Jay Hunt
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Jay Hunt seen as in contention while ITV and Channel 4 bosses thought unlikely to join race
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While austerity is still affecting most areas of British life, there’s no restraint in the sums being bandied about for both sports rights and online content for streaming
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Channel 4’s Jay Hunt who poached Bake Off from BBC and commissioned hit shows like Sherlock appointed creative chief of European video operations
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Channel 4 serves up a winner in the great food TV showdown
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Only star to follow show from BBC to Channel 4 says at launch that fans will be won over by first episode of new series
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Chief creative officer who led poaching of Bake Off from BBC was seen as frontrunner to succeed outgoing CEO David Abraham
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Jay Hunt would be first woman to run a UK broadcaster larger than Channel 5 if appointed chief executive following final interviews
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C4’s creative chief insists it ‘didn’t take’ hit show as James Purnell claims rival is too lightly regulated
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Chief creative officer Jay Hunt cites example of F1 as showing C4’s track record on ‘protecting and growing the shows viewers love’
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Tony Blair and Richard Osman among those wishing well to the Endemol boss and Big Brother chief
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Former BBC1 controller says talent show is ‘very expensive’ for ITV and the corporation should think twice before ‘aggressively trying to clip it’
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Coalition Conservatives wanted to sell off state-owned public-service broadcaster but were blocked by Vince Cable and Lib Dems
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Jay Hunt has overseen a creative renaissance at Channel 4, but now a Tory majority could menace the broadcaster as we know it. She tells Emine Saner why she has to act tough – and why she doesn’t mind not being liked
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Read Media Monkey’s diary from the Monday print pages
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Read Media Monkey’s diary from the Monday print pages
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