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NewsBBC fills factual commissioning teams
BBC Vision has named the factual commissioning editors who will sit in two separate teams dealing exclusively with in-house or outsourced production.
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NewsShennan defects from BBC to C4 Radio
BBC Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has quit the corporation to join Channel 4 Radio.
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NewsIndustry reaction to Hunt hiring
Jay Hunt’s appointment as controller of BBC1 has generated a widely positive response from across the industry, which is now questioning what will happen at Five.
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NewsElf works its magic for C4
Family film Elf proved to be a ratings smash for Channel 4 yesterday with an audience of 5m (22.7%) in a teatime slot of 5.45pm.
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NewsHunt's road to the top of BBC1
Cookery, quiz shows and accessible news are the ingredients that have paved Jay Hunt’s way to the top job at BBC1.
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NewsSuggs quits Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio’s afternoon presenter Suggs has quit the national station to tour with his band Madness.
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NewsSetanta Sports appoints Bucks
Setanta Sports has appointed former CSI head of business affairs Michael Bucks as its first group chief financial officer.
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NewsI’m a Celebrity final draws 8.2m
The finale of ITV1’s reality show I’m a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here! pulled 8.2m viewers (35.4%), crushing the competition but ranking as the show's lowest rating final.
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NewsHunt to join BBC in May
Five will compromise on Jay Hunt’s nine-month gardening leave, with the new BBC1 controller likely to take up the post in May next year.
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NewsC4 in the clear over baby show
Channel 4 did not put children at risk or offer misleading advice to parents in its factual entertainment series Bringing Up Baby, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsBBC confirms Keelan start date
The BBC has confirmed that Liam Keelan will start as the new controller of daytime on 1 February, ending more than six months of gardening leave from ITV.
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NewsHunt is new boss of BBC1
Jay Hunt has been named the new controller of BBC1, just three months after becoming director of programmes at Five.
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NewsShine close to Reveille deal
Shine is poised to snap up US indie Reveille for around£97m ($200m) in a deal which will see the value of Elisabeth Murdoch's indie catapult to over£250m.
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NewsElderly viewers 'confused' over digital switchover
The Ofcom Consumer Panel has called for Digital UK to better target the elderly and people without technical confidence with information about the digital switchover.
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Suggs quits Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio’s afternoon presenter Suggs, has quit the national station to tour with his band Madness during 2008.
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NewsSetanta hits 1m subscribers
Irish pay-TV broadcaster Setanta Sports has hit the 1 million subscriber mark, just months after it started screening live English Premier League matches for the first time.
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NewsWeekend's TV Critics
TV critics' verdict on programmes, including the one-off ITV drama Who Gets the Dog, broadcast between the 30th November and the 2nd December 2007.
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NewsCelebrity Predictions returns to C4
Channel 4 is to rate the winners and losers of the showbusiness world in a third installment of tongue-in-cheek almanac show Celebrity Predictions.
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NewsSetanta nets 1m subscribers
Irish pay-TV broadcaster Setanta Sports has hit the 1m subscriber mark, just months after it started screening live English Premier League matches for the first time.
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NewsRadio 2 scores goal with Beckham
BBC Radio 2 has signed David Beckham for a two-hour question and answer session on Christmas Day just after the Queen’s speech.