Small MPU – Page 571
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NewsRoss Russell to join BBCW
Neil Ross Russell, the Sparrowhawk executive behind the joint children's digital channel KidsCo, is to join BBC Worldwide as its managing director for children's.
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NewsUnions continue ITV news battle
Bectu and the NUJ believe they are winning the campaign to prevent ITV merging the Border and Tyne Tees news regions - but have rejected a proposal to trim 15 minutes from the Border bulletin.
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NewsPritchard lands C4 strategy role
Channel 4 has appointed Gill Pritchard as its group director of strategy and public value.
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NewsTV critics 4 August '08
“The programme also provided a guide as to what can happen when a seriously and well-intentioned campaign is hijacked by a television programme looking for cheap laughs.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsFree Setanta Sports for new Top Up TV customers
Top Up TV will offer new customers a free Setanta Sports 1 “season ticket” for the 2008/9 Barclays Premier League season.
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NewsSimply Media teams up with BT
UK content provider Simply Media has inked a deal with BT to provide nostalgia-based titles for BT Vision's on-demand service for 12 months.
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NewsTen Alps looks to eye-care TV
Ten Alps is setting its sights on the UK's 18,000 eye-care professionals with the latest addition to its portfolio of business-to-business web TV channels.
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NewsAll3M signs to myvideorights.com
All3Media International has become the first super-indie partner of Peter Bazalgette-backed digital video distribution start-up myvideorights.com.
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NewsThe Tudors fails to reign
BBC2 drama The Tudors made a slightly underwhelming return on Friday with 2.3m (11.2%) tuning in for the first episode at 9pm.
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NewsViewers enlist for Dad's Army
BBC2's Dad's Army Night was fighting fit from 8pm on Saturday, with the three-hour block of programming averaging 2.6m viewers (14%).
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NewsMiss Marple outwits Miss Potter
ITV1 detective Miss Marple got the better of BBC1 film Miss Potter at 8pm last night with 5.5m viewers (23.8%).
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NewsITV expected to cut more costs
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade is expected to unveil a fresh round of cost cutting, which could result include wide-ranging redundancies, when announcing half-year results later this week.
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NewsSky News in multimedia reshuffle
Sky News has introduced a number of changes to its newsroom, including the creation of its first ever multimedia production team.
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NewsITV reorders National Movie Awards
ITV is rolling out the red carpet again for coverage of the second National Movie Awards in September.
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NewsTV critics 5 August ‘08
“Because it was pitched at a family audience of non-scientists, the first episode of the series was highly simplistic, a whistle-stop tour of first principles.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsLythgoe quits American Idol; launching jv with Fuller
British producer Nigel Lythgoe is to step down from American Idol after six years to form a new joint venture with long-term collaborator Simon Fuller.
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NewsR1 agony uncle to front BBC doc
Radio 1's Dr Mark Hamilton is to launch a crusade on underage binge-drinking in an investigative doc for BBC1 Northern Ireland.
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NewsMentorn factual director quits to launch indie
Mentorn Media's Malcolm Clark has quit his post as creative director: specialist factual to start up his own indie.
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NewsBBC factual developer joins Southern Star
BBC factual developer Joe Evans has left the corporation to join Meerkat Manor-creator Southern Star Factual.
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NewsDragons' Den incinerates rivals
BBC2's business reality show Dragons' Den got the better of ITV1 for the third week running in the key 9pm slot last night with 3.4m viewers (14.6%).