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NewsITV marketing move
ITV has appointed David Pemsel as group marketing director following the departure of Clare Salmon at the end of last year.
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Middleton pap doc for ITV1
ITV1 has ordered a fast turnaround documentary on the intrusive press coverage of Prince William's girlfriend, Kate Middleton.
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September strengthens management
September Films has beefed up its senior management team with the addition of an executive producer, factual producer and a head of development.
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Radio 5 Live appoints first audience editor
The BBC has appointed its first audience editor in an attempt to include more listener-led news and stories across its Radio 5 Live radio content.
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BBC children's expects to lose staff in Salford move
BBC Children's controller Richard Deverell believes his department's planned move to Salford is an 'opportunity to create a department fit for the internet age', but said he expects between just 30% and 50% of its London staff to make the move permanently.
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NewsOsmond to host Pyramid for UK
Housewives' favourite Donny Osmond will host a UK version of Emmy award-winning US gameshow Pyramid for Challenge in the spring.
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Ratings - Winners and losers in a fresh look at primetime
Sometimes a simple question can give you pause for thought. Last week I was asked what definition of primetime we use for the tables on this page.
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Five hires Cooper
Five is expanding its multichannel team by hiring Nikki Cooper from indie Prospect Pictures. She will take up the role of channel editor of Five Life and Five US and effectively be number two to multichannel controller Nick Thorogood.
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Panorama move gets mixed results
BBC1's decision to move Panoramato a Monday peaktime slot at 8.30pm had mixed results as it battled for viewers with ITV1's Tonight with Trevor McDonaldand Channel 4's Dispatches.
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Sky One gives second outing to Badger
Former The Apprenticecontestant Ruth Badger is to appear in her second show for Sky One, where she will attempt to change the fortunes of some of Britain's worst sales teams.
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BBC2 sets up arranged marriages
BBC2 will employ the traditional methods used to make arranged marriages in Asia to find partners for single Westerners in a new five-part series.
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Company asks Is This Love? for ITV drama
ITV has commissioned Company Pictures to make a major 4 x 60-minute drama called Is This Love?.
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NewsBBC4 gets back into Thick of It
BBC4 is bringing The Thick of Itback for another special, picking up from where the hour-long Christmas edition left off.
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NewsITV offers UKTV's Clinton-Davis top features job
ITV has lined up UKTV executive Jo Clinton-Davis to head its features commissioning.
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NewsLeader - The ugly side of reality
Celeb BB's travails only serve to emphasise that the format is no longer a surefire hit, writes Lisa Campbell, Broadcast's acting editor
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NewsC4 warns indies of tough times ahead
Channel 4 has warned indies to expect tougher and more selective decisions on future commissions at a meeting of its top suppliers last week.
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Gamecast fined by Ofcom for airing porn
Ofcom has fined Gamecast UK£100,000 for screening 'hard-core pornographic' content on its You TV3 channel.
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S4C unveils kids' channel and rebrand
Welsh broadcaster S4C is planning to launch a children's channel by the end of the year in a move that its chief executive Iona Jones said would bring 'greater diversity' to the genre.
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NTL goes for romance for V-day launch
NTL is understood to be launching the Virgin Media brand into the TV, broadband and telephony markets on St Valentine's Day, which it will dub 'V-day'.
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Thornton hired to sell BBC Resources
BBC Workplace head of direction Andy Thornton has been appointed project director for the planned sale of BBC Resources, which deals with outside broadcasts, studios, post-production and costumes.