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Dacre in indie move
Former ITV News editor Nigel Dacre has resigned from the London College of Printing, where he was dean of the media school, and has taken up a development role at indie Brook Lapping Productions. He is working on a number of projects and will take a more substantial role at ...
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Doc nominations tie
BBC4 has tied with Channel 4 for the most nominations in this year's Grierson British documentary awards. Both channels picked up 11 nods, while BBC2 received six. Among the highlighted programmes are BBC4's The Game of Their Lives, C4's The ...
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Grade joins TV corp
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Grade has joined the board of Robot Wars producer Television Corporation. The appointment is Grade's second directorship in a television company - two months ago he joined the board of SMG, the owner of Scottish TV, Grampian TV and Virgin radio.
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BBC governance 'out of control'
The BBC, still reeling from the Hutton inquiry, came under attack from fellow broadcasting executives at the Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention last week, when it was accused of being 'out of control', writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Two more US giants circle ITV network
The number of US firms looking to pounce on ITV grew to three last week after Viacom president and chief operating officer Mel Karmazin and US-based Israeli billionaire Haim Saban signalled they would be interested in the commercial network, writes Colin Robertson.
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Lord Burns to advise on BBC
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has appointed Abbey National chairman Lord Burns as a key independent advisor on the BBC's Charter renewal process.
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Grade rails against BBC short-termism
The BBC's reliance on freelance production staff is stifling creativity in programme-making by discouraging risk-taking, according to former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Grade, writes Colin Robertson.
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FilmFour an error
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson has admitted the biggest error of his reign was launching film production business FilmFour.
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Teens to turn off TV
The amount of TV watched by teenagers is set to significantly fall over the next 10 years as interest in pastimes such as gaming increases. According to research unveiled at the conference, 14-year-olds watched 21 terrestrial hours of TV in 1983, 19.5 hours in 1998 and 17 hours last year. ...
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Marketing warning
BBC director general Greg Dyke warned that terrestrial channels' marketing budgets will have to increase dramatically in the digital future. With predictions of a massive uptake in personal video recorders, Dyke warned that targeting viewers will become increasingly difficult. 'If you have a specific documentary, how are you going to ...
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Advertising boost
Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has called on broadcasters to persuade advertisers to spend more money on TV. He said: 'There is a substantial job to be done to sell the values of TV advertising.' He added that advertisers were still smarting from the early 2000s when they had to ...
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Sky confirms ch6
BSkyB has admitted publicly for the first time that it would turn its Sky Travel Freeview channel into a Channel 6 proposition if the current strong take-up of DTT continued. Sky chief operating officer Richard Freudenstein said: 'Assuming that the number of Freeview homes grows [at the current rate], Sky ...
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TV execs knock 2010 target
The government will not meet its 2010 analogue switch-off target, key broadcasting figures have predicted, writes Colin Robertson.
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Docherty puts forward switch-off solution
Former telewest new media chief David Docherty is seeking government backing for a new set-top box service that he claimed will help the government achieve analogue switch-off by 2010, writes Colin Robertson.
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New BBC satellite puts third 24 series in doubt
Plans for the BBC to air the third series of hit thriller 24are under threat, following US studio Fox's concerns over the BBC's decision to change satellite and broadcast its services unencrypted, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Maverick seeks£2m to fund fresh muffin
Maverick Entertainment Group is looking for£2m of outside investment in order to beef up its commercial output and fund new television series, such as Muffin the Mule.
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Battle over for Design Wars
ITV has again wielded the axe on Saturday night and pulled Design Warsafter only two outings, writes Paul Revoir.
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Thumbs up for Pact/Bectu freelance deal
Members of broadcasting union Bectu have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a package of changes to the Pact/Bectu Freelance Production Agreement, which will mean employers contributing to freelance pensions for the first time since the 1980s, writes Will Strauss.
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Celebs to feign facial disorders in C4 show
Birmingham indie Maverick Television is to follow its controversial Channel 4 shows Celebrity Blind Man's Buffand Celebrity Wheelchair Challengewith a third programme working titled Celebrities Disfigured: In Your Face, writes ...
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Terrestrials plan new Solus card
Terrestrial broadcasters are devising a plan to resurrect the free viewing cards that allow viewers to watch ITV, Channel 4 and Five on satellite without subscribing to Sky, writes Michael Rosser.