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Five takes on another C4 executive
Five has poached another Channel 4 acquisitions executive, appointing Vanessa Brookman as deputy director of acquisitions. Currently deputy editor of US series for C4 and E4, she will join Five next month and report to Jay Kandola, who Five poached from C4 last month after its own head of acquisitions, ...
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Greer and Gervais head to Edinburgh
Germaine Greer and Ricky Gervais have been confirmed for headline events at this year's Edinburgh TV Festival. Greer has agreed to give the Alternative MacTaggart Lecture at the festival, while Gervais and The Office co-writer Stephen Merchant will be interviewed by Mark Lawson. This year's event runs from 26 to ...
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Purnell becomes broadcasting minister
James Purnell, a former BBC executive turned MP, has been named the new broadcasting minister. Purnell, MP for Stalybridge and Hyde, has been promoted from the whips office to the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, where he will report to media secretary Tessa Jowell. He effectively replaces Lord McIntosh, ...
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Pathe wins rights to sell Bafta winner
Pathe has picked up the rights to sell a feature-length version of Bafta-winning BBC2 documentary The Power of Nightmares. Writer-director Adam Curtis trimmed the three-hour, three-part series by 30 minutes for the Cannes International Film Festival. Curtis - the only British director nominated for the official ...
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NewsITV1 cleans up with the Soap Awards
ITV1's The British Soap Awardsmanaged to hit an audience high of 8.9 million (41%) at 10pm helping the broadcaster to its best peaktime performance of the year so far.
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NewsBBC staff names strike days
The BBC is to be hit with four days of strikes, after unions voted for a series of 24-hour walk-outs.
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NewsTelewest buys Sit-Up TV
Telewest has bought TV retailer and movie channel operator Sit-Up TV, in a deal worth over£194m.
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NewsPEER POLL: Radio consolidation
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is consolidation in the radio market good for listener choice?
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NewsGrade warns on news bias
BBC chairman Michael Grade has warned that the growth of multichannel TV could see British news broadcasters follow the US trend for abandoning impartiality.
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NewsStars line up for US Strictly Come Dancing
Supermodel Rachel Hunter and heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield are to go head to head in the US version of Strictly Come Dancing.
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NewsBBC buildings contract up for grabs
The company that runs the BBC's network of offices across the UK has pulled out of the deal less than four years into its 30-year contract.
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NewsC4 buys feted Hitler biopic
Channel 4 has boosted its line-up for its soon-to-launch digital channel More4 by snapping up the first-run rights to celebrated German film Downfall.
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NewsNew channel to showcase Yorkshire talent
A new digital satellite channel promoting the TV and film work of people from Yorkshire and Humber, is set to be broadcast across the UK and Ireland after securing a slot on the Sky Digital platform.
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NewsKath & Kim charm 1.6m to BBC2
BBC2's new Aussie sitcom Kath & Kimmanaged a modest average of 1.6 million (8.9%) at 10pm despite a positive critical reaction and a healthy amount of publicity.
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Comment - Skills equal success
The industry is in danger of losing its talent to other sectors because it isn't investing in skills development. National Skills Day is a step in the right direction, writes Clive Jones.
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Opinion - Peer poll: Celebrity reality shows - Is it time to ditch celebrity reality shows?
YES - 80% NO - 20% Next week's question: Is consolidation in the radio market good for listener
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Interview: James Baker - What's the point of Sky One?
Despite mutterings about poor ratings for key shows, Sky One's controller, James Baker, is confident that pursuing a strategy of buying and making edgy, talked-about shows will persuade the punters to sign up for the Sky platform.
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NewsSky to make job cuts
BSkyB is to make job cuts after weekend reports suggested it was to shed up to 1,000 staff.
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NewsParfitt starts R1 cost review
BBC Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt has kicked off a review of the station, saying he is confident he can meet director general Mark Thompson's demands for 15% costs savings.