Wednesday 22 October 1997
By eBroadcast Staff and agencies.

Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later, once the new MD was settled.

Network programmer Ross Plapp left Ten on Friday as was Danny Mackay, who was brought to Ten by Plapp.

Network executives remain tight-lipped about the moves, while the network would not make comment on the likelihoold of any further departures.

It looks like these departures are a direct result of John McAlpine's dissatisfaction with the network's ratings and expenditures.

Maybe now they will actually start to compete for real. I might even suggest some programming changes to them myself.