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NewsYearly ratings plummet
This year’s ratings reveal some major headaches for the commercial PSBs: Channel 4 is on course to miss its 7% share target, Channel 5’s gamble on Big Brother has not paid off and ITV1’s 2010 ratings renaissance is over.
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NewsC5 orders Mentorn series on extreme events
Channel 5 has ordered a four-part series from Mentorn that looks at extreme events and near-misses.
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NewsC5 adds channels on Freesat
Channel 5 is adding a raft of multichannel and +1 options to its portfolio on Freesat.
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News5 News takes shape under ITN
ITN has no plans to cut the number of staff working on 5 News but is set to replace around a third of employees on the service.
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NewsC5 defrosts Britain's Big Freeze
Channel 5 has ordered a three-part series that will examine the ways in which Britain copes with the increasingly frequent “Arctic-style” winters.
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NewsC5 orders Princess series on engineering feats
Channel 5 has ordered a Princess Productions series that will take viewers to the deepest mines in the world and the bottom of the sea to learn about incredible feats of engineering.
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NewsC5 orders Benidorm ER
Brits who injure themselves while on holiday are to be the subject of a new Channel 5 doc series.
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NewsBercow and Doherty back under the same roof for C5
Celebrity Big Brother contestants Paddy Doherty and Sally Bercow are to live together once again for a new Channel 5 show.
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NewsGeoff Hill named 5 News editor
CNN International director of coverage Geoff Hill will be the launch editor for 5 News under ITN.
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RatingsBig Brother ends with 2m
FRIDAY: Channel 5’s Big Brother bowed out with its second biggest audience of the series, but failed to punch through in the same way as its celebrity sister show.
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NewsCelebs to confront fears for C5
Kate Thornton, Jodie Marsh and Kym Marsh are to front a hat trick of hour-long documentaries for Channel 5 in which they will confront their demons.
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NewsConcerned C5 News staff attend ITN briefing
ITN’s John Hardie and Channel 5’s Andrew O’Connell have met with C5 News staff to reassure them about their future – but there are concerns about the level of resource they will be given and their ability to produce distinctive stories.
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NewsC5 axes OK! TV; signs three-year ITN deal
Channel 5’s beleaguered OK! TV is to be axed as the broadcaster hands a three-year news production deal to ITN.
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NewsITN poised to replace Sky as C5 news provider
Channel 5 is set to appoint ITN to produce its news coverage having agreed a deal with Sky to terminate its existing contract early.
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NewsChannel 5+1 to launch next month
Channel 5 is preparing to launch a time-shifted channel across Freeview, Freesat and Sky from early December.
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RatingsFrozen Planet draws 7.9m
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s Frozen Planet piled on more than a million extra viewers on last week’s debut.
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NewsBoorman to hit the road again for C5
Charley Boorman is to undergo his latest adventure with Channel 5 in a series which will follow him on a 10,000 mile motorbike journey across Canada.
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RatingsC5's Bachelor final tops 1.3m
FRIDAY: Welsh rugby star Gavin Henson chose a new girlfriend in the final edition of The Bachelor, drawing a series high for Channel 5.
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NewsSeeSaw closes as funding fails
Streaming TV service SeeSaw has been shut down after its backers failed to make the required investments to keep the video-on-demand site live.
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NewsC5 lines up "surprise wedding" show
The makers of BBC3’s Don’t Tell the Bride are developing a new “surprise wedding” format for Channel 5.