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Indies ‘starving' due to R4 commissioning changes
Independent radio producers have claimed the BBC is “starving” them out after Radio 4 unveiled plans for a major overhaul of its commissioning process.
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NewsNew boss for Orange UK
Tom Alexander has been appointed chief executive of Orange UK, replacing Bernard Ghillebaert.
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Jermey appointed ITV Sport boss
ITV director of news and current affairs Michael Jermey has been handed control of the broadcaster's sports output, replacing the outgoing director Mark Sharman.
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NewsGCap adds to station websites
GCap Media has hooked up with Intel to provide extra interviews, archive and video content on its websites.
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ITV takes 25% stake in Carbon Media
ITV Studios has paid£1.1m for a 25% stake in Carbon Media - the indie behind Channel 4's Jump Britain.
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Welcome to Broadcastnow
Broadcastnow.co.uk has a new look - and the further good news is that there is more on the way. Read more here.
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Gromit wins iPlayer battle
Wallace and Gromit beat the Timelord and Jeremy Clarkson to the iPlayer top spot over Christmas, during the catch-up service's best ever viewing period.
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E4 overtakes Five with younger viewers
E4 drew more viewers aged between 16 and 34 than Five during the latter half of last year.
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NewsMixed fortunes for indies
Welsh indie Boomerang is planning to float on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market in the coming weeks, but how have the other producers in the Broadcast 20 fared this year?
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Ofcom delays FoR findings
The UK radio industry will have to wait longer than expected to discover Ofcom’s proposals for the future regulation of the sector after the watchdog delayed publishing its Future of Radio consultation until later this year.
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Ex-ITC exec David Withers dies
Long-serving ITC distribution director David Withers, who helped usher Gerry Anderson's puppet shows onto TV screens, has died at the age of 80.
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Bloomberg appoints commercial boss
Bloomberg TV has hired Al Jazeera's former commercial director to co-ordinate its commercial activities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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NewsClassic FM unveils online service
GCap Media-owned station Classic FM has launched a listen-again service and a daily internet-only show.
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BBC3 plans Being Human online prequels
BBC3 is to launch a series of online prequels to Being Human, telling the back-stories of the series' central characters - a vampire, ghost and werewolf.
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Deadline announced for local TV licences
Bidders for the new local television licences in Manchester and Cardiff have until 26 January and 18 February respectively to submit their proposals.
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Neumann lands permanent VMTV role
Daniela Neumann has been named director of programmes for Virgin 1, Bravo, Bravo 2, Challenge and Trouble on a permanent basis.
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3.4m toast Oz and James
3.4m viewers (14.7%) raised a glass to BBC2's new Oz and James Drink to Britain at 8pm last night, downing ITV1.
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Olivia to make US debut
Chorion and Brown Bag Films' pre-school series Olivia is poised to air on Nickelodeon US for the first time.
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BBC1 clears schedule for Obama
BBC1 has cleared the teatime schedules for two hours on 20 January for live coverage of Barack Obama's inauguration as US president.