All Broadcast articles in 07 December 2007
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NewsSetanta nets 1m subscribers
Irish pay-TV broadcaster Setanta Sports has hit the 1m subscriber mark, just months after it started screening live English Premier League matches for the first time.
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NewsCelebrity Predictions returns to C4
Channel 4 is to rate the winners and losers of the showbusiness world in a third installment of tongue-in-cheek almanac show Celebrity Predictions.
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NewsWeekend's TV Critics
TV critics' verdict on programmes, including the one-off ITV drama Who Gets the Dog, broadcast between the 30th November and the 2nd December 2007.
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CommentDelivering content that suits viewers exactly
Allen McCaskill believes that finding ways of delivering content aimed exactly at individual viewers will be essential to profiting from IPTV.
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NewsSetanta hits 1m subscribers
Irish pay-TV broadcaster Setanta Sports has hit the 1 million subscriber mark, just months after it started screening live English Premier League matches for the first time.
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Suggs quits Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio’s afternoon presenter Suggs, has quit the national station to tour with his band Madness during 2008.
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NewsElderly viewers 'confused' over digital switchover
The Ofcom Consumer Panel has called for Digital UK to better target the elderly and people without technical confidence with information about the digital switchover.
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NewsShine close to Reveille deal
Shine is poised to snap up US indie Reveille for around£97m ($200m) in a deal which will see the value of Elisabeth Murdoch's indie catapult to over£250m.
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NewsHunt is new boss of BBC1
Jay Hunt has been named the new controller of BBC1, just three months after becoming director of programmes at Five.
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NewsBBC confirms Keelan start date
The BBC has confirmed that Liam Keelan will start as the new controller of daytime on 1 February, ending more than six months of gardening leave from ITV.
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NewsC4 in the clear over baby show
Channel 4 did not put children at risk or offer misleading advice to parents in its factual entertainment series Bringing Up Baby, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsHunt to join BBC in May
Five will compromise on Jay Hunt’s nine-month gardening leave, with the new BBC1 controller likely to take up the post in May next year.
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NewsI’m a Celebrity final draws 8.2m
The finale of ITV1’s reality show I’m a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here! pulled 8.2m viewers (35.4%), crushing the competition but ranking as the show's lowest rating final.
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NewsSetanta Sports appoints Bucks
Setanta Sports has appointed former CSI head of business affairs Michael Bucks as its first group chief financial officer.
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NewsSuggs quits Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio’s afternoon presenter Suggs has quit the national station to tour with his band Madness.
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NewsHunt's road to the top of BBC1
Cookery, quiz shows and accessible news are the ingredients that have paved Jay Hunt’s way to the top job at BBC1.
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NewsElf works its magic for C4
Family film Elf proved to be a ratings smash for Channel 4 yesterday with an audience of 5m (22.7%) in a teatime slot of 5.45pm.
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NewsIndustry reaction to Hunt hiring
Jay Hunt’s appointment as controller of BBC1 has generated a widely positive response from across the industry, which is now questioning what will happen at Five.
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NewsShennan defects from BBC to C4 Radio
BBC Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has quit the corporation to join Channel 4 Radio.
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NewsBBC fills factual commissioning teams
BBC Vision has named the factual commissioning editors who will sit in two separate teams dealing exclusively with in-house or outsourced production.