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Life beyond TOTP: as the BBC axes its long-running chart show, the music industry voices concern for the future.(Music TV)
The music industry is making urgent efforts to open a dialogue with
the BBC, after its decision to end Top Of The Pops' 42-year run.
It is understood that at least one major label chairman has called for a meeting with the Beeb's director of music and radio strategy Jenny Abramsky to discuss the prospects for a future TV chart show, while the BPI is also to write to the Corporation.
The reaction comes after the shock announcement last Tuesday that Top Of The Pops would make its final countdown on Sunday July 30.
The ultimate decision to axe the show was taken by BBC director of television Jana Bennett and BBC Two controller Roly Keating--the man who famously axed TOTP2 after 10 years in July 2004.
BBC head of entertainment group Mark Cooper, who spent much of last Tuesday afternoon breaking the news to contacts within the music business, voices disappointment at TOTP's demise.
"There has been concern about the health of Top Of The Pops for more than a decade," he says. "The degree to which the BBC valued it indicates to what degree it has gone to, to try and find ways of making the show ...
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