All Broadcast articles in 4 December 2009
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NewsPaul Johnson to leave Endemol
Paul Johnson is to step down from his senior position at Endemol Group less than a year after joining the production giant.
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NewsC4 or ITV could spring chief exec surprise
C4 needs a creative leader as its next chief executive and ITV a business strategist, according to a panel of industry experts – but the smart money could still be on at least one of them making a surprise appointment.
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NewsMirren to receive lifetime award
Dame Helen Mirren is to receive a lifetime achievement award today for her contribution to film and TV.
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Comment4 Dec, '09
“Made Hole in the Wall look like Horizon.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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News
Callow plays Wilde in online drama
Radio indie Made in Manchester’s second radio drama for The Independent’s website will see actor Simon Callow star as Oscar Wilde.
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CommentThe story behind News at Ten
Broadcast’s ITV correspondent Kate McMahon delves behind the scenes of News at Ten.
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RatingsCeleb proves a trial for Gavin & Stacey
The penultimate episode of ITV1’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! was on fighting form last night, giving BBC1 comedies Gavin & Stacey and QI a ratings bloody nose.
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NewsJLC making Eurovision bid for Five
Justin Lee Collins will attempt to enter next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in his first documentary for Five.
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NewsBaddiel and Skinner team up again
TV comics David Baddiel and Frank Skinner are heading to South Africa for the World Cup after agreeing a deal with Absolute Radio to host a series of shows and podcasts from the country.
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NewsIsaacs and Lambert join forces
The Choir creator Jamie Isaacs, who left Twenty Twenty this week in a management restructure, is to join Stephen Lambert’s indie Studio Lambert.
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NewsRicky Gervais toon comes to C4
Channel 4 is to show Ricky Gervais’ new HBO show just weeks after it airs in the US.
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NewsGallagher to leave ITV
ITV’s director of group corporate affairs Mark Gallagher has announced he will step down from the company at the end of the month.
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News3D World Cup coverage to be shown in London
The 2010 football World Cup finals in South Africa will be produced in 3D and transmitted to public screens in cities around the globe following a deal agreed between Sony and FIFA.
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NewsVirgin appoints first on-demand director
Virgin Media has hired the general manager of Chellomedia’s on-demand service for a new role heading up its own VoD platform.
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NewsITV Leeds to get £5m revamp
ITV’s Kirkstall Road studios in Leeds are set for a £5.2m revamp that will move Emmerdale’s production facilities into the mothballed site and introduce high definition facilities.
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NewsFive follows C4 with YouTube deal
More than 3,000 hours of full length Five shows including Neighbours and Home and Away will join YouTube’s new UK Shows channel.
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Comment3 Dec, '09
“I wish my school history lessons had been more like Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsPopper indie wins first order in E4 sitcom pilot
The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird is to take a lead role in an E4 sitcom pilot from Robert Popper’s indie and Big Talk Productions about a Jewish family.
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Target restructures as Dockery departs
Target Entertainment Group will not replace Jane Dockery, director of sales and programming, following her departure to 2waytraffic International.
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NewsBSkyB's Sullivan moves to Sky Deutschland
BSkyB customer group managing director Brian Sullivan, who has spearheaded the pay-TV group’s move into on-demand, HD and 3D, is to leaving the UK company to become chief executive of Sky Deutschland.