Communications watchdog Ofcom has raised the prospect of auctioning off the public service licences currently held by ITV and Channel 5.
Blue Peter cut from BBC1 as Children's television programmes move to digital channels
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Children's television programmes including Blue Peter and Newsround will be moved off BBC1 and BBC2 as part of the corporation's cost-cutting measures.
Tom Sutcliffe: A really great title sequence will make me salivate like Pavlov's dog
Saturday 05 May 2012
A critical view
X Factor boosts ITV profits
Wednesday 29 February 2012
The popularity of The X Factor and Downton Abbey helped profits rise 24% at ITV but the broadcaster warned advertising revenues have dropped in early 2012.
Rogelio Hernandez: Voice actor who dubbed more than 1,000 films
Monday 23 January 2012
For over a half a century and for tens of millions of Spaniards the grainy baritone voice of the actor and film dubber Rogelio Hernandez was indistinguishable from those of some of Hollywood's greatest stars, from Marlon Brando and Tony Curtis to Richard Harris and Cary Grant.
Blue Peter: Is the BBC deserting a sinking ship?
Saturday 17 December 2011
For decades it was untouchable, but now Blue Peter finds itself shunted into the digital periphery. Jonathan Brown and Liam O'Brien ask if it can survive
BBC4 won't be axed, says channel boss
Friday 26 August 2011
The boss of BBC4 said the channel "will not be axed" as part of the corporation's efforts to save money.
'I woke up in the wrong life'
Tuesday 14 June 2011
'Glee' heads for new home on Sky
Monday 13 June 2011
The high school comedy drama Glee is to leave free-to-air TV in the autumn and will be screened on Sky. The first two series of the US show were on digital channel E4, but parent company Channel 4 walked away from negotiations on the rights to broadcast the show last month. All future series will be shown on Sky 1 HD.
Ofcom warns 4G mobiles will scramble TV signals
Friday 03 June 2011
Next generation mobile phones will disrupt digital television when they launch in 2013 unless the companies do something about it, the communications watchdog warned yesterday.
Leighton set to revamp Pace as new chairman
Wednesday 01 June 2011
Allan Leighton has vowed to turn around the set-top box maker Pace after it appointed the City grandee as chairman in the latest attempt to put a troubled few months behind it. The Yorkshire-based company saw 40 per cent of its value wiped off after it warned on profits last month, putting the management under pressure.
Blue Peter may up anchor from BBC1
Friday 01 April 2011
Blue Peter could disappear from its BBC1 home after more than 50 years under proposals being discussed.
Chip maker CSR buys Zoran for $679m
Tuesday 22 February 2011
CSR has agreed to buy the US-listed group Zoran in a $679m (£419m) all-share deal that adds imaging and video to the British chip maker's Wi-Fi, bluetooth and GPS location technologies.
Leading article: Who are you?
Tuesday 01 February 2011
"Everyone knows a bloke called Dave," said the owners of UKTV G2 in 2007, explaining the digital television channel's quixotic rebranding exercise. But they probably ought to have checked if there were any companies out there called Dave too. For it turns out that there was a media consultancy just around the corner from the broadcaster already operating under that blokeish moniker.








