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NewsITV News appoints Bradby as political editor
ITV News has promoted home news editor Tom Bradby as its new political editor.
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ITV reopens Real Crime casebook
ITV1 is to revive its Real Crimestrand with a new 12 x 60-minute series.
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News'Citizen reporter' sets challenges for TV news
The broadcast coverage of last week's London bombings were marked by the emergence of 'citizen reporters' armed with a mobile phone camera and a media-savvy sense of what to do with the images they create.
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NewsITV pays dearly for Trisha loss
ITV1's failure to find a long-term successor for Trishahas cost the channel over 15% of its morning audience.
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Gillbe leaves Optomen
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmaresboss Peter Gillbe has stepped down as managing director of indie Optomen Television.
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Beattie fills Sky feature commissioning position
Sky One has drafted in former RDF head of features Anna Beattie to take on the newly created role of commissioning editor for features.
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Union pressure over redundancy process
The BBC is facing the prospect of further industrial action after union Bectu warned of industrial action if the corporation turned down applications for voluntary redundancy, while pressing ahead with compulsory ones.
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BBC to cap bonuses... next year
BBC director general Mark Thompson displayed some shrewd political acumen, turning down his£135,000 bonus telling staff 'it wouldn't have felt right' taking the money as he axes nearly 4,000 jobs.
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NewsITV kids channel set for autumn
ITV has scrapped plans to link up with multichannel broadcaster Nickelodeon for a new kids offering and is set to launch its own channel instead.
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NewsFive orders UK 'Desperate Housewives'
A British answer to Desperate Housewives- a comedy thriller set in the Home Counties - is to launch on Five.
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NewsHeggessey poaches BBC exec for Talkback
Former BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has made her first raid on BBC talent, poaching Traumaexecutive producer Camilla Lewis to join her at Talkback Thames.
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NewsBBC draws up battleplans
BBC chairman Michael Grade presented his first annual report this week, amid moves to show that he is putting clear water between governors and the corporation's management.
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NewsBBC comedy to get own department
The BBC is looking to give greater emphasis to comedy commissioning by creating a new comedy division on a par with its entertainment and drama departments.
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Happy, but feeling the pressure
The second part of our lifestyle survey looks at how those in broadcasting feel about issues such as job satisfaction, career development and stress.
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The lure of the Golden Triangle
Eastern Europe is becoming an increasingly important destination for UK drama productions seeking tax breaks and cheaper rates on studios, craftspeople, crews and kit hire. Is it worth the headahce and are there any hidden costs? Andy Stout reports.
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A reporting revolution
The use of user-generated content to record events as they occur brings a unique competitive edge to news-gathering but demands judicious editing
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Gold medal coverage?
There is little doubt that the 2012 London Olympic Games will prove a massive bonanza for the BBC. But the commercial channels and independents are also hot medal contenders.
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Sums on ITV don't add up
With few cuts left to be made at ITV and little strategic brand value to play on, Time Warner's bid makes no sense, writes Stuart Prebble.
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From triumph to tragedy
ITV London News' editor Stuart Thomas and his team went from covering the city's triumph in Singapore to the carnage of last Thursday's terrorist attack. By Kate Bulkley.
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Don't do their dirty work
As journalists we owe it to the victims of terrorism to tell their stories as honestly as we can, writes Kevin Sim.