BBC chairman Grade moves to ITV
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BBC chairman Michael Grade will leave the public service broadcaster and move to its biggest terrestrial rival ITV.
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ITV, BritainÂs biggest commercial broadcaster, rebuffed a Â£4.73 billion ($8.98 billion) offer from the cable television operator NTL, saying the bid was too low and there was no advantage in a merger. The rejection is the second blow to NTL and its biggest shareholder, Richard Branson. British Sky Broadcasting Group, led by Rupert and James Murdoch, bought a 17.9 percent stake in the London-based ITV on Friday, eight days after NTL expressed interest in a takeover. Mr. Branson called on regulators to block British Sky BroadcastingÂs purchase of ITV shares, while BSkyB said Mr. Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, Âseems to believe he and NTL have the unique right to acquire ITV.Â.
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ITV1's resurrected news programme loses out in ratings battle to BBC's 10 O'Clock News
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The controller of BBC One, Lorraine Heggessey, is leaving to join an independent company.
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Brian Barwick, controller of sport at ITV Plc, the UK&#39;s largest commercial television network, was appointed chief executive of the Football Association, English soccer&#39;s ruling body said.
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ITV shares rose 4.5% on Monday after reports of a possible takeover bid from private equity companies.
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Discovery Networks has shifted its programming chief in the United Kingdom to the top post at domestic channel TLC.
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The House of Commons media select committee wants to set up an independent board to oversee the BBC, a proposal that would end decades of self-governance at the publicly-funded broadcaster.
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David Collier is set to replace Tim Lamb as the ECB's new chief executive, the BBC learns.
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Britain's Competition Commission recommended Thursday that media giant BSkyB should slash its holding in independent television broadcaster ITV to below 7.5 percent due to competition concerns.
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An MTV Networks Europe head has quit to join the British broadband television service, BT Vision.  Michael Berry, managing director of MTV U.K. & Ireland, in April will join BT Vision as director of programming, Variety said Monday.
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The head of the BBC has said the corporation needs to put "its house in order" after apologising to the Queen.
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Television executive Brian Barwick was given the top job in English football on Thursday when he was appointed Football Association chief executive.
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The chairman of the BBC, Michael Grade, has resigned to take the top job at ITV, the public service broadcaster's main commercial but struggling competitor.
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The BBC's deputy head of news Mark Damazer is the new controller of BBC Radio 4 and BBC7.
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Radical plans for the future of the BBC have been announced by Director General, Mark Thompson. Mr Thompson said the changes are needed so that more of the licence fee can be put into programmes and content.
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BSkyB, the satellite television company affiliated with the News Corporation, has bought a 17.9 percent stake in ITV, BritainÂs biggest commercial broadcaster, in a move that could thwart the ambitions of Richard Branson, the Virgin Group entrepreneur, to strengthen his position in the British media market. Mr. Branson had hoped to combine ITV with a cable company, NTL, in which he owns an 11 percent stake. The battle for ITV is rooted in a struggle for control of living rooms in Britain, which has one of the highest rates of digital TV and broadband Internet use in the world. BSkyB is the countryÂs biggest pay-TV operator, with more than eight million subscribers to its satellite system. NTL hoped to use the Virgin brand name and the ability to sell a Âquadruple playÂ of television, broadband, fixed-line phone service and cellphone service to gain an edge on Sky.