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New editor at shine
Indie Shine has appointed Princess Productions series producer Jon Riley to take up the new post of editor, entertainment. Riley, who will report to creative director, entertainment Steven D Wright, will be charged with bolstering the indie's entertainment slate, particularly in comedy entertainment. His credits include A Wife for William, ...
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Globes on living TV
Living TV has picked up the rights to screen the Golden Globe film awards until 2007, after sealing an exclusive three-year deal. The Flextech-owned channel secured the deal for coverage of the LA-based film and TV awards ceremony, seen as a pointer to the Oscars, after a successful screening of ...
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OSF hires Hawkins
Indie OSF has appointed Caroline Hawkins as an executive producer. She has previously worked on Delia Smith, Summer Holiday and Wild and Dangerous for the BBC and has also worked on shows for Five, National Geographic and TLC.
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Chorion promotes
Chorion, owner of children's characters such as Noddy, has promoted finance director Jeremy Banks to the newly created role of commercial director. The move follows Chorion's recent acquisition of the Mr Men brand from the family of the late Roger Hargreaves, creator of the characters, as well as a spate ...
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BBC investigates Saudi shootings
The BBC has begun its own investigation into the gun attack in Saudi Arabia that left a freelance cameraman dead and seriously injured its security correspondent Frank Gardner.
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Tributes for cameraman killed in action
Tributes poured in this week for cameraman Simon Cumbers, who was gunned down in Saudi Arabia this week while working for the BBC.
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C4 chooses 12 indies for funding scheme
Twelve regional indies are to be given cash to hire new staff as part of a Channel 4-funded scheme, writes Glen Mutel.
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Morris leaves C4 to focus on writing career
Channel 4 commissioning editor, comedy Iain Morris is to leave the broadcaster to devote more of his time to writing, writes Glen Mutel.
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Glover for celador
Celador has hired Lin Glover in the new role of head of radio development. Glover, who has been consulting for many of the major radio groups, will focus on the new FM licences and develop a new strategy for Celador's interests in radio broadcast. As well as consulting for radio ...
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Panorama IRA special
BBC1's flagship current affairs strand Panorama is to screen an edition of BBC Northern Ireland's current affairs strand Spotlight in one of its slots for the first time. The Superdollar special, which originally aired in Northern Ireland in March, traces counterfeit $100 bills from North Korea to an Official IRA ...
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Virgin drops Djs
Virgin Radio has dropped DJ Daryl Denham and Jezza, the host of its daily Confessions show. Jezza - Jeremy Kyle - who has presented the daily Virgin Confessions phone-in show from 22.00 to 01.00 for two years, has agreed to step down. But Denham, who was shifted into the weekend ...
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Pact ethnic survey
Producers' alliance Pact is launching a survey into the success of ethnic minority-led production companies. Pact will first gather data from every independent producer in the UK to establish a benchmark of 'success'. It will then survey ethnic minority-led production companies to see how their achievements match up to the ...
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RatingsBorn Too Soon brings 3m to C4
A controversial documentary on premature births, Born Too Soon , pulled in 3 million (14.2%) and helped to boost C4's peaktime ratings at 21.00.
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NewsHolmes scores Five Live sports show
GMTV frontman Eamonn Holmes has been signed up by BBC Radio 5 Live to host a new Saturday morning news and sports show.
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NewsPandamonium at ITN Factual
MIPTV: Animal Planet International has commissioned ITN Factual to produce a series on the world's leading panda breeding and research facility in China.
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NewsMPs call on Ofcom to review EPGs
Ofcom is facing pressure from MPs to intervene to ensure TV channels are not left out in the cold by electronic programme guides.
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NewsHilsum scoops One World award
Channel 4 News's international editor Lindsey Hilsum last night scooped the top prize at the One World Media Awards.
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NewsSky clarifies ?freesat' contract
BSkyB today moved to clarify its new ?freesat' offer of up to 200 free TV and radio channels for a one-off fee after it emerged the full service could only be valid for two years.
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A drama or a crisis?
Fewer people are taking a butcher's at the residents of Albert Square - unless they're on webcams, of course. Peter Keighron finds out how the bigwigs plan to reverse the ratings decline and get things sorted.
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NewsBBC Technology sale down to a two-horse race
Technology services group Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has pulled out of the race to buy the BBC's technology division, leaving two companies in contention.