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ITV: Running forward just to stand still?
Running a major broadcaster is of course significantly different from running, say, the Post Office, so the appointment of Adam Crozier was always going to be a gamble especially as he was recruited from a non-media position to lead the...
Obligatory showing of teeth
If you thought that the BBC Trust would object to the BBC's planned £15m local radio cutbacks under the "Delivering Quality First" proposal, then you guessed correctly, though it doesn't take Nostradamus to realise that the BBC Trust has to...
Frosty reception
Some people may be alarmed that the BBC has decided to make the Frozen Planet's climate change episode ("On Thin Ice") optional when it comes to overseas sales, but the reality is that many commercial broadcasters are often very conservative...
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