All News articles – Page 4501
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'Millionaire' show accused says he was a quiz failure
A college lecturer accused of helping an army major win the top prize in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? portrayed h...
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Victory for rebels over Carlton pay secrets
Carlton shareholders rebelled against the group's secretive pay policy for top executives. Some 14pc voted against ...
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I'm a quiz show flop
A Lecturer accused of helping an Army major to cheat on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire had appeared on four other qu...
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Radio Advertising
In a week of trading updates from commercial radio broadcasters attention will be focused on advertising revenues....
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Carlton investors snub Green
Micheal Green, the chairman of Carlton Communications, yesterday became the second ITV boss in a week to come under...
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NewsBellini to head Explore
Channel 4 International director of co-production and sales Barbara Bellini Witkowski is leaving the UK distributor to become executive director of Explore International, writes Jane Marlow in Cannes
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Bertelsmann infighting denied
The chief executive of Bertelsmann, the biggest shareholder in Channel Five, yesterday insisted the family which co...
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Puttnam to lead Five rebels
Lord Puttnam, a government ally in the House of Lords, signalled yesterday that he would lead a rebellion of peers ...
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4m in Europe sign up for al-Jazeera
Subscriptions to the Arabic-language television network al-Jazeera have doubled since the war on Iraq began last we...
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We planned to axe 'tired, staid' Evans 3 months earlier
Virgin radio bosses had plotted to get rid of star DJ Chris Evans three months before he was sacked, it emerged yes...
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NewsRadio stations to play safe during war
The BBC and commercial radio stations' playlists have been changed so as not to offend the listening public during the war with Iraq, writes Sam Matthews
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NewsGreen 'hopeful' for single ITV
Carlton chairman Michael Green remained bullish today about the prospect of a united ITV, telling shareholders: 'We must compete with other channels, not with Granada.' writes John Plunkett
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NewsNew role for Nagra
The BBC has appointed Tommy Nagra to the newly-created role of executive producer of its Birmingham-based Asian Programmes Unit (APU), writes John Plunkett
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Evans 'lied he was ill'
Chris Evans went drinking with friends on the days he failed to appear as host of Virgin Radio's breakfast show, a ...
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Major's wife denies plot to use pagers to win quiz show£1m
The wife of an army major yesterday denied she and her husband had tried to cheat to win the top prize TV quiz show...
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Star 'was happy as Larry'
The former Virgin Radio presenter Chris Evans was 'happy as Larry' drinking with friends on occasions when he claim...
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Satellite row may go to higher level
The dispute between the BBC and BSkyB over a satellite broadcasting deal could be settled by regulators after talks...
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Radio stations ban war and gore from playlists
Radio stations have banned certain records from their playlists in an attempt to protect their listeners from unpal...
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Who is having a good war on TV?
As the military conflict is fought on television, our correspondents examine how the boadcasters compare. ...
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Preparing for the huge costs of war
Covering conflict in the era of multichannel 24-hour news is expensive and broadcasters can't afford not to do it....