All articles by Chris Curtis – Page 89

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    Hazlitt and Eyre quit GCap

    2008-05-22T10:59:35Z

    GCap Media chief executive Fru Hazlitt and chairman Richard Eyre will both leave the company when its sale to Global Radio completes on 6 June.

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    RDF chief: Fincham's ITV will do business with us

    2008-05-21T17:44:32Z

    RDF boss David Frank has been personally assured by ITV director of television Peter Fincham that the broadcaster is “open for business” with the super-indie.

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    Frank: RDF USA could overtake UK business

    2008-05-21T15:34:42Z

    RDF Media Group chief executive David Frank has predicted the company's income from the US could overtake its UK revenue in the next few years.

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    RDF reveals cost of Queengate

    2008-05-21T11:06:21Z

    RDF Media Group has revealed the full financial cost of last summer's Queengate scandal with full-year pre-tax profits tumbling from£6.2m to£2m.

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    Frank: Fincham will work with RDF

    2008-05-20T09:59:15Z

    RDF boss David Frank has been personally assured by ITV director of television Peter Fincham that the broadcaster is “open for business” with the super-indie.

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    Lisa Opie quits

    2008-05-02T16:13:43Z

    Five managing director of content Lisa Opie has resigned, following chief executive Jane Lighting out of the business.

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    Jane Lighting resigns

    2008-05-01T13:00:07Z

    Jane Lighting will leave Five tomorrow (2 May), paving the way for Dawn Airey to become the broadcaster's new chief executive.

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    RTL: Lighting knew about our plans

    2008-05-01T12:08:16Z

    RTL has squashed suggestions that the first Jane Lighting knew of her departure from Five was when ITV issued a statement about Dawn Airey leaving to join its rival.

  • people_elaine_hackett
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    Airey bows out with stake in Hackett indie

    2008-04-30T17:20:27Z

    Dawn Airey's final deal at ITV was to buy a 25% stake in a start-up indie created by former Brighter Pictures managing director Elaine Hackett.

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    ‘Iconic leader' needed for ITV job

    2008-04-30T17:16:31Z

    Michael Grade will have to find a charismatic and high-profile replacement for Dawn Airey if ITV is to stay on course with its plans to buy into the UK indie sector, sources have warned.

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    RTL won Airey with whirlwind approach

    2008-04-30T17:09:36Z

    RTL took just a few weeks to convince Dawn Airey to quit ITV to become Five's new supremo.

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    STV to expand genre swith Clements at helm

    2008-04-30T13:02:05Z

    SMG's TV production arm will target a wider range of genres and attempt to build stronger relationships with broadcasters after finally securing Alan Clements as director of content.

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    Kangaroo under investigation

    2008-04-29T15:11:49Z

    The Office of Fair Trading is to give rival broadcasters the chance to air concerns about the creation of Kangaroo, the BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 video-on-demand joint venture.

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    Rajar to trial online diaries

    2008-04-28T09:58:09Z

    Rajar is planning to introduce an online survey for recording radio listening and give up on its trial of electronic devices as an alternative to its traditional diary system.

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    Excelsior takes ITV to court

    2008-04-24T15:56:37Z

    A Touch of Frost indie Excelsior Group Productions has issued a multi-million pound claim against ITV in the High Court of Justice today (24 April) over unpaid royalties.

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    RDF and Clements settle dispute

    2008-04-24T12:45:33Z

    RDF Media and Alan Clements have settled their long-running dispute, with the former IWC creative director now free to join a competitor from 15 September this year.

  • people_luke_johnson_c4
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    Digital channels help C4 break even

    2008-04-23T11:20:29Z

    Channel 4 broke even in 2007 despite spending more on content than ever before - but it has warned it will move into the red this year under its current funding model.

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    Tern South lands ITV1 order

    2008-04-22T11:02:29Z

    Tern South has won its first commission from ITV1, to make a film about the failed Millennium Dome diamond robbery in 2000.

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    Ent Rights ends takeover talks

    2008-04-21T15:46:27Z

    Postman Pat-owner Entertainment Rights has ended the takeover talks it began back in January.

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    Bafta in soundbites

    2008-04-21T10:47:03Z

    There may not have been many tears or an obvious controversy, but this year's Bafta winners didn't disappoint with their acceptance speeches. Here are some of the best extracts.