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Cresswell gets new COO role
8.30am: Granada chief operating officer John Cresswell, who helped drive ITV's recent management restructure, has been given the role of COO for the whole company.
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NewsCresswell gets new COO role at ITV
Granada chief operating officer John Cresswell, who helped drive ITV's recent management restructure, has been given the role of COO for the whole company.
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NewsBBC presenters warned aboutrisk of making speeches
BBC presenters have been warned about the risks of making public speeches in the wake of the furore over a speech by Today host John Humphrys.
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NewsWine series to go with UKTV Food
8am: UKTV Food has greenlit an advertiser-funded wine show backed by Laithwaites wine merchant.
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NewsSci-Fi joins Homechoice platform
8am: Video-on-demand serviceHomechoice has struck a deal with NBC Universal to add the Sci-Fi Channel to its channel line-up.
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NewsPEER POLL: Friends Reunited
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is it a good move for ITV to buy Friends Reunited?
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NewsTinopolis bid meets defiantTV Corp board
10am: The Television Corporation (TV Corp) board has urged shareholders to 'take no action' over the formal bid offer made by Welsh production company Tinopolis yesterday.
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NewsRome loses 2m viewers
BBC2's lavish drama series Rome was deserted by almost 2 million viewers last night as the second episode drew an average of 4.7 million (19.9%) at 9pm.
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NewsITV1 plans sci-fi rival to Doctor Who
ITV is looking to launch its own£6 million sci-fi rival to the BBC's Doctor Who with a new series, which will follow a group of time-travelling scientists who go back to pre-historic times.
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NewsLumsden heads BBC comedy
The BBC has appointed Lucy Lumsden, the producer of The Catherine Tate Show, as comedy commissioner, in a move which sees comedy and entertainment commissioning separated for the first time.
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Independent Image to make mobile content
Surrey-based indie Independent Image has launched a dedicated production arm to create content for mobile phones.
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Surgery show for ITV1 day
Endemol UK-owned Brighter Pictures has been commissioned to produce a major new daytime series for ITV1 following the transformation of 15 women who have suffered emotional trauma as a result of their looks.
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NewsRome conquers the opposition
BBC2 scored a monster hit with the start of its big budget drama series Rome, which got the highest ratings on the channel for five years.
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News looks bad for Sky relaunch
You could say it has been a bad couple of weeks for the commercial news channels in the UK.
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Radio 2 ties up with Sirius for Lennon Night
BBC Radio 2 is to partner US satellite radio broadcaster Sirius for the first time to commemorate the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death on 8 December.
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Plans for filming in Parliament rejected
Broadcasters have lost their battle to place cameras in the Westminster corridors outside the chamber of the House of Commons. Despite a campaign led by the former film producer and Labour peer David Puttnam to allow cameras into the corridors of power the plans have been scuppered. Nigel Griffiths, deputy ...
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Radio rivals unite to test DRM quality
BBC World Service, Kiss 100, TalkSport and Virgin Radio have joined forces in a six-week DRM digital broadcast trial in London. In partnership with broadcast infrastructure provider National Grid Wireless (NGW), formerly known as Crown Castle, the trial, which started on 31 October, will examine whether the new digital standard ...
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Homechoice to expand to 10m homes
Video Networks, the operator of video-on-demand service Homechoice, has announced plans to quadruple its coverage to over 10 million homes. Starting next year, the service will extend its reach across London and other UK cities, expanding the platform's current customer base, which is now 34,000. Credit Suisse First Boston has ...
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UKTV gets its digits on Sudoku obsession
UKTV G2 has made its first-ever commission - a quiz series based on the Sudoku craze. Street Cred Sudoku has been commissioned by UKTV head of commissioning Jo Clinton-Davis from indie Hanrahan Media. The 5 x 23-minute series, hosted by Radio One DJ Colin Murray, will be stripped across the ...
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Grade to spell out TV fortunes in Vegas
BBC chair Michael Grade will deliver the keynote address at the National Association of Television Program Executives in Las Vegas on 25 January. Meanwhile, organisers of Mipcom have announced that the marketplace in Cannes last month attracted 11,704 delegates, a 7% increase on 2004.