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End BBC grip on licence fee You can tell that the Conservatives aren't in power yet (and desperate for ideas) as they end up grasping an old policy that was rejected by a select committee which included at least one...
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End BBC grip on licence fee You can tell that the Conservatives aren't in power yet (and desperate for ideas) as they end up grasping an old policy that was rejected by a select committee which included at least one...
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As if GCap Media's stance on DAB was not obvious enough already, listeners to Classic FM who have not been blasted or lulled into inattention by the ads in the run-up to the news at the top of the hour...
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Digital Spy: Channel 4's DAB mux faces more delays This isn't really that surprising but such news will just conspire to add more gloom to radio industry executives; it now looks increasingly likely that Channel 4 Radio (usually tipped as...
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It's not even been a year since the change, but it seems XFM's bold vision of an exciting world of giving listeners the power, and ditching it's daytime presenters has been a resounding success!
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Where Dave leads, "Fiver" apparently follows as digital channel Five Life, is getting a new name.
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I feel sorry for those who are living in Atlanta, Georgia, USA right now. Tornados are not fun. We in Cornwall just recently had storm to hurrican force winds dumped on us not too long ago,so we have an idea...
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Ofcom scraps 'public service publisher' plans The only surprise was what took them so long, namely Ofcom finally conceding defeat with the (expected) scrapping of the 'public service publisher' idea. A recent change of Culture Secretary could have triggered this...
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So here we are in this new media world. We download our music and give it to our friends, so the musicians who make it don't get any income. We write our blogs and splatter our opinions all over the...
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UK's world-class astronomy project faces closure Turning a blind eye to a magic kingdom of marvellous things For arch Government stupidity there can be few more stunning examples than the threat to close not only Jodrell Bank radio telescope -...
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The Register: DAB: A very British failure Radio Today: Secret DAB talks at RadioCentre The recent news of GCap's intention to almost totally withdraw from the DAB digital radio platform may be currently overshadowed by GCap's dealings with both its...
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There's been very few things of interest to report in the ratings recently, but this week, there is at least one interesting story to report, and it comes in the publically available programme ratings for the various multi-channels. It has...
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Well it looks like the battle has finally ended. Surely? The news that the House of Lords have refused to hear an appeal from Christian Voice in their attempts to procecute the BBC for blasphemy for showing Jerry Springer: The Opera.
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If you're one of those people who think that the BBC would be insane to sell off its flagship building, then you might be encouraged by something on Media Guardian this morning.
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Digital radio rift at Channel 4 Channel 4 has a countdown conundrum all of its own to solve, namely whether to press ahead full steam with the launch of three radio stations in the face of weakening support for DAB...
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