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Toon leaves ITV for C4 public affairs job
ITV controller of public affairs Nick Toon has left the broadcaster to join Channel 4. Toon will fill the newly created post of head of public affairs, reporting to head of corporate relations John Newbigin. The move followed the departure of Newbigin's deputy Martin Stott to Five last month. The ...
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Siemens is chosen for bbc Technology
Siemens has been selected as the preferred single bidder for BBC Technology. The bid, which has not been disclosed, must now be approved by the BBC governors, the secretary of state for media Tessa Jowell and the EU Competition Commission. If it is passed Siemens will take a 10-year contract ...
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BBC considers worldwide privatisation
The BBC this week admitted that it would be looking at part or full privatisation of BBC Worldwide. The BBC panel which is reviewing its commercial operations includes two external figures - Lehman Brothers banker Anthony Fry and Tory peer Lord Inglewood. BBC chief operating officer John Smith is heading ...
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Murdoch in RTS conference appearance
James Murdoch is to address the broadcasting industry for the first time since becoming chief executive of BSkyB. Murdoch, who took over at Sky last November, will speak at the Royal Television Society international conference, Global End Game: the UK Meets the Real World, on 29 September. He will be ...
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Tigress hires duo to bolster Production
Bristol-based factual indie Tigress Productions is looking to bolster its output with two senior appointments.
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Hoaxer made death threats to indie execs
Senior executives at indie Zig Zag Productions, including managing director Danny Fenton, were issued with death threats by Britain's most notorious prankster, a court heard this week.
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ofcom raps top-up
Top-Up TV, the pay-TV service for Freeview customers, has been forced to change its advertising campaign after Ofcom said it was misleading. Top-Up has been advertising its service as a 'ten-channel' offering but Ofcom ruled yesterday (5 July) that the ads were misleading as the ten channels shown on Top-Up, ...
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£10k bristol grant
Bristol Independents Group (BIG), the recently formed alliance of production companies, has been handed a£10,000 grant by South West Screen for a development producer to work across the five companies. Quickfire Media, Testimony Films, Icon Films, Available Light and Tigress Productions plan to sell programme rights collectively - except for ...
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chandos at TV corp
The Television Corporation, producer of Paradise Hoteland Robot Wars, has named Labour peer Tom Chandos as its new chairman, replacing Michael Grade, who left to become chairman of the BBC in May.
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wildscreen awards
British film-makers who use special techniques to enhance their wildlife programmes are prominent in the shortlist for this year's Wildscreen Natural History awards. The BBC Natural History Unit picked up 14 nominations as either commissioner or producer, while BBC Specialist Factual received two nods for its ...
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NewsElstein in£500m bid for Hallmark
David Elstein has launched a bid to buy the Hallmark Channel's international business with an offer believed to be worth£500m.
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NewsITV turns to soap spin-offs to boost teatime
ITV is turning to spin-offs of soaps such as The Bill and Coronation Street to rescue its troubled teatime slot.
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NewsFive show will offer brides plastic surgery
Five has commissioned an outrageous new reality show which will transform the lives of engaged couples with extreme makeovers, involving liposuction and plastic surgery, immediately before their wedding days.
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North One poaches Discovery chief
North One Television has poached Discovery Channel director Katy Thorogood to oversee a push into factual and formatted programming.
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C4 courts controversy with film on foetus life
Channel 4 is set to reignite the abortion debate with a film showing never-before-seen video footage of what foetuses can do in the very first weeks of life.
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Still Game gets UK airing
BBC Scotland's hit comedy series Still Game has received a network commission from BBC2.
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Scot producers want 9% target
A Scottish pressure group backed by producers' alliance Pact is calling on terrestrial broadcasters to use Scottish producers for 9% of their commissions over the next five years.
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ITV planning chief quits
ITV's director of planning and strategy, Julia Lamaison, has quit the network with no job to go to.
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Alain de Botton launches indie
Author Alain de Botton has joined forces with director Neil Crombie to launch a factual indie - Seneca Productions.