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Pity Britain's TV bosses: friends in desperate need

18.09.09
The crisis facing UK broadcasting is like a long-running soap series — except that it cannot be allowed go on... more

City Spy: Au revoir Andy, as he leaves C4 house

17.09.09
SO farewell to Andy Duncan, who has bowed to the inevitable and stepped down as chief executive of Channel 4 before having to face the elite of the British TV industry at the Cambridge Media Convention... more

ITV comes under pressure over new chief exec

17.09.09
ITV comes under renewed pressure to appoint a chief executive, amid reports of a boardroom split over a bumper multi-million pound incentive scheme for the leading candidate ... more

Channel 4 chief quits after drop in revenue leaves £150m shortfall

16.09.09
Channel 4’s chief executive Andy Duncan resigned after failing to financially safeguard the future of the broadcaster... more

Tough for West to cope with China’s strong hand

16.09.09
In the endless comment about how the world has changed since Lehman, the aspect that gets too little attention is not simply how the balance of power in the world has shifted to China — but how this heralds a new kind of capitalism to which the Western world may find it difficult to adjust.... more

Bid ’em up Bruce keeps them sweet

10.09.09
Bruce Wasserstein’s former allies are all over Kraft’s bid for Cadbury... ... more

Awkward facts about Heathrow third runway

07.05.09
As leading business figures puncture the BA/BAA claim that a Third Runway is vital for the British economy by saying that, er, it isn’t, how does the airport operate.. ... more

We’ve had a golden year for film but money is drying up

02.02.09
In an interview marking the Standard’s Film Awards, Channel 4 film and drama boss Tessa Ross talks about the challenges ahead and the likely merger of 4 and Five ... more

Why Labour is rushing to push Digital Britain media masterplan

30.01.09
Analysis: There was no doubting the importance that the Government attached to Lord Carter's Digital Britain Report, unveiled over breakfast and fruit smoothies... more

Ofcom risks making a pig’s ear of C4 if we lose gourmet selection of quality TV

21.01.09
Media analysis: On Monday evening I attended the preview of a Channel 4 documentary called Pig Business... more

Watchdog’s tie-up call signals end of C4 independence

21.01.09
Media: The future of Channel 4 as an independent commercial broadcaster looks to be over after media regulator Ofcom called for the creation of a new larger public-service broadcaster as an alternative to the BBC... more

Big picture on digital media must be the focus

19.01.09
There is an inclination in this country to assume that consolidation and cost-cutting are the answer to every industrial problem. ... more

C4 merger plan in TV shake-up

16.01.09
Channel 4 could be merged into a new, larger broadcaster as part of one of the Government's biggest revamps of British television... more

C4 chief rules out 'oil and water' merger

15.01.09
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has dismissed a merger with Channel Five saying it would be like "mixing oil and water"... more

No easy choices for Channel 4 as decision on future looms

17.12.08
Media analysis: What will the Government do about Channel 4? Speculation is rife about how to preserve Britain's only genuine public service broadcasting alternative to the BBC... more

Television and Radio

08.10.08
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. ... more

Big Brother TV boss Duncan faces up to funding crisis at C4

25.06.08
The fact that Channel 4 is the nation's alternative public-service broadcaster is largely unknown outside the media and political elites... more

Channel 4 paid race chief Trevor Phillips to deal with fallout of Big Brother's Shilpa row

07.06.08
The Government's equality chief, responsible for making businesses and public bodies obey anti-discrimination laws, was paid by Channel 4 for giving advice following the Big Brother racism scandal.... more

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