Small MPU – Page 2057
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Bertelsmann reassures US units
The new chairman and chief executive of Bertelsmann, the German media group, has assured senior US manager that it ...
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Telewest debt waiver
Telewest, the debt-laden cable group, said£2.25 billion of bank debt could be waived as early as next week in the ...
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Opposition 'kept off' Berlusconi-run TV
Italy's state broadcaster has reduced the time devoted to the opposition on television news programmes by 10% since...
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Revolution will not be televised
What is broadband for? Is it for live football matches on your office PC? Streaming video from the Big Brother Hous...
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Summertime flops turn drama into a crisis at the BBC
Summer has fizzled out for the BBC with a string of major new dramas flopping disastrously with viewers. ...
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Refinancing is key to Telewest merger
Telewest's new managing director, Charles Burdick, has indicated that the cable business will be forced to enter into an NTL-style debt-for-equity restructuring before a merger with NTL is possible, writes David Wood
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Queen honours BBC
The Queen has awarded honours to six BBC staff who helped cover her golden jubilee celebrations
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RTE closer to Teamtalk 252 deal
UK Betting has entered exclusive negotiations to sell radio station Teamtalk 252 to Irish state broadcaster RTE after last week taking the station off air with the loss of up to 40 jobs, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Tiger Aspect in major reshuffle
Tiger Aspect has restructured to reduce management costs and bolster production while taking a long-term view about a possible sale, write Lucy Rouse and Penny Hughes
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Radio industry raps Puttnam
Lord Puttnam this week stood accused of ignoring the concerns of the radio industry after his joint committee's report on the draft communications bill stonewalled pleas to formally reject the proposed 'three plus one' local radio ownership rule, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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West midlands stations enjoy steady growth
The West midlands has shown itself to be a solid region for radio growth, according to the latest Rajar figures, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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New broom sweeps BBCi
BBC director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield is to rejig his management team in a bid to make the department more transparent and accountable, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Pabulum ties up with Flashback
Pabulum Productions, the indie run by TV chef Nigella Lawson, has consolidated its relationship with Flashback TV by setting up a joint-venture development deal, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Dead Ringers takes to both TV and radio
BBC impression show Dead Ringers has been commissioned for new radio and television series - one of the first times...
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Rajar rules out digital survey for now
At least 100,000 digital radio receivers will need to be sold before radio measurement board Rajar will even consider launching research into digital radio listening, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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RatingsViewers turn to Bond again
BBC 1's new two-part documentary Obsessionsmade an inauspicious start last night (7 August) as viewers preferred ITV 1's 1985 Bond repeat, writes Jon Rogers
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ITV Digital meltdown 'will not scupper E4'.
The collapse of ITV Digital and Channel 4's subsequent failure to take control of the DTT
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BBC loves up daytime with films.
TV movies - the traditional genre of schmaltzy tales of triumph over tragedy from the American mid-West - are to be given a UK spin as part of a new BBC drive to bring stories of 'love and self-fulfilment' to its daytime schedule, writes Leigh Holmwood
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C4 TO LAY LOVELACE BARE.
The life of celebrated porn star Linda Lovelace, who shot to fame in the cult 1972 movie Deep Throat (right) but who died tragically in a car crash in April, is to be brought to the small screen in a new Channel 4 documentary, writes Penny Hughes