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NewsTigress adds Corney in executive shuffle
Tigress Productions has appointed Five natural history commissioner Bethan Corney, completing a senior editorial triumvirate that also includes Kath Moore and Dick Colthurst.
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NewsSky execs arrive at Five
Former Sky execs Andrew O’Connell, Donna Taberer and Nan Whittingham will join their former boss Richard Woolfe at Five on 24 August.
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NewsApprentice finalist to host daily show for Five
The Apprentice runner-up Kate Walsh is to front a nightly magazine series for Five with Ian Wright and Melinda Messenger.
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NewsFive's Blunkett series in running for Griersons
Five has received a record three nominations for the Grierson Trust’s prestigious documentary awards.
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NewsiPlayer doubles its reach
BBC iPlayer has more than doubled its reach in the past year and is five times more popular than ITV’s catch-up service, Ofcom’s annual communications market report has revealed.
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RatingsBang Goes the Theory fizzles
BBC1’s new science series Bang Goes the Theory fizzled last night while Five enjoyed bumper ratings with The Hotel Inspector later in the evening.
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RatingsPsychoville finishes with 1.3m
BBC2’s critically acclaimed but creepy comedy Psychoville came to a close last night, drawing an average audience of 1.3m (6.2%) between 10pm and 10.30pm.
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NewsFive joins Project Canvas in drive for partnerships
Five has joined IPTV venture Project Canvas in the first of a planned series of major industry partnerships.
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NewsAirey: Five still in talks with C4
Five chair and chief executive Dawn Airey has reignited the debate about Five’s failed merger with Channel 4 by calling it a “strange” political decision - but has revealed that the broadcasters remain in talks about other opportunities.
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NewsFive beats off Sky to win rights to FlashForward
ABC’s sci-fi drama FlashForward, primed as a successor to its hit genre-bending show Lost, is coming to Five.
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RatingsBoost for BBC1 after oldie hits
Targeting younger viewers is only part of the flagship channel’s ratings success story.
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NewsPSB kids' output halved since 2004
Homegrown children’s output on free-to-air broadcasters has more than halved over four years, Ofcom research has revealed.
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Hardy examines horror legends in first work for Five
History specialist Hardy Pictures has won its first commission from Five, examining the origins of the best-known horror legends and why they have survived so long.
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NewsWoolfe vows: Five to prosper in two years
Five controller Richard Woolfe has vowed to reverse the broadcaster’s fortunes in two years - and insisted he doesn’t need lots of cash to do it.
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RatingsCSI in record high for Five
CSI: Miami might be on its seventh series but the show is stronger than ever - the new series on Five kicked off with a record audience.
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NewsChannels prepare for Michael Jackson memorial
The BBC and Sky are preparing live coverage of Michael Jackson’s memorial, due to take place in Los Angeles today.
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Behind The ScenesBop Box, C5
Exec Jessica Symons explains how the team found their dancing feet on a shoestring budget.
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RatingsFive dominates with CSI: Miami
Five found itself in the rare position of being the most watched channel at 9pm last night as a new series of CSI: Miami launched with an impressive 3.8m viewers (18.2% share), the show’s highest ever audience.
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NewsAirey: content providers "staring into abyss"
Dawn Airey has warned that if British broadcasters fail to build mutually beneficial partnerships “the creators and providers of UK content are not so much looking at a perfect storm as staring into the abyss.”
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NewsAshes highlights go online
Five has struck a deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board to make Ashes highlights available online for the first time.