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NewsNTL confirms threat to 6,000 jobs
NTL this week confirmed plans to axe or outsource around 6,000 jobs by the end of 2007 as a result of its merger with Telewest. The cuts, 80% of which will take place within 12 months, are part of the enlarged group's plans to obtain cost savings of£250m per year. ...
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NewsBritz sold to US
Britz, Channel 4's gritty drama about two British-born Muslims, is to be shown in the US later this year after being acquired by cable channel BBC America.
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NewsRajars: Vaughan remains breakfast choice for Londoners
Johnny Vaughan's Capital Radio breakfast show has retained its slot as the most popular commercial breakfast show in the London market, with 963,000 listeners.
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NewsRajars: BBC increases radio share
The BBC has increased its share of radio listening for the second quarter in a row, and reached another all time high, with 55.4% of all listening according to the latest round of Rajar results.
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NewsRajars: Listeners in Scotland hold steady
Scotland proved a mixed bag in the latest round of Rajar results, with most stations remaining broadly steady on reach and share, helped in part by a six or 12 month listening survey period.
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NewsRajars to include podcasts
Radio audience measurement body Rajar is to include figures for podcast listening in the next round of Rajar results, in a bid to keep abreast of the new media trends in radio listening.
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NewsLangham charged with indecency
Comedian Chris Langham has been charged with 15 counts of making indecent images of children.
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NewsPEER POLL: Premiership TV rights
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: will viewers be the losers in the new Premiership TV rights deal?
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NewsGCap launches Captain Kremmen podcasts
GCap is making archive footage of Kenny Everett's 70s Capital Radio show, Captain Kremmen, available via podcast.
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NewsSky One in hunt for greatest foreign footballer
Sky One has commissioned two sports shows for the new football season, including a show which will search for the most popular foreign player of all time in the Premiership.
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NewsSky News boasts highest podcast
In the world of new media, announcements of firsts are a regular occurrence, but Sky News can truly claim to have beaten the competition by introducing the highest-ever video news podcast.
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NewsJust the Two of Us sells to Australia
The BBC has sold its critically panned talent format Just the Two of Us to major Australian broadcaster Network Seven.
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NewsRDF staffs up US office
RDF Media continues to staff up its growing American operation, hiring one of the executive producers of US Supernannyas chief operations officer.
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NewsITV1 football gives Big Brother the boot
The removal of Alexandra De-Gale from the Big Brother house was seen by a total audience of 4.3m viewers (18.4%) but it proved to be no match for ITV1's coverage of Euro 2008.
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NewsShaps axes two more shows
Simon Shaps yesterday announced he had axed two more long-running shows - Rosemary and Thymeand It'll Be Alright on the Night- saying that 'volume without value' was no longer enough.
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NewsTeachers TV loses EPG battle with Sky
Teachers TV has lost its battle with Sky to be moved to the documentaries category on the broadcaster's Electronic Programme Guide (EPG).
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NewsTV critics 20 June '08
'... more Enid Blyton than Jurassic Park.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsUS Upfronts: US version of Teachers faces axe
The US version of Teacherslooks set to be axed by the NBC network this week, with the six episodes that have already been produced unlikely to air in the UK.
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NewsUS Upfronts: Extras actress bags US role
Extras actress Ashley Jenson is set to become an American star after US broadcaster ABC greenlit telenovela Ugly Betty.