Small MPU – Page 591
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NewsITV creates channel liaison role
ITV3 planning and strategy head Adam Collings has been promoted to a new position of ITV channels executive.
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NewsPinewood to submit£3m planning application
Pinewood Shepperton will spend around£3m on the planning application for its ambitious Project Pinewood scheme, which it expects to submit before the end of the year.
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NewsBBC2 and C4 triumph at 9pm
Mock the Week and Big Brother gave BBC2 and Channel 4 more viewers than either BBC1 or ITV1 at 9pm last night.
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NewsViewers opt for The Wrong Door
BBC3's new comedy sketch show The Wrong Door attracted 546,000 (3.5%) at 10.30pm last night, the highest ever audience for the launch of a comedy on the channel.
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NewsVMTV overhauls commissioning
Virgin Media Television has appointed a commissioning supremo and a scheduling counterpart to work across its channel portfolio.
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NewsBertelsmann eyes Euro broadcasters
Bertelsmann is on the look out to acquire European broadcasters, fuelling speculation it could prepare a bid for ITV.
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NewsBBC comedy producer dies in accident
Geoffrey Perkins one of the most gifted and respected TV comedy producers of his generation, was killed in a road accident last week.
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NewsO'Connell reunites with co-host on Virgin
TIML Radio has hired Ritchie Firth as producer on the Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show.
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NewsBedell handed Edinbugh role
Elaine Bedell, controller of BBC entertainment commissioning, has been named the new advisory chair of the Edinburgh TV festival.
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NewsAardman to launch rights division
Wallace and Gromit producer Aardman has created a new division that will market the company's content around the world and acquire third-party content.
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NewsDCD inks£1.8m licensing deal
DCD Media has signed a substantial licensing deal with internet broadcaster Classical TV Limited, which will allow it to make inroads into its convertible debt.
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NewsKirstie and Phil beat Ofcom rap
Channel 4's Location, Location, Location has been cleared of political bias by Ofcom after its presenters launched a campaign to get stamp duty reformed.
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NewsTarget unveils new look
Target Entertainment has unveiled a new brand design and will now be known as Target Entertainment Group to coincide with its 10th anniversary.
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NewsTV critics 1 September '08
'... a lugubriously voyeuristic drama.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on the weekend's TV.
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NewsCBeebies returns Night Garden to bedtime hour
In the Night Garden has returned to CBeebies Bedtime Hour, ending a four-month hiatus that sparked fury among parents of toddlers.
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NewsBBC hires multimedia Mogull
Erik Huggers, director of future media and technology at the BBC, has recruited Kerstin Mogull to the newly created role of divisional chief operating officer.
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NewsGavin and Stacey head to Africa
BBC sitcom Gavin and Stacey is to make its debut in Africa as part of a series of acquisitions by new channel BBC Entertainment.
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NewsSelina Scott to sue Five over age discrimination
Selina Scott is to sue Five over claims of age discrimination, saying she had been lined up as maternity cover for Natasha Kaplinsky on Five News but was overlooked for younger presenters.
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NewsRevamped Sky 1 delivers
The new look Sky 1 beat the competition with the biggest multichannel figures yesterday (31 August).
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NewsJK and Joel to leave Virgin
Virgin Radio presenters JK and Joel are to leave the rock station less than a year after joining it and will be replaced by Trent FM's Jo Russell.