All articles by Kate McMahon – Page 35
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Making a crisis out of drama
Peter Kosminsky last week attacked the practice of commissioning to order and accused the BBC of playing it safe. Kate McMahon asks commissioners and indies for their reaction.
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VoD use grows to 50%
Half of the UK population has used catch-up services and 20% of people access VoD services on a weekly basis, according to a new survey from the Association for Television Video on Demand.
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Disney boss named new ITN chief executive
Disney's European TV boss John Hardie has been revealed as ITN's new chief executive officer.
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Concerns over S4C's English ambitions
Campaigners have raised concerns about S4C's ambitions to take over English language news services on ITV, warning that any bid should not distract the broadcaster from its core purpose of providing Welsh programmes.
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Harries slams product placement decision
TV Drama Forum: Bafta winning producer Andy Harries has blasted the government for failing to lift product placement restrictions in the UK.
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Revenue rises 6% at UTV
Northern Irish broadcaster UTV Media has posted a 6% rise in revenue for 2008, increasing group turnover to£120.3m and making a pre-tax profit before exceptional items of£20.3m.
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ITV's commissioning future shapes up
ITV's six entertainment commissioners will battle it out for two jobs when the broadcaster's new director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell steps into her role on 23 March.
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Burnham: no to placement
ITV has branded media secretary Andy Burnham's decision not to allow product placement in UK-made TV shows “perverse”.
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Whittingdale: Product ban is 'very foolish'
Shadow media secretary John Whittingdale has blasted media secretary Andy Burnham over the continued ban on product placement, branding the decision 'very foolish'.
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ITV names Niall Sloane controller of sport
Former BBC head of football and Formula One Niall Sloane has been named as the new controller of sport at rival ITV.
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Pact: Product ban will deprive industry of£72m
Pact chief executive John McVay has criticised media secretary Andy Burnham's decision to continue the ban on product placement in the UK, saying it will deprive the television industry of a£72m cash injection.
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C4's Duncan supports product placement ban
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has backed media secretary Andy Burnham's ban on product placement in UK produced programmes, saying any relaxation of rules would deliver “marginal commercial benefit”.
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Grade to fight product placement decision
ITV's executive chairman Michael Grade has vowed to fight the decision to retain the ban on product placement in UK-originated programmes.
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ITV pulls out of MediaCity
ITV Granada and the set of Coronation Street will stay put in its Quay Street Studios after negotiations to move to the new MediaCity development at Salford Quays broke down.
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Product placement to stay banned on UK TV
Product placement will continue to be banned for UK-made TV shows, the government has decided.
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Schofield to host The Cube
This Morning host Phillip Schofield has been named as the host of ITV1's latest Saturday night primetime game show, The Cube.
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ITV execs rally to save Jim Allen
ITV Studios top 35 executives have written to executive chairman Michael Grade and chief operating officer John Cresswell asking them to step in and save the broadcaster's director of factual and entertainment production, Jim Allen.
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Ofcom clears X Factor voting
Ofcom has ruled that the last series of the X Factor did not breach any code of conduct after nearly 1,000 complaints sparked an investigation to the ITV1 talent show.
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Fading Jade Goody delays interview with Piers Morgan
Jade Goody's indepth interview with Piers Morgan for ITV1 has been put on ice due to her deteriorating health.
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ITV1 cooks up talent show
ITV1 is launching cooking contest show that will pit county against county in a bid to find the nation's best amateur chefs.