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NewsAardman picks up 2 Soho awards
Bristol's multi-Oscar winning Aardman Animations has picked up two more awards, this time for its TV work.
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NewsLRC buys Lancashire's 2BR
The Local Radio Company (LRC), the group run by former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatly, has further expanded its portfolio with a£2.26m acquisition of a Lancashire radio operator.
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NewsC4 launches TV researcher scheme
Channel 4 has committed£750,000 to a scheme designed to launch the careers of talented young TV researchers.
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NewsC4 aims for viewers with BB5 finale
Channel 4 bosses are hoping for a ratings bonanza tonight (Friday) as Big Brother 5 finally draws to a close, with Portuguese transsexual Nadia Almada the hot favourite to win.
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NewsBectu cancels BBC Technology strike
A threat of legal action by the BBC has forced broadcasting union Bectu to cancel a planned strike over the sale of BBC Technology to German firm Siemens that could have threatened coverage of the Olympic opening ceremony.
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NewsPEER POLL: ITV autumn schedule
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is ITV's new autumn schedule strong enough to claw back audience share?
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BBC in talks with C4 over media player
The BBC is talking to Channel 4 about getting the commercial broadcaster involved in its new on-demand service that will allow viewers to download programmes up to a week after they have aired.
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Where next for Big Bro?
This year's Big Brother has delivered tabloid coverage and ratings by the barrel-load, but there are many who argue that the format is no longer innovative. Is the onus now on Channel 4 to move on?
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NewsBBC unveils trade terms
The BBC this week finally un-veiled its new terms of trade for indies that will see external producers own all the rights, including copyright, to the programmes they make in the future for the corporation.
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Fusion nabs 'The Heist' job for C4
Fusion has post-produced reality documentary The Heist for Windfall Films. The 3 x 50-minute series follows a team of reformed criminals as they try to outwit a team of security experts by planning and executing daring crimes, such as kidnapping and ransoming a racehorse. ...
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Heart capitalises on Vaughan flop
The flagship station of the Capital Radio group was abandoned by 230,000 listeners in the three months to 20 June, recording an average weekly reach of only 2.11 million, according to ratings body Rajar.
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Radio 2 continues ascendancy
BBC Radio 2 has cemented its dominance of the national market, reporting yet another set of record-breaking audience figures.
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GWR claims footie to blame for dip in revenues
Classic FM-owner GWR has blamed the Euro 2004 football tournament for a dip in revenues at the station in June.
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MacKenzie set for November day in court
The eagerly awaited legal clash between ratings body Rajar and Kelvin MacKenzie will be heard by a court in November.
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BBC ahead of rivals
The BBC has strengthened its dominance of the radio market with a 53.1% share of the audience to the 45% achieved by the commercial sector. The BBC's share is up from 52.6% in the previous quarter and from 53% a year ago. Commercial radio's share has fallen by 0.5% on ...
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Real radio is top
Real Radio has become the number one commercial station in Scotland for the first time, overtaking SRH-owned Clyde 1. The GMG-owned station reported 688,000 weekly listeners in the second quarter of the year, topping the 680,000 that tune in to Clyde 1. But Clyde still maintained the largest share of ...
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HIT40UK comes top
The Hit40UK chart show has maintained its position as the UK's leading rundown of pop singles. The commercial radio chart show, produced by Somethin' Else, now attracts an adult audience of 2.05 million as opposed to the 1.63 million who listen to the Official Chart ...
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Xfm breaks record
Xfm has reported a record number of listeners around the country, breaking through the 700,000 mark for the first time. The Capital-owned new music station broadcasts nationwide on digital and boosted its listenership by 22,000 over the quarter. Its breakfast show, hosted by Christian O'Connell, is listened to by an ...
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Saga ratings go up
The two Saga Radio stations in the Midlands have pulled in an extra 80,000 listeners over the quarter. Saga 105.7FM, which covers the West Midlands, boosted its listeners by 65,000 to report a total audience of 424,000 while Saga 106.6FM in the East Midlands has won another 15,000, taking it ...
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Pembrokeshire reach
Radio Pembrokeshire has claimed the greatest weekly audience share of any commercial or BBC radio station. The station, which covers Pembrokeshire and West Carmarthenshire, attracted only 57,000 listeners but it picked up a weekly reach of 66% meaning that two-thirds of the county's residents listen to the station every week.