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Disabled viewers demand ‘real' roles
Disabled viewers are demanding more “warts and all” portrayal of disability on TV, major new research by the BBC and Channel 4 has revealed.
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BBC poised to resurrect Boat Race coverage
The BBC is set to rescue The Boat Race as a terrestrial TV event.
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Korn favourite to replace Brooke at Discovery
Discovery Networks UK programming chief Dan Korn has emerged as the early favourite to land the role of managing director following the departure of Dan Brooke.
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McLusky quits Shine to join Carbon Media
Carbon Media, the indie that ITV took a 25% stake in earlier this month, has hired Shine Television's Joe McLusky as managing director.
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Frontier Post closes
Frontier Post has been wound down citing high overheads and falling rates within the broadcast market.
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Ofcom psb review: what the industry says
Ofcom's blueprint for the future of public service broadcasting has got the industry talking - and sparked plenty of controversy.
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Ofcom moves to secure regional news post-2011
Ofcom has endorsed the BBC and ITV regional news-sharing plan but has warned it will only safeguard plurality in the short term.
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BBCW or Five: C4 faces up to its merged future
Channel 4 must merge with another organisation or wither away, Ofcom has warned - sending chief executive Andy Duncan back to the drawing board in his bid to convince BBC Worldwide of the value of a strategic merger.
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Burnham backs C4/BBCW merger
Media secretary Andy Burnham has pledged that the Channel 4 brand is “here to stay” and revealed that a merger with BBC Worldwide is his preferred option to safeguard its future.
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Burnham: top-slicing is unlikely
Media secretary Andy Burnham has refused to rule out top slicing the BBC licence fee - but has admitted it is towards the bottom of his list of possible solutions to the PSB funding crisis.
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Stockwell plunges ITV1 to 1.4m
ITV1's drama Stockwell lost out to all the other terrestrial broadcasters at 9pm last night, as just 1.4m viewers (6.2% share) tuned in. It was ITV1's worst performing 9pm show since at least 2001.
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O21 appoints new MD
Outside broadcast company O21 Television has appointed Ewen Hamilton as managing director.
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Fountain buys HD cam
Fountain Studios has purchased four HDC-1500 studio cameras from Sony in its first acquisition of HD equipment.
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BBC would have to publish star salaries under Tories
A new Tory government would force the BBC to publish top stars' salaries and scrap the BBC Trust, shadow culture minister Ed Vaizey has revealed.
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4iP to launch citizen journalism tool
Channel 4 is backing technology designed to improve citizen journalism as part of its 4iP multimedia PSB fund.
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Richards cautions C4 over partnership talks
Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards has reiterated that Channel 4 should not enter partnership talks lightly as it attempts to up the ante in dialogue with BBC Worldwide.
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Disney Channel is kids favourite
The Disney Channel was the UK's most popular children's channel last year, amongst young viewers.