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NewsEx-R2 'Sachsgate' boss to exec ITV talent show
Former Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas has revealed her first project with Universal’s Globe productions – co-executive producing a new ITV singing contest.
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NewsC4's Newman backs BBC comedy ambitions
BROADCAST TV COMEDY FORUM: Channel 4 comedy head Andrew Newman has urged the BBC to ignore the “psychotic agenda” of the Daily Mail and take more risks in comedy.
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NewsHeggessey calls for iPlayer charge
Lorraine Heggessey, Talkback Thames chief executive and a former controller of BBC1, has called on the BBC to charge for iPlayer content.
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NewsBBC eyes up older women
BBC director general Mark Thompson has set BBC News a 12-month deadline to recruit a female presenter over 50, as the corporation battles accusations of ageism.
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Torchwood writer Moran pens web thriller
Doctor Who and Torchwood writer James Moran is to make his directorial debut with a web-only crime thriller.
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NewsBBC lines up spoof web review
Comedians Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller have revived their cultural critic characters Craig and Martin for a spoof online review show for the BBC.
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RatingsFace-off results in ITV win
The battle of the schedules saw The X Factor victorious over BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.
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RatingsBBC2 cooks up a master plan
These darkening evenings leave plenty of time for the mind to wander, and you find yourself wondering why MasterChef: The Professionals was on at some unusual times this week.
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NewsITFC in key tapeless role for Five
ITFC will play a key role in Five’s ongoing move to tapeless after kicking off a five-year deal to prepare all of the broadcaster’s acquired programming for transmission.
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RatingsSunday soccer scores for Sky
The top two spots in the digital chart went to Sky Sports’ Super Sunday.
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ITN lines up Megahertz to build news truck
Systems integrator Megahertz has won the contract to build a new links vehicle for ITN.
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NewsFears mount over smaller C4
The prospect of a downsized Channel 4 will hit new talent and regional indies the hardest, outgoing chief executive Andy Duncan has warned.
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NewsEnfield sketch show shunted to BBC2 slot
Tiger Aspect sketch show Harry & Paul will move from BBC1 to BBC2 for its third run - despite scooping a Bafta for its most recent series.
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NewsHarry and Paul moves to BBC2
Tiger Aspect sketch show Harry & Paul will move from BBC1 to BBC2 for its third run - despite scooping a Bafta for its most recent series.
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NewsFinn Arnesen quits Turner after 16 years
Finn Arnesen, senior vice president and general manager at Turner Broadcasting, is leaving the company.
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NewsUS indie DLT sets up joint venture with NI’s Waddell
DLT Entertainment, the US indie behind My Family, has launched a joint venture with Northern Ireland-based Waddell Media.
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NewsPact slams ITV for ‘bullying’ suppliers to waive terms of trade
Pact has hit out at ITV’s tough new negotiating tactics, condemning the letters of intent it is sending to would-be suppliers that demand they waive the terms of trade.
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NewsTurner’s Arnesen lines up animation before exiting
Turner Broadcasting’s European animation studio has won its first-ever commission - but the executive who got it off the ground, Finn Arnesen, is leaving the company.
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NewsRoundtable expands operation
Roundtable Films, the London post house set up by former Broadcast Hot Shot Ash Jenkins, is moving into bigger premises as it looks to expand the cost-effective services it offers to independent film-makers.
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NewsITV takes STV war to courts
Tensions within the ITV network erupted into all-out war this week, with STV and ITV squaring up for a court battle.