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Seinfeld show 'painful and pointless'
From Media Guardian. Posted March 1 2010, 7.03pm
Debut of comedian's NBC sitcom received withering reviews from US media and was mocked by viewers on TwitterIn the pantheon of TV comedians Jerry Seinfeld occupies a position of almost unrivalled supremacy. (more)

Five hires Red Bee Media to manage VOD
From Digital Spy - Digital TV. Posted February 17 2010, 1.40pm
Five hires Red Bee Media to manage its video on-demand and digital content distribution operation. (more)

Industry Moves: TopGear.com Ed, Red Bee CTO, MySupermarket
From paidContent:UK. Posted January 27 2010, 12.40pm
—TopGear.com: FHM.com editor-in-chief Chris Mooney is the BBCWW commercial site’s new editor. Top Gear is a key global online property for BBCWW. (more)

Red Bee Media appoints Brian Levy as CTO
From Digital Spy - Digital TV. Posted January 26 2010, 1.54pm
Red Bee Media appoints former BT executive Brian Levy as its new chief technology officer. (more)

Lancashire DJ sings for charity
From Radio Today. Posted December 4 2009, 12.36am
A presenter on a Lancashire radio station has written and recorded a special song for charity.Martin Cooper from 107 The Bee is urging radio stations to play the song, called The Best that I Can Be, to raise awareness of the Make Lancashire Safer Campaign and raise money for charity. (more)

Radio review
From Media Guardian. Posted October 29 2009, 12.05am
Radio 2's early morning stalwart had a bee in her bonnet yesterday – but her arguments were a little tangledSarah Kennedy (Radio 2) sounded mighty peeved yesterday. The cause of her ire was Zoë Ball's comment that it "would be nice to get a lass on Radio 2 during the day". (more)

Radio head
From Media Guardian. Posted October 28 2009, 12.05am
The first song played on a radio station tells you a lot about its aspirations The first song on a new station is a fascinating sliver of radio trivia. Smooth FM stations went through a phase of kicking off with Sade's Smooth Operator. (more)

The Bee promotes Cook to PC
From Radio Today. Posted October 18 2009, 11.15pm
Andy Cook has been appointed as PC at 107 The Bee, and moves to mid-mornings. (more)

Wallace & Gromit back Children in Need
From Media Guardian. Posted October 16 2009, 10.25am
Animated stars Wallace and Gromit feature in BBC promotional video for Children in Need appeal – watch it here firstAnimated stars Wallace and Gromit are to feature in the latest BBC promotional video for the upcoming Children in Need appeal. (more)

Wogan stars in Children in Need trailer
From Media Guardian. Posted October 9 2009, 10.02am
Dermot O'Leary dressed up as Bowie completes the lineup in the promo ad for this year's charity apppeal – watch it hereBBC Radio 2 presenter Terry Wogan, comedian Alan Carr and presenter Dermot O'Leary star as Elvis, Elton John and David Bowie ... (more)

A month in Ambridge
From Media Guardian. Posted September 15 2009, 10.05pm
Ooh, summer did drag on in the village. Thank goodness for the villains, Wayne and Matt"Bored with Ambridge? Never!" Vicky in The Archers. Discuss, incredulously. Ambridge, jaw-dislocatingly dull in summer, has been enlivened only by Sid's efforts to dislodge his wife's ex-husband from The Bull. (more)

107 The Bee boss heads to 2BR
From Radio Today. Posted August 21 2009, 7.01am
Bee Station Manager Simon Brierley has been hired by TLRC/UKRD to take up the same position at 2BR. (more)

Radio review
From Media Guardian. Posted April 27 2009, 10.01pm
Farming Today (Radio 4) was all a-buzz yesterday with news of the programme's very own beehive. Two of the show's producers have taken on roles as part-time bee-keepers, under the watchful eye of apiary manager Chris Joyce. (more)

BBC Radio 5 Live ads to push Nicky Campbell phone-in
From Media Guardian. Posted January 30 2009, 12.49pm
BBC Radio 5 Live is to launch a TV campaign to promote Nicky Campbell's first phone-in show on the station since 2003.The promo, which will run across BBC channels from tomorrow until 20 February, features Campbell arriving at 9am to start hosting the phone-in segment of the show. (more)

Red Bee Media appoints Bill Patrizio as new chief executive
From Media Guardian. Posted December 18 2008, 4.23pm
TV branding agency Red Bee Media has appointed Bill Patrizio, a former Disney and Universal Pictures executive, as its new chief executive.Patrizio, currently the London-based president of Technicolor Network Services, will take over from Pam Masters in January. (more)

Red Bee Media selects Cordys to support its media services for broadcasters
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted December 2 2008, 1.34pm
- Scalable, flexible business process management provides critical competitive advantage - Red Bee Media, a leading broadcast services provider in the United Kingdom, has selected a platform from Cordys, a global leader in next generation Business Pr... (more)

Big Stick Up at 107 The Bee
From Radio Today. Posted October 7 2008, 11.34pm
Lancashire station 107 The Bee has launched a new car sticker promotion, running its first 'stick it to win' competition with the help of 60 local businesses. (more)

