All articles by Chris Curtis – Page 80
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News
Ofcom unveils radical regional news plan
Ofcom believes the proposed partnership between the BBC and ITV will only safeguard local news in the short term and has recommend the creation of a series of independently-funded news consortia in the devolved nations and English regions.
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Ratings
BBC1's Hunter withstands ITV1 pressure
BBC1's Five Days spin-off Hunter got off to a solid start last night, with 5.4m (20.9% share) tuning in at 9pm.
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News
C4 and Five clash over merger plan
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has claimed a merger with Five would be 'a tragedy' - but RTL Group boss Gerhard Zeiler has insisted it would help secure the future of public service broadcasting.
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BBC to serve up Murray's matches
The BBC has signed a deal to air all of Andy Murray's tennis matches on terrestrial TV during the forthcoming Australian Open.
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Emmerdale exec producer stands down
Emmerdale executive producer Keith Richardson is stepping down after 24 years.
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Bazalgette links up with Cowell at Sony Music TV
Peter Bazalgette will work alongside Simon Cowell's Syco TV after being drafted in as non-executive chairman of Sony Music TV.
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Features
Balancing act in an asymmetric war
With the BBC receiving over 1,000 complaints about its latest Gaza coverage, Chris Curtis and Katherine Rushton examine how news bulletins have handled this politicised conflict.
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News
CBeebies picks up Yoko! Jakamoto! Toto!
CBeebies has bought Collingwood O'Hare's Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!, which previously aired on CiTV.
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Channel TV appoints chief executive
Channel Television, the ITV franchise holder for the Channel Islands, has named Rowan O'Sullivan as its first chief executive since 2006.
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NewsKangaroo kicks off competition battle
Project Kangaroo has begun the battle for clearance by the Competition Commission, suggesting its partners compete with one another to sell catch-up content to third parties to help ease competition fears.
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NewsNoel's Christmas Presents delivers for Sky 1
Sky 1's returning Noel's Christmas Presents grabbed more than 1.4m viewers (7.4% share) in multichannel homes at 6pm last night.
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NewsBBC1/ITV1 boosted by Xmas dramas
Christmas dramas boosted BBC1 and ITV1 yesterday with Lark Rise to Candleford and Clash of the Santas doing well for the channels respectively.
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NewsBritannia High bows out with a whimper
ITV1's Britannia High ended with a whimper on Saturday, with twice as many people watching a Dad's Army repeat on BBC2 as watched the talent show drama's live final.
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NewsStrictly final watched by 50% of all viewers
Victory for Holby City star Tom Chambers helped the final of Strictly Come Dancing peak at 12.6m viewers - more than half of all people watching TV at the time - but the show remains dogged by last week's voting problems.
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NewsShed to open Glasgow office
Shed Media is to open an office in the new Digital Media Quarter (DMQ) at Glasgow's Pacific Quay.
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NewsSilverton to host live New Year show on BBC1
Kate Silverton has been chosen to present BBC1's New Year Live alongside Nick Knowles.
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NewsC4 cooks rivals with Jamie Oliver special
Channel 4 won the 9pm slot last night as Jamie Cooks Christmas left both BBC1 and ITV1 trailing.
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NewsSmithsonian posts wish list
Smithsonian Channel programming boss David Royle has urged UK producers to bring him HD programming that offers “new ways of looking at the world”.
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NewsMerlin to return to BBC1
The BBC has ordered a second spell of Shine Television's family drama Merlin.
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NewsPedigree Dogs producer hails victory after BBC suspends Crufts coverage
The producer/director of Pedigree Dogs Exposed has hailed the BBC's decision to drop coverage of Crufts as a victory for public service broadcasting - and is planning a sequel to the film.