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Ex-BBC man in at C4 day time
Channel 4 has appointed former BBC1 head of planning and scheduling Adam MacDonald to reinvigorate its daytime output and help it boost its overall share.
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Bennett puts more cash into 'big ideas'
BBC director of television Jana Bennett has pumped another£2m into her 'big ideas' fund in order to create more cross-platform projects.
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Multichannel body boosted
The Satellite and Cable Broadcasters Group - a little known but established trade body representing multichannel broadcasters - has made two appointments as it gears up to play a more active role in the sector.
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Cooke leaves Radio 4
Veteran BBC Radio 4 broadcaster Alistair Cooke is retiring after 70 years at the BBC. The 95-year-old has presented the Letter from America show since 1946 and joined the corporation in 1934 as a film critic. The current affairs and historical programme is the world's ...
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C4 promotes Hilsum
Channel 4 News has promoted Lindsey Hilsum to the position of international editor. Hilsum, who has been Channel 4 News diplomatic correspondent for the past eight years, has also reported for the BBC, The ...
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BBC docu-drama role
The BBC has created a new role overseeing the development of docu-dramas following the success of films such as The Day Britain Stopped and Holy Cross. Tom Giles, who series produced the recent award-winning Panorama on the Iraq friendly ...
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Walters rises at S4C
Welsh distributor S4C International has promoted Huw Walters to the newly created role of head of international business. Walters, who was previously the company's head of co-productions, will be tasked with integrating S4C International's sales and co-production businesses. Walters joined the distributor in 1998 after working for the Welsh broadcaster ...
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GWR burn it service
Classic FM-owner GWR has unveiled a new premium service that allows listeners to buy songs on the internet being broadcast by its stations. Hear It, Buy It, Burn It will launch this month on the radio's group network of 34 local radio stations and its national digital station, Core. GWR ...
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It'll be a long courtship
Channel 4 and Five can go in for some corporate flirting but it will take years to tie the knot, says Conor Dignam, Editor
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White steps up to head sales at Five
Five has promoted deputy sales director Mark White as its new sales chief, following the departure of Nick Milligan to Sky. Milligan left the channel on Monday and will join BSkyB in June as managing director of Sky Media, the company's advertising sales division.
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Park decamps to Emap in Manchester
Former Capital Radio group programme director Richard Park has been hired by Broadcast publisher Emap to develop its two stations in Manchester. He will work as a programming consultant on Key 103 and Magic 1152 for the next 12 months. Meanwhile, Anthony Gay has been ...
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Sky hires Segal to work with America
Sky has hired former BBC senior vice-president of programme acquisition Rebecca Segal as senior vice-president of Sky Networks. The new LA-based role will see Segal identify programme trends and develop relationships with US networks, cable operators and production companies. She will take up the position in April and report to ...
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September appoints ex-Fisher president
September Films has hired former Fisher Entertainment president Alan Winters to lead its US division following the resignation of chief operating officer Sally Miles. Winters, who has overseen reality series such as The Last Resort for US network ABC, will take over as president of ...
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ITV discredits reports of McDonald exit
ITV News has quashed reports claiming Sir Trevor McDonald is to leave the evening bulletin on ITV1 within a year. The broadcaster has said the veteran newsreader would stay at ITV News beyond 2005, but has yet to finalise a contract that would retain him at the helm of 22.30 ...
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BBC keeps hold of French and Saunders
The BBC has extended its deal with comedians Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French to keep them at the corporation. The new rolling contract with their indie, Saunders and French Productions, will also see the pair developing new shows outside comedy and with other talent on a 'first look' basis. Meanwhile, ...
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NewsAllen promises end to regional job cuts
ITV chief executive Charles Allen this week signalled an end to the strategy of wholesale job losses and studio closures in the regions, after Broadcast 's revelations last week that up to 400 jobs are to go at Central.
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NewsCentral staff hit out at ITV
Angry workers at Central's Nottingham studios, which are being closed with the loss of 200 jobs, have blasted ITV bosses as 'insulting' and 'insensitive' after they were told their cars will be searched to make sure they are not stealing company property.
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NewsITV parades army wives
The maker of ITV's flamboyant Footballers' Wives has been commissioned to make a new series for the network, this time looking at the lives of men and women in the army.
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NewsC4 chief dampens Five merger talk
Channel 4 is playing down reports that it has begun talks to merge with Five, saying it is no where close to a possible deal.
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NewsBBC to follow up The Secret Policeman
The BBC is to follow up its Secret Policeman documentary with a series of investigations - several of which are expected to again involve reporters gathering evidence undercover.