31 Jan 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - As the BBC extended its overall lead over the commercial radio sector, its biggest private..., was down to 1.3% from 1.6%.
The BBC's lead over the commercial sector rose to a 53.4% share ...
share fall 1.4% to 44.6%.
The BBC's star performer was BBC Radio 2, which saw its weekly reach ...
.7% last time. Its public service rival, BBC Radio 3, retained its weekly reach of 1.98m with an audience ...
31 Jan 2002
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - The BBC and Channel 4 have called on the government to break up BSkyB and separate its..., the BBC said that when companies had control of both platform and content, there arose what it described ...
31 Jan 2002
| by Staff,
HONG KONG - The BBC's Teletubbies are to become the first Western television show to broadcast...The show is scheduled to be shown on CCTV, the Chinese state television service that reaches an audience of around 600m. It will begin in March.
It is unclear what kind of deal the BBC has signed ...
.
Teletubbies was first shown by the BBC in March 1997.
If you have an opinion on this or any other ...
31 Jan 2002
The BBC plans to promote its two new digital children's channels
CBBC and Cbeebies, and its web ...
introduces the strapline 'Back off Grandma' and CBBC 'bugs'
will infiltrate key shows across BBC One and BBC Two. The off-air
element includes press ads, 1.6 million postcards in schools and
cinemas ...
31 Jan 2002
Channel 4 has formally urged culture secretary Tessa Jowell, not to
approve the latest proposals for BBC Three. Channel 4 said the channel
would primarily target a younger audience, to the detriment of C4 and
other commercial broadcasters.
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31 Jan 2002
Select
Committee on the future of the BBC.
Separately, in a report published last month ...
31 Jan 2002
| by Staff,
for Microsoft's Xbox. The Sony PlayStation media account will stay with OMD.
Howard Stringer, chairman ...
31 Jan 2002
| by MediaWeek
BBC1 slammed for being dull and unimaginative...off what he says will be a fight back againmst the BBC this year by accusing the corporation of giving ...
criticizes the BBC saying it is "uncontrollable" and has given up being a public service broadcaster ...
of multi-channel growth and an uncontrollable BBC, there is none of the arrogance or complacency that you ...
31 Jan 2002
| by MediaWeek
The BBC's shopping site Beeb.com has axed half of its 80 staff and its chief executive Julian Turner has stepped down. BBC Worldwide said the job losses, which follow a recent redesign ...
-to-day operation of the business. BBC Worldwide chief executive Rupert Gavin will take over as executive chairman ...
31 Jan 2002
| by MediaWeek
attracted 7.1 million, a 38% share, hammering BBC1's Match of The Day , which hooked 3.6 million, a 21.9% share, at 10.10pm. BBC1's Casualty soundly beat Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? last ...
.8% share. BBC1's offering In Deep proved no match for F rost at 9pm - only 4 ...