom following a breach of formatting regulation.