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LRC seeks millions
The Local Radio Company (LRC), headed by the former management team of Jazz FM, is seeking to raise£47.3m to fund the purchase of Radio Investments through an accelerated flotation on AIM. LRC, led by former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatley, is to place 52.7 million shares on the junior ...
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Free racing on Sky
The Horse Racing Channel, the channel being planned by racecourses to rival Arena/BSkyB consortium Attheraces, will be offered free to air for the first two months after launch before becoming a subscription service on Sky. The channel, which is backed by 28 racecourses including Goodwood, Newbury and Newmarket, is also ...
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Chrysalis radio up
Chrysalis has reported a 23% boost in revenues for its radio division. The group, which includes Heart, Galaxy and LBC, grew revenue to£33.3m in the six months to the end of February. Overall turnover increased marginally to£84.6m, with pre-tax profits up to£1.9m from£1.3m in the same period last year.
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Grade expectations
Charter review, the appointment of the new director general and the future of the governors themselves are all critical issues waiting in Michael Grade's in-tray when he takes over as chairman
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TV Corp rules out Dyke for chairmanship
The Television Corporation has ruled out appointing former BBC director general Greg Dyke as its new chairman. Dyke had been spoken of as a frontrunner for the post, now held by Michael Grade in an acting capacity, but TV Corp chief executive Jeff Foulser told ...
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Panorama to make Iraq torture special
BBC1 is to screen a special 60-minute Panorama investigation at 21.00 on Wednesday (19 May) into the torture allegations against coalition troops in Iraq. The fast-turn around special - greenlit at the end of last week - will be fronted by Jane Corbin and will ...
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Only six left for BBC2 controllership
BBC director of television Jana Bennett this week began the second round interviews for the BBC2 controller's job. BBC4 controller Roly Keating - who remains the favourite - Talkback editorial director Daisy Goodwin, BBC head of entertainment group Wayne Garvie, BBC head of television news Roger Mosey, BBC controller of ...
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C4 favourite to air Friends spin-off Joey
Channel 4 is set to pick up Friends spin-off Joey. C4 has a first-look deal with Warner Brothers for UK rights to the show and controller of acquisitions June Dromgoole will travel to Los Angeles next week to vet ...
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ITV bumps Trouble in Paradise from peak
ITV has pulled Endemol's primetime reality show Trouble in Paradise after only two episodes after it failed to break the 3 million mark in its Thursday 21.00 slot. The remaining four episodes - the first of which was due to air tonight (13 May) - ...
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School Day (BBC1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'This was thoughtful and informative programming.'...
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School Day (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'A good-hearted and ultimately persuasive corrective to lazy teacher-knocking.'...
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School Day (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
?School Day showed that it understood the basics of the curriculum, but couldn't come up with anything particularly...
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School Day (BBC1) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian
?The hour-long film left me reeling from information overload, and coming down with all sorts of attention-deficit ...
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School Day (BBC1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
?It's approach was to treat teaching as some kind of SAS mission from which you might not return alive.? ...
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RatingsBBC1's The Protectors plummets to 9%
BBC1 deepened its ratings problems on a Wednesday with its worst peaktime share for that day since at least 2001 as The Protectors drew an average of just 2.2 million (10.1%).
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The filth and the fury
In the four decades since Mary Whitehouse began her crusade to save us from TV filth her views have been roundly mocked - but broadcasters have been forced to listen more to viewers.
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NewsKeating set for BBC2 role
BBC4 controller Roly Keating is expected to be unveiled as the new controller of BBC2 today (Friday) morning.
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC3
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is BBC3 succeeding in connecting young audiences with PSB?
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Tim Marlow On The Lady Lever Art Gallery (Five) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'His skill at delivering easily digested dollops of information while strolling easily between paintings is second ...
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Tim Marlow On The Lady Lever Art Gallery (Five) - Robert Hanks, Independent
?Tim Marlow's no frills gallery guides are among the most culturally serious programmes on the box.?...