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NewsLuxton lays foundations with Five
Presenter Charlie Luxton has become the face of Five's property and architecture shows and will front a new series of Build a New Life in the Country for next year.
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NewsWelsh Assembly creates broadcasting committee
The Welsh Assembly has set up a committee to investigate the future of public service broadcasting in Wales.
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NewsITV2 to go 24/7
ITV2 is to become a 24-hour channel in a move that underline's the network's commitment to growing its youth channel.
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NewsLee quits Five for C4
Ralph Lee has returned to Channel 4 to head its specialist factual department just six months after joining Five.
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NewsRock Rivals hits bum note
ITV1's new drama series Rock Rivals failed to turn its amps up to 11 with viewers as its debut only interested a lowly 3.9m (16.9%) at 9pm.
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NewsSky to fill gaps in EPG genres
BSkyB will create more space in 13 of its EPG genres, including entertainment and music, by moving a number of channels up the listings.
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NewsAdam and Joe to produce BBCW paid-for podcasts
Comedy duo Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish are to produce a series of paid-for podcasts that will be sold by BBC Worldwide over iTunes.
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NewsBBC3 farms out comics to live with animals
BBC3 will challenge a group of young comedians to live like animals in a new series from Love Productions.
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NewsRicochet to test UK's fittest for Five series
Five has commissioned an adventure series which will put some of the UK's fittest people through their paces across three continents.
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NewsGrade sounded out Lygo over Shaps role
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade approached Channel 4's Kevin Lygo about taking the director of television role in January.
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Newsitv.com to break even
ITV Local and itv.com will both break even this year the broadcaster said, as it takes steps to improve its online ad strategy ahead of the launch of cross-industry VoD service Kangaroo.
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NewsIndies winning battle for BBC WoCC commissions
The indie sector is winning the battle with BBC in-house production for WoCC (Window of Creative Competition) commissions.
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NewsShaps' legacy is falling CRR ratchet
Simon Shaps' legacy at ITV is a much-reduced CRR ratchet for advertisers in 2008 after he helped the channel outperform its commercial rivals' audience share last year.
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Eyeworks hires Evans to raise factual profile
Eyeworks UK has hired Richard Evans, the man behind Channel 4 format Country House Rescue, to head its popular factual development slate.
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NewsSafety spelt success in Shaps' rocky reign
ITV1 managed to pull in some bumper ratings under the helm of director of television Simon Shaps - but not everything went according to plan.
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Original to film psychic hit squads for Living
Original Productions UK will send a Swat team of psychics to restore order in Britain's most haunted homes in a new 8 x 60-minute series for Living.
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NewsDoc-maker Harrington lands Five factual post
Film-maker Julia Harrington has taken her first commissioning role, joining Five as commissioning editor for factual.
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NewsDiscovery US to close UK office in shake-up
Discovery US is winding down its UK base as part of a move to take entire editorial control back to its Washington DC headquarters.
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Eurosport takes over Superbikes coverage
British Eurosport will show live coverage of the British Superbike (BSB) Championship after ITV opted not to continue airing the tournament.
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NewsQuestion Time signs new editor
ITV political producer Gill Penlington is to return to the BBC as editor of BBC1's Question Time with effect from May.