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    BBCW appoints new head of UK sales

    2008-09-24T18:49:31Z

    Christina Muller, territory manager for emerging markets at BBC Worldwide (BBCW) has been appointed acting head of UK sales.

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    BBC Vision: Jane Tranter, outgoing controller of fiction

    2008-09-25T07:35:10Z

    Top of the BBC's wish list is a few more laughs, according to Jane Tranter. These could manifest themselves in comedy drama, “dramedy”, or as touches of levity in decidedly solemn pieces.

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    BBC Vision: George Entwistle, controller of knowledge

    2008-09-25T07:38:09Z

    Evenings on BBC1 are a tough spot for factual, and controller of knowledge commissioning George Entwistle is looking for a pre-watershed series that will do for the channel what the “kinetic adventure” shows Amazon or Tribe have done for BBC2.

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    BBC Vision: Lucy Lumsden, controller of comedy

    2008-09-25T07:39:10Z

    Lucy Lumsden wants about half of the BBC's sitcoms to be filmed in front of a studio audience - but currently only one in five of the ideas she receives fit the bill, so her headline plea is for more audience shows.

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    BBC Vision: Elaine Bedell, controller of entertainment

    2008-09-25T07:41:04Z

    It is not long since Elaine Bedell commissioned physical gameshows Hole in the Wall and Total Wipeout for Saturday night on BBC1 but there is still room for one more, she says.

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    BBC Vision: Liam Keelan, controller of daytime

    2008-09-25T07:42:00Z

    Weekday mornings on BBC1 are about current affairs, presented in an accessible, tangible way that makes viewers feel empowered.

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    BBC Vision: Anne Gilchrist, controller of CBBC

    2008-09-25T07:43:24Z

    Anne Gilchrist has taken the BBC's “fewer, bigger, better” mantra to heart and wants to find key brands that CBBC can go “hell for leather” with on all platforms.

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    BBC Vision: Michael Carrington, controller of CBeebies

    2008-09-25T07:48:09Z

    Michael Carrington is on the hunt for new content for web-savvy two-to four-year-olds.

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    BBC schedules its intentions

    2008-09-25T07:54:27Z

    The BBC is feeling the credit crunch in more ways than one. Besides the staff cuts, the steadily tightening production purse strings, and the corporation's slew of economics scoops, the BBC is reshaping its schedules to relieve some of the wider economic gloom facing audiences.

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    BBC Vision's commissioning wishlist

    2008-09-25T08:08:07Z

    As the credit crunch bites, the BBC is calling for more feel-good TV. With budgets stretched and its audience fragmented, all genres must be bold and inclusive.

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    Ofcom: Halve ITV regional 'non-news' content

    2008-09-25T08:56:31Z

    Ofcom has called for ITV to halve the amount of 'non-news' programmes it makes in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and to cut its off-peak regional programmes by almost a third from next year.

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    ITV share price soars

    2008-09-25T10:39:50Z

    ITV's share price soared more that 8% this morning, after Ofcom's revealed it would back reductions in the commercial broadcaster's PSB commitments.

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    Ofcom: ITV wants reduced indie quota

    2008-09-25T12:21:57Z

    ITV wanted Ofcom to help it lobby the government to reduce the 25% quota of ITV1 programming that it has to source from indies, it has emerged.

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    Another re-brand for Capital

    2008-09-25T12:48:20Z

    Capital Radio has undergone its fifth re-brand in under three years and is now known as 95.8 Capital FM - 'London's Number 1 Hit Music Station'.

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    Lost in Austen ends with 3.1m

    2008-09-25T13:15:11Z

    Lost in Austen, ITV1's sideways take on the period costume drama, ended its run with 3.1m viewers (13.6% share) in the face of tough competition from BBC1.

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    Cost of PSB? That's beer money

    2008-09-25T13:38:09Z

    Viewers would only pay the price of a pint of beer for a month of public service programming on ITV, Channel 4 and Five, according to the second phase of Ofcom's PSB review.

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    BBC could follow ITV out of regions, warns NUJ

    2008-09-25T14:12:56Z

    The NUJ has warned that ITV's plans to scale back its regional news output could clear the way for the BBC to follow suit.

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    Ofcom throws ITV regional quota lifeline

    2008-09-25T14:51:20Z

    Plans to reduce ITV's regional programming quota will come as a relief to the commercial broadcaster, which has failed to hit its existing 50% spend target for the past two years.

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    Envy delays offline plans for expansion

    2008-09-25T14:55:20Z

    Envy has ditched plans to open a new offline facility in Great Portland Street next month and will instead launch a larger one on Foley Street in January.

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    New senior positions at Pepper Post

    2008-09-25T14:59:31Z

    The new owners of Pepper Post have added two directors to the company's board and appointed two new members of staff.