Small MPU – Page 26
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NewsYoomedia raises£7.5m to cover debt
Interactive entertainment group Yoomedia is to raise£7.5m in order to repay bank debt.
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NewsUnions give Thompson strike deadline
9.15am:BBC director general Mark Thompson has been given four weeks to avoid strike action by unions angry at his desire to press ahead with plans for compulsory redundancies.
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NewsTwofour hires Big Brother exec producer
9.45am:Twofour has hired former Big Brother executive producer Shirley Jones as head of entertainment.
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NewsGCap will not take Ofcom to court
10.45am:GCap Media has abandoned plans to seek a judicial review of Ofcom's decision to licence a second national commercial DAB multiplex.
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NewsHit hires BBC exec to head up US distribution
Hit Entertainment has poached long-serving BBC executive Claudia Scott-Hansen to the position of vice president US TV distribution.
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NewsMacKenzie performs a BBC reverse ferret
Former TalkSport boss Kelvin MacKenzie has performed a 'reverse ferret'* and signed up as a presenter with BBC Radio Five Live.
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NewsXfm's Zane takes Popworld role
Xfm DJ Alex Zane will replace Simon Amstell as one of the new presenters of flagship Channel 4 music series Popworld.
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NewsMusic Zone reorder fuels channel rumours
E4's Music Zone has been judged a success and commissioned for a further year, increasing speculation that C4 could launch a music channel.
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NewsOffman gets new role at Discovery
Discovery Networks Europe is overhauling its UK management structure, handing channel director Jill Offman responsibility for programming and strategy for all the broadcaster's channels.
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Optimistic LA bags US order
Optimistic Entertainment has landed its first US commission since setting up shop in LA in January.
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NewsJunk food ad ban could cost£90m
Broadcasters have expressed concern over Ofcom proposals designed to curb junk food advertising for children, fearing they could deprive the industry of over£90m a year.
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RDF poaches Hill from BBC
RDF Media has poached another BBC executive, DIY SOScreator Mark Hill, to set up a new daytime and features division in Bristol.
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NewsWoolfe kicks off at Sky with celeb footie
Richard Woolfe has marked his first day as Sky One director of programmes by commissioning a World Cup-style celebrity football event.
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NewsHamilton takes reins at Prospect
Prospect Pictures, the indie behind BBC hit Saturday Kitchen, has appointed former ITV controller Liam Hamilton as managing director.
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Profile - Richard Holloway: Majoring in entertainment
Talkback Thames entertainment head Richard Holloway is aiming to add to his tally of Saturday night hits with The Con.Testand a revival of The Price is Right.
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Will it work on the small screen?
The hunt is on to find money-making content for mobile phones, with producers experimenting with made-for-mobile and repurposing options.
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Opening the window of competition
The Window of Creative Competition aims to let some fresh air into the BBC, but, while in-house production staff are worried about the resulting job cuts, many indies are still sceptical about the new system's fairness. Geoff White sheds some light on how the WoCC will work.
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Is it time to switch off?
Somehow TV's just not working for Steven D Wright at the moment. Does he need a hobby, he wonders.
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Interview - Bill Hilary: The new American
Leigh Holmwood visits BBC America's chief executive, Bill Hilary, in his Manhattan office and finds that the channel that flew the flag is now preparing to drop it in a bid to pull in a new, younger audience.
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Forget this copycat flap
Tessa Jowell's crusade against copycat programming is pointless, insists Endemol's Tim Hincks.