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Channel 4 to axe Big Brother after 11th series next year

2009-08-26T11:37:46Z

Big Brother is to be axed after a final series next summer. The popularity of the reality show has plummeted, with viewing figures for the current series barely reaching two million

Big Brother supremo backs publishing float

2009-06-25T13:21:14Z

Peter Bazalgette, the man who brought Big Brother to the UK, is backing a new company which joined the junior AIM stock market with a value of �3million but ambitions to be worth �1 billion

Premier League in games sale warning to Setanta

2009-06-15T13:16:07Z

The football Premier League warned Setanta that it would auction off the stricken broadcaster's 46 live matches for next season if it did not make this Friday's payment deadline

A premature case of green shoots?

2009-06-05T07:22:26Z

Green shoots in the housing market? Don�t bet on it, says Nick Hopkinson of Property Portfolio Rescue. �The blazing headline statistics from Halifax indicate that the property market is booming at first glance,� he says, of figures showing prices rose 2.6% last month. �While this may be great PR for the now mainly public-owned bank, unfortunately this is not correct. House sales volumes remain at an all-time low, making trend analysis of monthly data from just one lender statistically meaningless.� Doesn�t sound like househunters have missed the boat just yet.

Michael Grade quits ITV opening way for Berlusconi to expand his media empire

2009-04-23T08:47:53Z

The future of ITV was thrown into turmoil when Michael Grade announced that he is to quit day-to-day running of the broadcaster

Goldman paints a bleak picture for ITV, BSkyB

2009-01-09T09:48:11Z

It was a bleak day for broadcasters as Goldman Sachs added ITV and BSkyB to its influential conviction sell list

Ulrika tipped for Big Brother house

2009-01-02T12:08:40Z

Celebrity Big Brother returns with Ulrika Jonsson among those tipped to enter the house

New Media

2008-10-02T15:50:17Z

London is one of the greatest digital hotspots outside California's Silicon Valley and these are the people leading the way

Television and Radio

2008-10-02T11:08:24Z

London still exports hit formats all over the world and is a hothouse for the use of new technologies in tandem with traditional creative talents.

Ex-ITV boss Charles Allen joins Virgin Media

2008-09-10T11:45:42Z

Charles Allen, former chief executive of ITV, has joined the board of Virgin Media, the cable company which unsuccessfully attempted to take over the broadcaster two years ago

The angry Caesars of commercial TV taking on BBC Worldwide

2008-09-10T07:41:38Z

Perhaps the first and best-known resolution of a conflict of interest appears in the bible, in Matthew's gospel

Choice of next Lord Mayor turns liverish

2008-09-09T08:46:31Z

LESS than three weeks to go to the City Corporation elects a new Lord Mayor, and all is not exactly sweetness and light at Guildhall

New fears for Countdown as C4 tests rival quiz shows

2008-08-16T20:35:57Z

The future of Countdown was today under threat after it emerged Channel 4 has been testing out rival quiz show formats.

ITV shares pumped up by Big Brother bid talk

2008-08-12T08:15:56Z

ITV to axe jobs after warning on ad revenues

2008-08-06T08:33:36Z

The broadcaster's September advertising revenues will be �way down�, chairman Michael Grade warned

Deal or no deal? How a foreign owner could soon end up buying ITV

2008-07-16T07:21:03Z

There is little point in dwelling on the febrile nature of financial speculation. It's like complaining about the unpredictability of the British climate

Big Brother faces axe as C4 ratings slump and bosses kill off show Down Under

2008-07-15T16:38:21Z

The death knell for Big Brother has been sounded after bookmakers slashed the odds on the Channel 4 show being axed.

Investors smiling on hopes of �12bn deals bonanza

2008-07-14T13:02:21Z

Shareholders were licking their lips over a raft of possible takeover action as actual and rumoured deals totalling almost £12 billion hit dealers' screens

'I won't be stripping off,' vows Pamela Anderson as she enters Australia's Big Brother house

2008-07-09T10:50:05Z

Pamela Anderson is hours away from entering Australia's Big Brother house as producers' 'uber special VIP guest'

I'm sorry, says Big Brother spitter Dennis after fleeing back to his family in Scotland

2008-06-29T16:35:04Z

Ejected Big Brother contestant Dennis McHugh has spoken of his 'shame' and 'regret' after he spat at Mohamed Mohamed.

BarCap won't sell off Endemol debt

2008-06-26T07:36:24Z

Barclays Capital has refused to join other banks selling off at a bargain-basement price the loans it made to fund the buyout of Big Brother producer Endemol

BBC accused of 'allowing exploitation' after One and Only contestants go unpaid

2008-03-05T10:28:20Z

The makers of BBC1 show The One and Only have been accused of potentially acting illegally by failing to pay the tribute acts who took part. In the hit show, Kylie Minogue, Sir Elton John, Madonna, and Robbie Williams' impersonators battled it out to win a performing contract in Las Vegas

Jade gets back to reality

2007-03-30T15:24:28Z

You'd think she'd want to stay clear of anything to do with reality TV from now on but Jade Goody has agreed to join a debate on the very subject at the Southbank centre.