Category: Daytime
Date: 29.04.2005
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Karen Brown has been appointed to the new role of Daytime Out of London Commissioning Editor.
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She will be based in Birmingham and report to the Controller of Daytime.
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Karen - who is currently seconded to the Â鶹Éç's culture change programme Making It Happen - will work closely with the Controller and the Daytime team to develop shared editorial strategies for Factual and Entertainment programming within Daytime.
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Key to the role will be the development of relationships with programme suppliers - both in house and independents - across the Nations and Regions.
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The appointment is part of the radical overhaul of the Â鶹Éç's commissioning system being implemented by Jana Bennett, Director of Television, which will see a flatter and more meritocratic system with a greater emphasis on commissioning output from outside London.
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The changes pave the way for the operation of the proposed new window of creative competition.
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Alison Sharman, outgoing Controller of Daytime, said: "Â鶹Éç Daytime has a strong heritage of making programmes in the regions and this new role will ensure more collaborative partnerships with regional suppliers which is vital in order for Daytime to continue making a diverse range of quality programming.
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"Karen will bring real enthusiasm and energy to the role along with a wide programming background, and I am delighted to have her as part of the Daytime team."
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Karen Brown said: "I am a huge fan of Daytime and am very excited to be joining the team.
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"In the past three years Â鶹Éç Daytime has taken a remarkable journey and is now firmly established as the market leader. Its programmes continue to push the creative bar and provide intelligent, surprising variety for the viewers.
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"I have spent seven years working in the regions and am looking forward to building relationships with indies throughout the UK to encourage them to bring their best ideas to the Â鶹Éç."
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Karen has series produced a range of factual and factual entertainment programmes across a wide range of formats for Â鶹Éç ONE and Â鶹Éç TWO, from Watchdog Healthcheck to Holiday.
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For the past two years she has have been the Executive Producer of The Teaching Awards and previously spent two years as Commissioning Editor of Strands at This Morning, commissioning from a wide variety of independent producers from across the UK.
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Karen will take up her post on 15 June 2005.
