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Granada Media has promoted ITV's joint managing director Mick Desmond to the role of chief executive of broadcasting and enterprises. He will retain his position until a new chief executive [...]

Colman Getty PR has appointed Shona Abhyankar as account manager. She was previously senior publicist at Profile. Pan Macmillan has appointed Dusty Miller and Paula Gillespie as head of publicity […]

British Airways has recruited BoxClever's marketing director Mike Hoban to head its customer insight division, a strategic marketing role that reports directly to global marketing director Martin George. The post, [...]

HOLLYWOOD In the most high-level departure from the BBC in recent months, controller of entertainment Paul Jackson is ankling the Brit pubcaster to run Granada Media Australia. Set to move […]

LONDON Marcus Plantin leads a double life. By day, the vet TV exec is director of programs for ITV network station London Weekend Television, Granada Media's biggest broadcasting business. By [...]

ITV's new owners are making the appointment of a new chief executive a priority and plan to name Richard Eyre's successor before the end of this month. According to ITV [...]

When Brenda Smith accepted the CBI's award for north-west business leader of the year 2003, the only surprise was why it has taken so long to honour her. But perhaps [...]

LONDON -- Granada Content managing director Simon Shaps has been appointed chairman of the Royal Television Society; the broadcast industry's most influential forum for debate. The announcement was made by [...]

LONDON -- Some of Granada's leading shareholders, including the National Assn. of Pension Funds, have called for chairman Charles Allen to step down. Institutional investors are concerned about the makeup [...]

SYDNEY -- Steve Vizard, former 'Tonight Show' host, high-flying TV producer and ex-president of the Screen Producers' Assn., has ankled as chairman of Granada Media Australia. He wants to devote [...]

Former factual controller at Granada, Tom Archer, is moving to BBC Bristol because his United Productions unit is being absorbed by Granada.

JOHN WILLIS has ankled his post as Granada Media's managing director for worldwide production. The vet exec, who came to Granada when the ITV company acquired the TV assets of [...]

Grant Mansfield, director of programs at Granada Content, is well-known for his factual programming such as observational documentaries. His responsibilities at Granada now include daytime and drama programming as well as factual, and his management style has had to adjust to overseeing those areas.

United Wildlife's managing director Paul Sowerbutts is battling the recession in natural history programming. He is also trying to establish a strong position for United Wildlife within Granada Media, the new parent company.

Chris Pye, new commercial director of Granada Media, has been picked to also oversee the combined Granada Media International and ITV.

David Chance, the newly appointed non-executive director of Granada Media, is seen as one of the broadcasting industry's most capable executives,