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ITV's new doyenne of daytime
Simon Shaps pulled off a coup by enticing CBBC controller Alison Sharman to defect to ITV. But is his new factual and daytime boss ready for the challenge?
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All points north
The BBC's prospective move to Manchester is already building a creative buzz in the north, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.
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NewsBBC unveils major boost to regions
BBC director of television Jana Bennett has unveiled a package of measures to increase production outside London - doubling the corporation's regional development fund and assigning specific genres to BBC nations.
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NewsDover leaves Celador fold
Stephen Dover, chief executive of Celador parent company Complete Communications Corporation (CCC), has quit.
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NewsEx Sky man hits out at EC Premiership plans
Trevor East, the former Sky Sports chief recently poached by Irish sports broadcaster Setanta, has waded into the row over the selling of Premiership football rights, claiming the new proposals will only benefit Sky.
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NewsTennant tops Broadcast talent survey
Mysterious time-travelling adventurer Doctor Who has beaten mockney salad boy Jamie Oliver to be crowned TV's Top Talent in Broadcast's annual Hot 100 survey.
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NewsLiving TV show hit by sex conviction
Living TV has taken a£600,000 hit after being forced to pull its new reality series Family Forensics because a presenter was convicted of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child.
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NewsIndie gallops off with Royal Ascot racing win
Sunset + Vine has won the contract for coverage of Royal Ascot and the Derby from the BBC's in-house production team.
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Optimistic launches sport channel on Sky
Optimistic Entertainment is launching three more channels on Sky, including a sports offering to capitalise on the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics.
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NewsBBC hires to ease factual
The BBC is to hire six additional factual commissioning executives amid producers' concerns that the current team is struggling to handle the volume of submissions.
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NewsC4 has another art attack
Channel 4 has launched another major public art initiative, with a scheme to fund three 'Sci-Art' projects.
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Success in the city
ITV chief executive Charles Allen risked sporting a kilt in the chilly winds of New York City on Monday night to pick up the broadcaster's International Emmy award.
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Five to capture Pompeii dig live
Five is continuing its series of live historical outside broadcasts with a series of major excavations in the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, planned for next summer.
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NewsBBC series looks at convent life
BBC2 is to follow up its hit series The Monastery with a programme looking at women's progress in a convent.
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NewsRoobarb & Custard go mobile
Roobarb & Custard, the 1970s children's cartoon series recently relaunched on Five's Milkshake strand, is set to leap into the world of new media with its own mobile phone content deal.
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NewsBBC2 via broadband on the cards
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has unveiled plans to launch a broadband version of the channel, which would make it the first terrestrial channel to do so.
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NewsITV and 3 hook up for mobile deal
ITV and mobile operator 3 have signed a one year content partnership agreement covering shows including I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, Emmerdale and Coronation Street.
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NewsEndemol exec calls for advertson TV over mobile
Endemol UK's director of digital media Peter Cowley has called for the introduction of an advertising model for TV over mobile.
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NewsEx-Trinity Mirror chief joins Ofcom
Former Trinity Mirror chief executive Philip Graf has been appointed as the non-executive deputy chairman of Ofcom, effectively replacing Richard Hooper.
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NewsLittle Britain duo completes hat-trick of craft wins
Costume designer Annie Hardinge and make-up artist Lisa Cavalli-Green won their third consecutive RTS Craft and Design Awards last night.