Red Bee Media chief executive Pam Masters to take on new role
From Media Guardian. Posted July 22 2008, 2.56pm
Pam Masters, the chief executive of television company Red Bee Media, is stepping down to take on the newly created board position of vice-chairman. (more)

C4 and Red Bee confirm outsourcing plans
From Digital Spy. Posted July 9 2008, 8.32am
Channel 4 finalises a deal to outsource a large proportion of its broadcast operations. (more)

Red Bee in Chinese TV Olympics deal
From Financial Times. Posted June 8 2008, 10.00pm
Macquarie-owned former BBC Broadcast unit wins contract worth an estimated £1m to design title sequences and information graphics for events with an audience of 1. (more)

The Bee covers Darwen Live
From Radio Today. Posted May 25 2008, 6.47pm
Blackburn's local radio station 107 The Bee is broadcasting live from a local music event this bank holiday weekend, providing nine hours a day of backstage reporting and live music. (more)

Who put the bee in the BBC?
From The Scotsman. Posted March 29 2008, 12.00am
THE BBC switchboard was said to be in "meltdown" yesterday after a newsreader collapsed in a fit of giggles in the middle of a bulletin. (more)

Red Bee to digitise Endemol's archive
From Digital Spy. Posted December 13 2007, 9.38am
Red Bee Media wins the contract to digitise Endemol UK's content archive. (more)

Red Bee wins Endemol biz
From Rapid TV News. Posted December 12 2007, 8.36pm
The UK division of reality TV and documentary production giant Endemol has awarded play-out and branding facility Red Bee Media a contract to re-purpose material from its archive for a variety of distribution platforms. (more)

Channel 4 under fire over Red Bee outsourcing deal
From Media Guardian. Posted November 21 2007, 7.29am
Channel 4's former strategy director has criticised the broadcaster for signing an outsourcing deal with Red Bee Media. (more)

Channel 4 outsources jobs to Red Bee Media
From Media Guardian. Posted November 14 2007, 3.14pm
Channel 4 plans to outsource broadcast and production services to Red Bee Media, resulting in the transfer of 100 staff. (more)

Red Bee and BBC staff warn of strikes
From Digital Spy. Posted June 8 2007, 3.44pm
Union members at both companies ready for strike action in the coming months if separate disputes cannot be resolved. (more)

The Bee goes live in Darwen
From Radio Today. Posted May 25 2007, 7.15am
Lancashire radio station 107 The Bee is celebrating the Bank Holiday weekend by broadcasting live from a local music festival. The station first supported 'Darwen Live' during its trial broadcast in 2001 and this year will see The Bee presenters host the whole event. (more)

Schedule shuffle at The Bee
From Radio Today. Posted April 23 2007, 6.36am
107 The Bee is launching a new breakfast show this week. Andy Cook, who previously hosted the afternoon shift at the station takes over from Martin Greenwood. At the same time evening host Adam Alcock is promoted to drivetime whilst weekend presenter EJ gets the weekday evening show. (more)

Mark Lawson: The secrets of Blair's iPod
From Media Guardian. Posted December 29 2006, 12.00am
Mark Lawson:The prime minister may have fibbed about his Bee Gees enthusiasm on Desert Island Discs... (more)

Queen bee Johnson's strategy to bring Closer to the top
From Press Gazette. Posted September 13 2006, 11.00pm
Ask Jane Johnson if there are secrets of the stars so heinous, so saucy, so jawdroppingly libellous, that she cannot print them, and she says: “We always try to get the story and put it out there.” Darn. What I really meant is, go on Jane, tell us some really juicy gossip. (more)

Red Bee Media scoops seven Promax awards
From Brand Republic. Posted May 10 2006, 10.05am
LONDON – Red Bee Media scooped seven awards at this year's Promax/BDA EMEA Awards, held in Vienna, more than any other organisation, including Gold for the BBC Two 'Pedigree Comedy' campaign. (more)

Red Bee gets its hands dirty
From Media Guardian. Posted April 28 2006, 7.54am
7.45am: Red Bee Media, formerly BBC Broadcast and responsible for BBC4's recent rebrand, is advertising for an editor to work on hardcore porn for mobile phones. By Stephen Brook. (more)

New BBC Radio News Post Filled
From Merry Media. Posted April 13 2006, 9.44pm
Mary Hockaday has bee announced as the BBC's Deputy Head of Radio News, a new post working across the whole department. At present Mary is BBC Radio's Editor of World Service News and Current Affairs. The move follows the appointment of Ceri Thomas as Editor of BBC Radio 4's Today programme.. (more)

New studio for Reading
From Radio Today. Posted April 12 2006, 9.45pm
Hospital Radio Reading have become the latest hospital radio station to install the Sonifex S2 Solutions Studio Package. (more)

Talk 107 start trade tests
From Radio Today. Posted February 1 2006, 9.19am
UTV Radio-owned Talk 107 has commenced test transmissions on 107.0 Mhz FM from Edinburgh. Set to launch on Valentines Day, February 14th, the speech based station will target the 40+’s and will be the UK’s 1st ever local commercial speech station outside of London. (more)

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