Louise Benham is to leave Virgin Media Television next month after nine years.

Prior to her role as controller of the Challenge and Trouble, Benham was managing editor of Living TV, Living TV2 and FTN.

Benham told Broadcast: "After nearly nine happy years working at Flextech, now Virgin Media Television, I feel the time has come to explore new opportunities. I've had a fantastic time working on some great channel brands and am looking forward to fresh challenges ahead."

Earlier this month, Living director of programming Claudia Rosencrantz was made director of television at the company, reporting into managing director Jonathan Webb.