30 Sep 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
of the invitation will take place on December 20 2004 with BBC and ITV being the main UK broadcasters battling ...
World Cup rights were being contested, then BBC director-general Greg Dyke accused Fifa of being ...
by charging both ITV and the BBC, which have traditionally shared the rights to the tournament, £170m. ITV ...
30 Sep 2004
| by MediaWeek
with the BBC after digital switchover in 2012....the BBC should remain fully funded. “ This is not top slicing and nor is it top slicing by another name ...
with “must carry” obligations for other broadcasters. Any organization except the BBC would be eligible ...
30 Sep 2004
| by Staff,
by Channel 4, Five or ITV, producing TV and digital content to prevent the BBC dominating public service...of getting a slice of the BBC licence fee, which was one of the proposals expected to be put forward ...
the creation of a Public Service Publisher.
The idea is an effort by the regulator to prevent the BBC from ...
service remits.
In its response to the Ofcom review, the BBC said it agreed that sustaining a plurality ...
30 Sep 2004
| by MediaWeek
BBC One launched two new series last night. Trinny and Susannah’s What Not to Wear attracted 4 ...
Titchmarsh and the Celebrity Awards, BBC Two’s Mediums: Talking to the Dead; looking at the wide range ...
, a 9.8% share of the audience at 9pm. BBC Two’s new series Arrested Development, a programme which ...
30 Sep 2004
| by Staff,
LONDON - The BBC is the first international broadcaster to win permission for a billboard...billboard, promoting BBC Arabic radio and online, has gone up on top of a large office building in the commercial Al Mansour district.
The poster is promoting the BBC's 89FM frequency with the strapline "The ...
and objective news from the BBC. The BBC says that more than 3.3m people in Iraq are now tuning in to the BBC ...
30 Sep 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
after he heckled former director-general of the BBC Greg Dyke at a TV industry dinner....Television Society dinner held last Thursday.
On one of the occasions, Dyke said: "No one joins the BBC to get rich", at which point Goswami began asking questions about his pension and that of other BBC ...
chiefs, especially since his dismissal from the BBC in the wake of the Hutton Report and the ensuing ...
30 Sep 2004
| by Jules Grant,
industry consolidation and opening up fresh competition with the BBC, following the official announcement....
Citing the success of the BBC Radio 2 and key presenters such as Jonathan Ross and Terry Wogan, Vizeum's McCabe adds: "What would be really great is if they decide to plunder people from the BBC to open up ...
, agrees that the merger opens up the chance to compete with the BBC.
"A key advantage of the deal ...
30 Sep 2004
| by Staff,
Rival online ad sales network Adlink won the account from Unanimis in April, but BBC Worldwide ...
of new media and syndication at BBC Magazines, said: "We decided to return the Radio Times account ...
that deliver great value time and time again."
Unanimis also handles the BBC's Top Gear website, as well ...
30 Sep 2004
| by Joe Lepper,
, Microsoft, Centrica and Volvo.
Its data services include the extraction of data, typically from several ...
29 Sep 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
LONDON – BBC Four has acquired the UK rights to Robert Altman's TV mini-series 'Tanner on Tanner...of BBC Four, said: "I am thrilled we can bring 'Tanner on Tanner' to BBC Four audiences. The fantastic wit and style of this new series sits perfectly with the rest of BBC Four's output."
'Tanner on Tanner' and 'Tanner 88' will be broadcast on BBC Four in the run-up to the US Presidential elections ...