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    BBC Trust names new heads

    2009-05-08T13:40:13Z

    The BBC Trust has hired Alex Towers as its new head of finance, economics and strategy, and Steve Pollock as head of audiences and marketing.

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    Timeline: Richard and Judy

    2009-05-08T13:24:42Z

    The career to date of presenting duo Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan.

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    Richard and Judy chatshow dropped

    2009-05-08T13:18:07Z

    Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan's UKTV Watch show will end in July after the presenting duo admitted it had failed.

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    BBC NI names new commisioning exec

    2009-05-08T12:43:20Z

    Timewatch exec James Hayes has landed the job of BBC commissioning executive producer for Northern Ireland.

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    BBC News sets voluntary redundancy deadline

    2009-05-08T12:09:12Z

    BBC News staff have less than a month to decide whether they are interested in voluntary redundancy, as the corporation battles to get nearly 90 staff off its books by April 2010 - the end of the current financial year.

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    UKTV's Home orders more community makeover shows

    2009-05-08T12:05:41Z

    American Ty Pennington will return to UKTV this spring to dish out a double dose of goodwill.

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    Russell Howard to host BBC3 comedy pilot

    2009-05-08T11:58:54Z

    Mock the Week star Russell Howard is fronting a pilot that is lined up to be BBC3's first topical comedy show.

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    Christian O'Connell to front 5 Live topical show

    2009-05-08T11:56:40Z

    Absolute Radio's breakfast host Christian O'Connell has landed a Fighting Talk-style show on BBC Radio 5 Live - and it is up for grabs for indies to make.

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    Former RDF exec joins Shine Reveille

    2009-05-08T10:27:55Z

    Former RDF Media exec Martin Rakusen has joined Shine Reveille International (SRI) as its senior vice president for business and operations.

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    RTL revenues slide 11%

    2009-05-08T09:46:46Z

    Five-owner RTL has blamed tough economic conditions across the European TV market for a profits slump of 11.1% in its first quarter revenue.

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    More than third of UK listens to digital radio

    2009-05-07T17:16:07Z

    Rajars: Over a third of the UK population now listens to digital radio, according to the latest Rajar figures.

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    Commercial radio share drops 40%

    2009-05-07T17:13:34Z

    Rajars: Commercial radio saw its share of listening drop in the last quarter to 41.6%, according to latest Rajar results.

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    Bragg: Restrictions are killing ITV

    2009-05-07T16:50:20Z

    Melvyn Bragg has issued a stark warning to the government that ITV could be “killed off” if it did not urgently lift “ridiculous financial restrictions” imposed on it.

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    Reseller Tyrell reappears in UK

    2009-05-07T16:24:30Z

    The Tyrell name will re-enter the UK reseller market this week when Ireland's Tyrell CCT opens an office in London's Soho.

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    Rogue Element moves to Elstree

    2009-05-07T16:21:10Z

    Digital film camera rental company Rogue Element Films has vacated its Pinewood Studios office in order to set up a new base at Elstree Studios, and is planning to offer a stereo 3D production service.

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    C4 hands Maverick website hat-trick

    2009-05-07T16:02:18Z

    Indie Maverick Television has won contracts to run Channel 4's Film 4 and 4 Car websites and extended its deal for the 4 Homes site.

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    Ex BB and CD:UK staffers team up on web venture

    2009-05-07T15:58:35Z

    A Big Brother director and the former producer of ITV1's CD:UK have joined forces to establish a company producing promotional web content for the likes of E4 and Comedy Central.

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    Multimedia briefs 8 May 2009

    2009-05-07T15:54:04Z

    Multimedia news in briefs from Broadcast magazine dated 8 May 2009 featuring Setanta, Discovery, BBC HD and Hulu.

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    Momedia clinches German VoD deal

    2009-05-07T11:48:58Z

    Digital producer and distributor Momedia International has secured a deal to supply a significant volume of music programming to German VoD service, Maxdome.

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    Lucas and Walliams revive Rock Profiles

    2009-05-07T11:30:00Z

    Matt Lucas and David Walliams have revived spoof music series Rock Profiles, nine years after it ended.