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Grade: DG, Charter and board top his agenda
Michael Grade made a confident and relaxed start to his new role as BBC chairman, strolling in to spontaneous applause from gathered staff at his first press conference on Friday (2 April).
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... but who will he pick for DG?
New candidates for the vacant BBC director general role are expected to come forward following confirmation of Michael Grade's appointment as chairman.
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Second time lucky for BBC chairman
After weeks of post-Hutton self-flagellation at the BBC, the appointment of Michael Grade as chairman means staff are finally ditching their sackcloths.
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Grade and Thompson
The BBC's new chairman Michael Grade must choose a director general with vision and charisma to match his own
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Blackmore changes role at UBC Media
Radio veteran Tim Blackmore is relinquishing his executive duties at UBC Media Group and has been appointed a non-executive director of the company. Blackmore, who founded the company with chief executive Simon Cole in 1989, will continue to serve as chairman of Classic Gold Digital and Oneword Radio and will ...
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Ofcom lets missing chink off the hook
Ofcom is to take no further action over a Channel 4 series entitled The Missing Chink , despite receiving 191 complaints. Viewers complained that the title of the series of four short films, which broadcast in January, was racist and offensive. However, C4 argued that ...
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BBC appoints digital curriculum leader
The BBC has appointed Granada Learning Group development director Anne Eastgate as the project leader for its£150m digital curriculum, which will provide free online educational materials for students and teachers. Eastgate, who takes up the role in May and reports to controller of children's education Frank Flynn, will be charged ...
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C4 to end racing coverage if bid fails
Channel 4 will cease to cover horse racing if it fails to secure the rights to the Cheltenham Festival by Thursday night (8 April). C4 commercial director Rob Woodward has given the Racehorse Holdings Trust (RHT) - a grouping of 13 courses including Cheltenham - until Easter weekend to accept ...
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NewsGilligan makes TV debut with C4 doc
Andrew Gilligan, whose controversial Today report plunged the BBC into the worst crisis in its history, is to return to broadcasting with a programme for Channel 4 on Britain's intelligence services.
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NewsOfcom tackles switch-over
Ofcom this week outlined a radical package of proposals to make digital switch-over a reality - including measures that could see the BBC, Channel 4 and S4C face multi-million pound bills for spectrum space.
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NewsLiving TV calls in psychic sleuths
Psychics are to help track down murderers in a paranormal version of Crimewatch for Living TV.
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NewsITV1 to entertain with blank screen
Critics often moan there is nothing on television - now ITV1 has taken them at their word and commissioned a quiz show featuring a totally empty screen.
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NewsOfcom tightens regional quota for producers
Ofcom has published new criteria for programmes to qualify as regional productions in a bid to stamp out 'letter box' indie offices - with no real business or production in the regions.
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Universal plans UK crime channel
Universal Studios Networks is planning to launch a crime channel in the UK - despite its previous British offering lasting less than a year.
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Abbott launches production company
Paul Abbott, the writer behind acclaimed TV drama series State of Play and Shameless , has set up his own independent production company.
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Geldof indie plans Live Aid event doc
High-end documentary specialist Brook Lapping Productions is to make a one-off BBC2 documentary on Live Aid to mark the concert's 20th anniversary.
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Holiday faces revamp
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has ordered a radical revamp of the long-running Holiday programme after ratings slumped by 2 million viewers.
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Princess and the playboys
Princess Productions, the indie behind Five's Back to Reality , is having another crack at the reality genre with a show for Sky One.
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC's indie quota
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should the BBC raise its external production quota to 50%?