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Tragic loss at Clear
Clear Facilities director Damien Raymond-Barker lost his two-year battle with cancer last week. He was 33 and is survived by his partner, Tanya Johnson, head of production at Red, and his two-year-old son, Max. Damien was an integral part of Clear and its chief executive, Greg Caplan, said: 'He was ...
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Zeppotron MD quits for Lion
Paul Gilheany has quit as managing director of Endemol UK's comedy division, Zeppotron, to take an executive entertainment role at indie Lion Television.
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MTV targets rock fans with VH2 launch
MTV Networks UK is set to launch its ninth music channel - a spin-off of VH1 featuring rock and guitar-based music from the past decade.
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Living taps in to live psychic show
Living TV is bulking up its paranormal output with a daily live teatime psychic show in which mediums will work with celebrities to try and contact the dead.
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Popper latest to abandon C4
Channel 4 director of television Kevin Lygo has lost another entertainment executive after commissioning editor for comedy Robert Popper quit to make a series for the BBC.
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C4 extends online submission system
Channel 4 is rolling out its online pitching system across the whole channel from the beginning of ecember and will no longer accept ideas from members of the public.
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Brook unveils TV venture
Former Channel 4 director of strategy and development David Brook has unveiled his first television venture - Nation 277 - and plans to launch around five channels on Sky.
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ITV1 sends single women into bush
ITV1 is set to come to the aid of lonely farmers living in the Australian bush with a£1.2m dating show in which British women travel down under in search of potential husbands in the Outback.
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NewsCheeky BBC1 show brings back Monkey
Monkey, the knitted simian mascot of the ill-fated ITV Digital, is set to take on ITV stalwarts Ant and Dec by fronting his own star-studded family entertainment show on the BBC.
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NewsSaban enlists old ally to look at ITV bid
Haim Saban, the Israeli-American media mogul, has enlisted his former European associate Ynon Kreiz to help in his attempt to launch a takeover bid for ITV.
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NewsShaps shakes up production
Granada director of factual Jim Allen is poised to be handed a beefed-up role in the merged ITV production arm, heading a combined factual and entertainment department.
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NewsFive gets Frow and£13m cash boost
Five director of programmes Dan Chambers has been handed a£13m budget boost and has poached Channel 4's head of features and factual entertainment, Ben Frow, to help spend it.
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Ofcom outlines key areas of PSB
Ofcom has outlined to broadcasters the key areas under review as part of its wide-ranging investigation into the future of public service broadcasting.
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Zenith signs book deal with SAS man
Yorkshire TV's Zenith Entertainment has landed the TV rights to a new series of four action adventure books written by bestselling author and former SAS sergeant Andy McNab.
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McKerlie quits The Farm after two months
Andrew McKerlie, whose move from the BBC to facilities operation The Farm caused concern within the industry, has left the company after less than two months.
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UK Food time shift
UKTV is adding another new channel to its portfolio on 12 November - the same day as it launches UK Gold spin-off UKG2. UK Food+1 will broadcast on EPG number 151 between 06.00 and 19.00, transmitting programmes an hour after they are shown on UK Food.
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Sky News in ad deal
Sky News has appointed National Geographic Channel Europe as a partner in its European advertising sales. The deal represents the first time Sky News will have sold advertising to clients outside the UK and Ireland. Head of Sky Ventures Matthew Imi said joint advertising and marketing packages will be developed ...
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MBO team takes over at Oasis TV
Following months of speculation, a management team has finally bought out Oasis Television in a multimillion pound deal, writes Sam Espensen.
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Audience gets own BBC dept
Licence fee payers are to get a greater say on programmes developed and commissioned by the corporation though a new 'audience advocate' department.
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Facilities hit by£5m kit thefts
The facilities industry has had more than£5m worth of equipment stolen in London over the past 12 months, writes Sam Espensen.