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NewsBBC appoints first nations commissioner
The BBC has appointed entertainment producer Jo Street as its first commissioner outside London as part of its shake-up of nations and regions.
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NewsWright to join Carbon Media
Former Shine executive Steven D Wright is moving to Carbon Media to help boost the indie's factual entertainment credentials.
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NewsInspector Watson to manage hotel start-ups for C4
Former Hotel Inspector Ruth Watson will put six budding hospitality entrepreneurs through their paces in a six-part Channel 4 series.
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NewsWild at Heart star flies across Africa for ITV1
Wild at Heart actor Stephen Tompkinson will fly across Africa in a Victorian-style hot air balloon for a factual series on ITV1.
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NewsDiscovery to launch crime channel in UK
Discovery Networks UK is to take on A&E and Sky's Crime & Investigation Network by launching a 24-hour crime channel with a strong emphasis on original commissions.
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News360 degrees
Diagonal View - the quirky internet clips channel jointly owned by ITN Source and entrepreneur Matt Heiman - has soft-launched sister channel U-zoo.
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ITVlocal.com to target viewers by postcode
ITV's regionally based website, ITVlocal.com, will go “hyper local” next year in a bid to become the -resource of choice for communities across the UK.
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NewsGisby: SEO is the new scheduling
Channel 4 director of new media Jon Gisby has branded search engine optimisation (SEO) “the new scheduling” as more content is commissioned across different platforms.
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ITV Global nets first sales on Britannia High
ITV Global Entertainment has secured its first finished programme sales for ITV1's musical drama Britannia High.
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NewsShowtime takes rights to Clerkenwell drama
Clerkenwell Films has sold a high-tech sci-fi drama format that it originally developed for the BBC to US broadcaster Showtime.
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NewsClassic movie channel to launch on Sky/Freesat
Simply Media is to launch a free-to-air classic movie channel on Sky and Freesat, aimed at older audiences.
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NewsCampbell to host BBC quiz
BBC Watchdog presenter Nicky Campbell is to take over from Patrick O'Connell as the host of BBC daytime quiz Battle of the Brains.
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NewsQueen's Speech avoids broadcasting
Broadcasting has not been earmarked for legislative action in the Queen's Speech despite significant question marks hanging over its future.
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NewsBBC1's Survivors abandoned by 1.3m viewers
BBC1's drama series Survivors continued to lose viewers last night as 4.6m (18.2% share) tuned in at 9pm for the third episode.
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NewsBroadbent-voiced animation to air on C4
Channel 4 is to air an animated adaptation of Lost and Found, the much-loved children's book by Oliver Jeffers, voiced by actor Jim Broadbent.
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NewsC4/Eckoh drop legal actions
Channel 4 and premium-rate service provider Eckoh have dropped their legal actions against each other over Richard & Judy's You Say We Pay phone-in scandal.
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NewsGallagher: Shed restructure not linked to credit crunch
Gallagher has told Broadcastnow that a top level reshuffle at Shed Media had been planned for some time and was not a reaction to the economic downturn.
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Project Kangaroo players remain optimistic
The players behind Project Kangaroo are still hopeful that the video-on-demand service should be ready to launch in March, despite concerns outlined by the Competition Commission today.
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NewsTV Critics 3 December ‘08
“A cerebral treat.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.