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NewsOpie: Hunt’s exit will not halt commissions
Five director of strategy Lisa Opie is already looking for Jay Hunt’s replacement and has vowed to act quickly in filling the director of programmes role.
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NewsFive orders holiday horrors super-series
Five is overhauling its Banged Up Abroad franchise, turning it into a big-budget 13 x 60-minute series that is senior programme controller Chris Shaw’s largest ever commission for the channel.
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News12 Yard’s Young predicts more broadcaster deals
12 Yard founder David Young expects broadcasters buying producers to fuel the next round of indie consolidation, after selling his business to ITV for£35m.
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NewsRDF victory in Clements non-compete court case
RDF has claimed a “landmark” victory for super-indies after the High Court ruled against a bid by former employee Alan Clements to join rival SMG.
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NewsIndies fear result of Root’s departure
UK indies fear the departure of Jane Root from Discovery Channel US will mean a dramatic reduction in commissioning opportunities across the Atlantic.
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NewsVirgin 1 to air new lottery
Virgin 1 and Challenge will become the broadcast partners for the launch of a major UK lottery next year.
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Crompton joins Steadfast
Steadfast Television has appointed former Sky One commissioning editor, factual Paul Crompton to oversee its factual development and pitching activities.
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NewsTV Critics 5 December 2007
TV critics' verdict on programmes - including the final episode of Heroes on BBC2 - broadcast on 5 December 2007
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NewsQuestions over BBC risk management
The BBC is facing renewed pressure to expose itself to full Parliamentary scrutiny after managerial failings were blamed for the Blue Peter phone-in fiasco.
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NewsCapital axes Bam Bam
Capital 95.8’s new managing director Paul Jackson has axed DJs Bam Bam and Dave Berry from the station’s 2008 schedule as part of a wider reshuffle.
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NewsBBC storms Comedy Awards
BBC3 comedy Gavin and Stacey stormed the British Comedy Awards last night collecting three accolades in a bumper night for the corporation.
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NewsDownload team films Love Island footage
ITV will send out a dedicated mobile and online production team to film exclusive footage for the new series of LoveIsland, in a first for the network. Clips from the celebrity match-making series, which is recorded on location in Fiji, will be available free exclusively ...
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Woolfe poaches Jones from Living
Sky One, Two and Three director of programmes Richard Woolfe has hired Living TV executive Steve Jones to become Sky One's commissioning editor for entertainment. As commissioning editor at Living TV, Jones was responsible for ordering and executive producing series including Extreme Makeoverand ...
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Consortium rivals C4 bid
Chrysalis, UTV and SMG are set to enter an agreement to make a joint consortium bid for the new DAB national commercial radio multiplex, rivalling Channel 4's bid for the platform.
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Celebrities roadtest diets for BBC2 show
Vic Reeves, Liza Tarbuck and Colin Jackson have signed up for a BBC2 programme which aims to test whether what you eat can really affect who you are.
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Bennett-Jones: BBC neglects older talent
Talent agent and Tiger Aspect chairman Peter Bennett-Jones has warned the BBC that it faces wasting established talent because of its obsession with youth.
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NewsLeader: Junk food fight
Broadcast editor Conor Dignam looks at the real effect of banning junk food ads
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NewsVicar of Dibley hangs up cassock
Long-running BBC1 sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, starring Dawn French, is being brought to its conclusion after 12 years, with a two-part Christmas special.
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NewsSharman unveils slate of factual commissions
Alison Sharman has unveiled her first major raft of factual commissions since becoming director of factual and daytime at ITV.
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NewsJunk food ad ban 'threatens kids TV' warns Pact
Producers' group Pact has warned that a ban on TV junk food advertising before 9pm would wipe out children's programme production for commercial channels and is calling for a£50m fund to bolster the industry.