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RDF swells exec ranks in top-level staff reshuffle
RDF Media Group has appointed two senior executives and a raft of group directors as part of a top-level reorganisation.
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Brook Lapping to uncover Skippy's story
Factual heavyweight Brook Lapping is making a BBC documentary on iconic Australian TV show Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.
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Discovery to sell Quest overnight airtime
Discovery's Freeview channel Quest is set to air only from 10am to midnight when it launches in May, with the rest of the airtime likely to be sub-let to third parties.
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C4's Duncan: TV won't bounce back for years
Channel 4 boss Andy Duncan has warned of the threat to the future of the industry posed by the economic downturn.
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BBC bans talent from exec-producing shows
The BBC has banned on-screen talent from executive-producing their own shows in nearly all cases, as part of a compliance crackdown in the wake of Sachsgate.
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ITV1 seeks Endemol magic with daytime quiz
ITV1 has ordered a long-running tea-time quiz show from the super-indie behind Goldenballs and Deal or No Deal, in which three strangers will work together for a share of a cash prize.
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BBC1 tracks kids medical teams
BBC1 will follow the mobile intensive care teams that move critically ill children to specialist hospitals in a major prime-time series.
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Toyboize transfers to TV as Dave picks up rights
Talkback Thames' web hit Toyboize will become the first made-for-online comedy to transfer to mainstream TV after Dave picked up the rights.
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ITV share price hits record low
ITV shares slumped to a new record low today on the back of its annual results.
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Confusion and gloom reign at ITV Yorkshire
Staff leaving the main ITV Yorkshire building in Leeds today (4 March) looked unsurprisingly glum - but while most were despondent, it was an air of confusion that was most prevalent.
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Bectu: Grade must go
Bectu general secretary Gerry Morrissey has called on ITV chief executive Michael Grade to step down following the commercial broadcaster's annual results, claiming he has lost the confidence of viewers and staff.
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ITV Consumer cuts 80 jobs
ITV1's long running late night show Bingo Night Live has effectively been axed as part of wide-ranging cuts across the commercial broadcasting business.
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Malcolm Wall quits Virgin Media
Malcolm Wall, chief executive officer of Virgin Media's content division, is to stand down.
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Grade: Don't overlook ITV progress
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has defended the company's performance during 2008 and asked that its cost cutting measures do not overshadow its progress.
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UKTV's Wright to seek out Sky's next big things
UKTV's Sarah Wright will be tasked with finding the next Lost and Battlestar Galactica after being named head of acquisitions for Sky 1, 2 and 3.
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Waddell gets a kick out of Bruce Lee deal
Waddell Media has secured a major commission from History US and Biography Channel UK/EMEA to make a two-hour special on Bruce Lee.
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Kwei-Armah to retrace Queen's charm offensive
Actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah is to visit his family's West Indian roots in a Channel 4 series retracing the Queen's 1953 tour of the Commonwealth.
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Five orders more Milkshake to bolster kids' web offering
Five is planning to commission more short shows for children's strand Milkshake in a bid to fill gaps left by declining advertising and to bolster its kids' web content.
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Passion takes rights to BBC1 obesity doc
Passion Distribution has picked up the worldwide rights to a BBC1 documentary about teenage obesity by Daisybeck Productions.