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NewsTaylor to run BBC in-house entertainment
Katie Taylor has won the race to succeed Jon Beazley as head of BBC in-house entertainment.
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NewsReport: twice as many men on TV as women
Men appear almost twice as much as women on TV, with factual programming and news the worst offenders, according to research ordered by Channel 4.A pilot study, published to mark International Women’s Day (8 March) and undertaken as part of C4’s leadership of the Cultural Diversity Network, also revealed that ...
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NewsSky News plans female faces for Women's Day
Sky News will have an all female production and broadcasting team on Monday 8 March to mark the 99th anniversary of International Women’s Day.
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NewsGalloway attacks "dirty" Dispatches doc
MP George Galloway has attacked a Channel 4 Dispatches investigation into his relationship with the Islamic Forum of Europe , branding it a “dirty little programme”.
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NewsBafta redrafts nominations after C4 oversight
Channel 4 entertainment shows including Derren Brown’s The Events were accidentally left off the Bafta nominations longlist, it has emerged.
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NewsCrouch leaves GMTV as kids unit faces axe
GMTV chief operating officer Clive Crouch is leaving after 18 years and the unit that makes kids strands Toonattik and Action Stations faces the axe following the company’s integration review.
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NewsC4 viewers heap praise on Mowlam biopic
Ratings-busting drama Mo was the most praised show on Channel 4 last month – but viewers complained in droves about a technical hitch that saw The Godfather Part II transmitted in the wrong order.Scroll down for full list of “rated and slated”A total of 60 people contacted C4 to praise ...
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NewsITV to air live IPL cricket
ITV is to screen live cricket for the first time in more than 30 years after picking up the rights to the Twenty20 Indian Premier League.
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NewsSmith and Stapleton leave GMTV sofa in shake-up
GMTV News Hour presenters Penny Smith and John Stapleton are leaving the sofa as part of a wider shakeup of the morning programme.
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NewsCarnival cash boosts key ITV drama series
NBC Universal-owned Carnival Films is deficit-funding ITV1’s upcoming Julian Fellowes drama Downton Abbey to push its budget to about £1m an hour.
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NewsFive recruits Ross Kemp producer for factual commissioner role
Five has beefed up its factual commissioning team by appointing Bafta-nominated producer Matt Bennett to a new role.
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NewsDigital creatives slam BBC for betraying its charter
Digital creatives have blasted plans to cut the BBC’s £177m web spend by 25% as “bullshit” rhetoric that betrays the corporation’s charter.
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NewsThompson: Teens don't need dedicated services
The BBC will no longer target teenagers with dedicated services Switch and Blast! but will still engage them through the likes of EastEnders, according to director general Mark Thompson.
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NewsDaytime turns its back on property
BBC Daytime will get a cash fillip under Putting Quality First - but will not spend any of it on new property shows.
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NewsShake-up hands new remit to BBC2 and BBC4
BBC2 and BBC4 are both set for major shake-ups, with the former placing a fresh emphasis on scripted output and the latter going back to its highbrow roots.
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NewsITV Studios set for cash boost
ITV chairman Archie Norman has revealed his ambition to pump money into ITV Studios to reshape it as a creative multiplatform powerhouse.
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NewsNorman: No quick fixes for ITV
ITV chairman Archie Norman is reshaping the commercial broadcaster for its long term survival, and warned shareholders that long term goals will be the new priority over short term results.
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NewsBBC set for £400m clearout
The BBC is preparing a £400m clearout of programming that no longer fits with its strategic aims.
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NewsThompson tight-lipped on Newsnight
Director general Mark Thompson has refused to tell Newsnight whether anyone lost their job because of the massive overspend on BBC property projects.
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C4 social media guru to step down
Channel 4 digital publicity manager Steve Berry is to leave the broadcaster after just three months in the job.