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NewsWho is Rona Fairhead?
Rona Fairhead was the surprise choice to replace Lord Patten as the BBC Trust chair this weekend. A largely unknown quantity to the broadcasting industry, Broadcast runs the rule over the government’s preferred candidate.
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NewsRona Fairhead to be BBC Trust chair
Rona Fairhead, the former chairman and chief executive of the Financial Times Group, is poised to become the chair of the BBC Trust.
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NewsCTBF to host Downton premiere
The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF), the charity best known for its Royal Film Performance, is to premiere the series five opener of ITV drama Downton Abbey at Leicester Square.
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NewsMatchlight to exit DCD group
Glasgow-based indie Matchlight is close to leaving beleaguered production group DCD Media, Broadcast understands.
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NewsBBC global news traffic rockets
The BBC’s global online news audience has grown by 30% since 2012 to reach over 73m unique monthly browsers.
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NewsRaw visits the dentist for BBC1
Britain’s worst dental problems are to be examined in a BBC1 series from The Secret Life of Students indie Raw Television.
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NewsUKTV poaches Sky creative exec
UKTV has poached Sky creative executive Scott Russell to oversee creative output across its ten channels.
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NewsBake Off controversy draws 800 complaints
A controversial episode of The Great British Bake Off has sparked more than 800 complaints.
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NewsSimon Cowell slams Strictly scheduling
The BBC has been criticised by Simon Cowell following its decision to schedule Strictly Come Dancing against The X Factor.
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NewsDiscovery boss rejects Abraham fears
Discovery boss JB Perrette has hit back at claims from Channel 4 chief David Abraham that global consolidation will lead to a more risk averse indie sector.
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NewsDCD responds to share price drop
DCD Media has issued a statement ahead of its interim results to attempt to calm shareholder nerves over its plummeting share price.
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NewsAdvertising sales help boost STV profits
STV has reported a 35% boost in profits to £8.4m in a strong set of 2014 interim results.
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NewsLeopard sells Eve to HBO Latin America
Leopard Drama’s forthcoming CBBC series Eve has been picked up by HBO in Latin America ahead of its UK launch.
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NewsITV mulls stripping Rising Star
ITV is considering stripping Rising Star, its real-time voting entertainment format, across a single week following a disappointing ratings performance in the US.
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NewsTVU Networks releases update for TVUPack
TVU Networks has released updated software for its TVUPack mobile IP video transmitters.
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NewsPiksel launches video platform for OTT services
Piksel has launched a softwareas- a-service video platform for aggregators, content owners and distributors that want to launch OTT services.
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NewsPFT hires executive vice-president for EMEA
Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) has appointed Yuval Tori as executive vice-president for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
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NewsEx-Loft London production head joins Clear Cut Pictures
Former Loft London head of production Frankie Plowright has joined Clear Cut Pictures as post producer.
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NewsHat Trick boss hits out after Wimbledon Studios closure
Hat Trick Productions boss Jimmy Mulville has hit out at the owners of now defunct Wimbledon Studios and called on the government to step in to alleviate the shortage of London studio space.
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NewsSigniant adds mobile app for users on the move
Signiant has launched its Media Shuttle Mobile App, which allows users to submit files via Signiant’s Media Shuttle hybrid softwareas- a-service file transfer system from an iOS device.