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    Leader: The Panorama puzzle

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Putting Panoramain a 30 minute peaktime slot on BBC1 leaves questions over the corporation's current affairs output, says Conor Dignam

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    Making the impossible possible

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Profile of producer Helen Hawken who has joined Outline

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    Five corners CSI trio for digital channel

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Five will be able to screen all three series of the CSI franchise on its new acquisitions channel, Five US, after signing a deal with US producer Alliance Atlantis. The broadcaster has also secured exclusive video-on-demand rights to CSI: Crime ...

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    ITN to adopt Avid for newsrooms

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    ITN has reached an outline agreement with Avid to provide a media management system for ITN's news and programme production departments.

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    Destiny's Child join C4 talent show

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has signed up Mathew Knowles - the father of Beyoncé - and the members of Destiny's Child to feature in talent series Chancers.

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    Impact Image to provide HD shots of Red Arrows

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Air-to-air filming specialist Impact Image has been commissioned to provide the high-definition aerial photography for a BBC1 documentary on the Royal Air Force's official aerobatics display team, the Red Arrows.

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    Elstree lease put up for tender again

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    The current home of Big Brotherand Dancing on Ice, Elstree Film and Television Studios (EF&TVS), is to re-tender its lease this week.

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    Fox rebranding to boost UK production

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    20th Century Fox is set to ramp up its UK production activities. The major US studio is rebranding Scream Films, the indie it purchased in 2004, as Fox TV Studios UK.

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    Arqiva kicks off DSO

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Arqiva has started work on the first sites to be switched over to digital in an engineering project estimated to cost a total of£500m.

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    Bermuda contest

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Bermuda Shorts is launching a bi-monthly competition, Gate, to give aspiring animation directors a chance to promote their work and direct commercials.

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    Filmlight hiring

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    DI manufacturer Filmlight has appointed Arthur Johnsen as its sales manager for the UK and Ireland.

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    C4 books Church for Friday nights

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Charlotte Church is to become the new face of Friday night entertainment on Channel 4.

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    Soho Eds adds two new managers

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Talent agency Soho Editors has made two appointments to its senior management team.

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    Plaskow joins Beautiful TV

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Beautiful TV has hired Claire Plaskow from MTV Networks UK & Ireland.

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    Splash leaves Tinopolis fold

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Splash Media, the independent production company set up by former BBC entertainment executives Jane Lush and Fenia Vardanis, is to leave the Tinopolis group and set up on its own.

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    Question Time names new editor

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    The new editor of Question Timehas been named as 29-year-old Ed Havard, who has been a producer on the show for seven months.

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    BBC plans African eco build

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    The BBC is to build an eco lodge in Africa from scratch as part of a major new BBC1 primetime series being described as one of the corporation's most important projects of 2007.

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    Cowell poaches ITV producer

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Simon Cowell has poached Saturday Night Takeaway series producer Georgie Hurford-Jones to join his production company, Syco, working on shows in the US.

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    The channel brander's challenge

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    The problems faced when branding a channel

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    C4 hopes Freshly Squeezed will wake up breakfast slot

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned its first long-running breakfast entertainment show since the demise of Risein 2003.