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Article: Airey eyed for ITV; likely will head its int'l production arm.(World News)(Dawn Airey to be appointed at ITV PLC)(Brief article)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- May 17, 2007
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There is growing speculation that U.K. TV highflier Dawn Airey is close to being tapped by ITV to run its international production business.
Airey, who recently quit a senior role at satcaster BSkyB to run the abortive Iostar upstart, which recently went into liquidation, is a former colleague of new ITV topper Michael Grade. The two worked together when Grade ran Channel 4 in the 1990s.
Airey, CEO of Channel Five prior to joining BSkyB, was close to signing a contract with ITV for a senior role in late summer 2002 but surprised bizzers by joining the paybox instead.
"ITV has been looking for a while for a big international production job," one ...