Playing in the minor league

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The BBC has admitted it needs a new approach to meeting the programming needs and interests of children, although it must also improve its competitiveness in the profitable international children's programming market. The programme Blue Peter has been running for 37 years, and while BBC management claims it has continuously adapted to changing times, others believe the programme should now be withdrawn. The BBC is required under its remit to provide educational children's programming, with the management claiming it seeks to provide entertaining as well as informative programmes.

Television programs for children

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Merger mania: Barraclough Carey's merger with Mentorn may be the latest, but it is unlikely to be the last, in a wave of mergers and acquisitions across the independent sector

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Further consolidation is expected in the UK's independent television production sector, following the merger of Barraclough Carey Productions and Mentorn Films. KPMG's head of international practice, David Murrell, forecasts that the number of independents could fall from 800 to 100. Industry experts say that the larger independents, needing to increase their profitability, are being pressured to consolidate.

Television Broadcasting, Television broadcasting stations, Motion picture & video production, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Television broadcasting industry, Television production companies, Mentorn Films, Barraclough Carey Productions

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Scheduled for the top: schedulers are the unsung heroes of broadcasting but a programme's placement can make or break it

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Head of strategy and planning at the BBC, David Docherty, has reorganised his scheduling team, after the departure of David Bergg to Channel 5. New scheduler Rosemary Newell has been scheduling mastermind for BBC2 for the past five years, and is replaced by Adam MacDonald.

Officials and employees, Scheduling (Management)

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