Media News

Radio 4 to launch weekly media show

by Darren Davidson, Brand Republic 07-Jul-08, 14:20

LONDON - Radio 4 is to launch a weekly media show from October presented by journalist and former TV executive Steve Hewlett.

BBC becomes embroiled in online rights row

by Darren Davidson, Brand Republic, 07-Jul-08, 12:15

LONDON - The BBC has become embroiled in an internal row over the rights to distribute the Corporation's shows online, which is delaying the sale of two BBC joint ventures valued at £1.2bn.

Nadal victory wins BBC One 7.4m viewers in marathon final

by Darren Davidson, Brand Republic, 07-Jul-08, 11:10

LONDON - Rafael Nadal's epic win over Roger Federer in the men's final at Wimbledon pulled in an average audience of 7.4m, during a slot that lasted more than eight hours to accommodate the longest final to date.

Former Yahoo! CEO eyes up IMG takeover

by Darren Davidson, Brand Republic, 07-Jul-08, 11:45

LONDON - Terry Semel, the former chief executive of Yahoo!, has teamed up with investment firm Dubai International Capital to launch a joint bid for sports agency IMG, whose clients include Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake.

Doctor Who and the Daleks hand BBC One 10m viewers

by Darren Davidson, Brand Republic, 07-Jul-08, 09:00

LONDON - The "will he or won't he return" speculation surrounding Doctor Who actor David Tennant helped pull in nearly 10m viewers on Saturday evening, as viewers tuned in to the last episode of the fourth season to find out if Tennant will reprise his role as the Time Lord in the next full series in 2010.

Google faces official complaint over UK launch of Street View

by Jennifer Whitehead, Brand Republic, 04-Jul-08, 14:10

LONDON - A privacy watchdog has threatened to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office over the launch of Google's Street View technology in the UK.

BBC World News: creates centralised news hub

BBC World News creates centralised news operation

by Jennifer Whitehead, Brand Republic, 04-Jul-08, 12:00

LONDON - The BBC is to pool the news gathering teams from BBC World News television, online and BBC World Service radio and online into a centralised pool to create a multimedia international news operation.