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BBC Worldwide's Edridge departs
Olga Edridge, director of joint-ventures and new channel development for BBC Worldwide, is quitting the corporation's commercial arm to 'consider fresh opportunities'. Edridge has headed the joint-venture channels division since its launch eight years ago and launched BBC Canada and BBC Kids. She also led the global partnership between the ...
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BBC Broadcast wins ITV identity brief
BBC Broadcast, the up-for-sale commercial arm of the BBC, has won the pitch to redesign ITV's on-screen identity. The creative services division will work alongside advertising agency M&C Saatchi to review the onscreen identity of the ITV channels, which may include producing new channel idents and logos.
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NewsApprentice ends on a high
BBC2's hit business show The Apprenticecelebrated the end of its run last night, peaking with over 4 million viewers.
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NewsClassic FM sees drop in listeners
Classic FM has seen its lead over the national commercial stations narrow, as TalkSPORT overtakes Virgin Radio for the first time.
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NewsHeart 106.2 takes biggest share of audience
Heart 106.2 has overtaken rivals 95.8 Capital FM and Magic 105.4 to snatch the biggest share of London's radio audience.
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NewsBBC radio takes a lead over the nationals
The BBC has expanded its lead over the national commercial stations, widening the gap in audience share to more than 10%.
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NewsBBC/ITV exit poll comes up trumps
The BBC and ITV's decision to commission their first ever joint exit poll appears to have been vindicated after the survey correctly predicted a labour majority of 66 seats.
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NewsLions Gate pulls out of Hit race
Lions Gate Entertainment has said it will not be making an offer for Bob the Builder owner Hit Entertainment, leaving the way clear for Apax to acquire the business.
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NewsElection victory for BBC1
ITV and the BBC may have shared last night's exit poll - but the BBC took the lion's share of ratings.
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Commissioner's Q & A - Glenwyn Benson
The controller of BBC factual TV is proud to be part of the broadcasting team that helped to raise audience figures for factual shows, and is keen to deliver a follow-up to Supervolcano.
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Interview: John Keeling - The glass half full
Being able to repeat the best of the BBC's programming is something to be proud of, says UKTV controller John Keeling, but that hasn't stopped him upping original programming every year.
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NewsBBC to open Birmingham drama centre
The BBC will tomorrow push ahead with plans to boost production outside London, by opening a major TV drama hub in Birmingham.
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NewsBrits dominate rose D'Or awards
British broadcasters cleaned up at the Rose D'Or festival this weekend, picking up all the awards in the comedy and sitcom performance categories.
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NewsCable duo prepare for merger
Telewest has asked Deutsche Bank to sound out potential buyers for its content arm Flextech, as the company gears up for a£5.5bn merger with fellow cable operator, NTL.
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NewsUTV offers£98m for TWG
ITV broadcaster Ulster Television has made a£98.2m bid for The Wireless Group, owners of TalkSport radio station.
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NewsCapital shelves Party in the Park
Capital FM has iced plans to run its annual Party in the Park charity event this year to allow Bob Geldof to stage his much-rumoured Live 8 event.
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NewsITV revisits old classics
ITV has commissioned more than 30 hours of primetime television to celebrate its 50th anniversary later this year.
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NewsBBC religious shows 'lack impact'
BBC governors and executives are to hold a seminar on how to deal with religious programming, in the wake of a scathing governors report into the issue.
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NewsMore Baftas for Sex Traffic
Sex Trafficswept the board at the Bafta Craft Awards last night winning six of its seven nominated categories.