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NewsDiscovery's Abraham joins TLC
Discovery Networks UK general manager David Abraham has been appointed to run TLC in the US in a bid to turn round the struggling channel.
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NewsFive CSI ads backfire
Five's marketing campaign for CSI:NY, which framed its recipients as a serial killer's next target, has caused 'serious offence and distress', according to the Advertising Standards Authority.
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NewsAuschwitz series ends with 3.5m
BBC2's critically acclaimed series on the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz has also proved to be a hit with viewers as the final episode averaged 3.5 million (14.2%) at 9pm.
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ITV revives Office Monkey
ITV2 is to bring back Princess Productions' Office Monkeyafter axing it over a year ago.
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Ten Alps firms win raft of orders
The turbulent life of 18th-century Russian Empress Catherine the Great is to be retold in a major new documentary for the BBC.
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Alli in strategic move to take over SMG
Waheed Alli has stepped up his campaign to buy Virgin Radio and is considering a takeover of parent company SMG.
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NewsITV pulls plug on Manchester unit
ITV is closing its low-cost multichannel production arm in Manchester, threatening up to 20 jobs.
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Hell's Kitchen gets new chefs
Gourmet chefs Jean-Christophe Novelli and Marcus Wareing have been lined up to replace Gordon Ramsay in the next series of ITV1's Hell's Kitchen.
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Ofcom hunts director to strengthen radio
Ofcom is looking to strengthen its radio expertise by appointing a director of radio.
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NewsHeggessey key to Talkback expansion
Lorraine Heggessey will inherit a sturdy vessel when she takes over as Talkback Thames' chief executive in the next few months.
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NewsWife Swap producer to film royals
BBC1 is set to offer viewers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life at Windsor Castle to coincide with the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.
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NewsGamekeeper to poacher
As some of Lorraine Heggessey's predecessors have found out to their cost, running BBC1 can suddenly turn into the job from hell.
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NewsBattle begins for top job at BBC1
Channel 4's director of television, Kevin Lygo, this week emerged as a strong candidate to replace Lorraine Heggessey as controller of BBC1 following her resignation on Monday.
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NewsMarquess to join Endemol
Talkback Thames head of drama Paul Marquess is understood to have quit to take up a senior drama role at Endemol.
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More than news
As news provider ITN celebrates 50 years in the business, David Wood talks to chief executive Mark Wood about that tricky ITV contract and the new markets opening up around archive material and mobile phones
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Dear Stephen...
Last week Ofcom published its Phase 3 report into the future of public service television, including recommendations on regional production, Channel 4's funding and the proposed public service publisher. Four representatives from across the industry put their responses to chief executive Stephen Carter.
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Life on the other side
What happens when you swap the security of a commissioner's role for a job on the other side of the desk, pitching proposals as an independent? Peter Keighron finds out what's in store for Lorraine Heggessey
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Tough act to follow
Lorraine Heggessey's vision of BBC1 as the popular heart of the corporation is one worth holding onto
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Enteraction buys into a 3G future
Enteraction TV, the company that runs Thomas Cook TV and the new London TV channel, -has bought interactive specialist Red Fig in a deal worth an estimated£3m.
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BBC appoints news chief to lead Broadcast sale
The BBC has appointed BBC news chief operating officer Peter Phillips to oversee the summer sale of BBC Broadcast, squashing trade union Bectu's hopes of keeping Broadcast's 1,000 staff at the corporation.