Channel 4 paid increased bonuses to its bosses last year despite the state-owned broadcaster going £27 million into the red, its annual report reveals today.
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James Lawton: Rugby World Cup legacy must be more bums on seats
Saturday 04 May 2013
Talk of gouging at the Rugby World Cup box office is worrying for all those who see the 2015 tournament as the perfect platform for the game’s graduation as a fully fledged and reasonably savvy protagonist in the front rank of professional sport.
Developers fail to see profits with Google Glass
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Google has been touting Google Glass, its hotly-anticipated high-tech spectacles, as the future of mobile technology. Yet software developers were left wondering how, exactly, they would make money from the invention, after the internet search giant announced that it would not allow them to charge users for their apps.
Channel 4 in talks to broadcast morning prayers during Ramadan
Tuesday 19 March 2013
Channel 4 has announced a special series of programming to mark the month of Ramadan, which may include broadcasting morning prayers.
Fewer TVs, but more television in British homes
Monday 18 March 2013
Rise of on-demand web services increases viewing hours on PCs and other devices
The 10 Best microwave ovens
Thursday 28 February 2013
Forget reheating coffee and nuking cold pasta. These hi-tech gadgets can do everything from stews to roast chicken...
BT boss aims to score with football
Tuesday 19 February 2013
BBC's flagship news programmes hit as journalists strike over compulsory redundancies
Monday 18 February 2013
BBC staff staged a one-day strike across Britain today in protest at plans for compulsory redundancies at the troubled broadcaster.
BBC journalists to stage 24-hour strike over jobs
Sunday 17 February 2013
BBC journalists will stage a 24-hour strike tomorrow in a row over jobs, threatening disruption to radio and TV news programmes.
BBC celebrates Doctor Who's musical genius
Sunday 17 February 2013
Chris Stevenson and Alex Christian on the woman who put the waa-oos into teatime
Turbo: F.A.S.T - DreamWorks kids' series to premiere on Netflix
Tuesday 12 February 2013
This animated snail is quick off the mark as the first children's series to be premiered on the internet-based platform
Radio 2 bosses defend Sunday Half Hour move
Friday 11 January 2013
Radio 2 bosses have defended a decision to move one of the BBC's longest-running shows to an early-morning slot and cut the number of hours of religious programming on a Sunday, to the upset of many listeners.
Album: Eivind Aarset, Dream Logic (ECM)
Sunday 18 November 2012
Not really "jazz" as such … Aarset is a Norwegian guitarist and ECM stalwart and Dream Logic entails much of what its title promises: space, abstraction and very little regulated rhythm.
'Stalking Cat' Daniel Avner found dead in apparent suicide after years of body modification to look like a feline
Wednesday 14 November 2012
A man who spent years modifying his face and body to look like a cat has died in an apparent suicide.
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