All articles by Alex Farber – Page 209
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NewsMurdoch re-elected as Sky chairman
James Murdoch, chairman of Sky, has been re-elected to the broadcaster’s board with a majority vote of 81% at the broadcaster’s AGM.
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NewsImpossible ties with eOne
Impossible Pictures and Canadian producer-distributor Entertainment One have joined forces to co-develop a raft of projects for the UK and US markets.
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NewsSky Movies launches on-demand via mobile
Sky has made its Sky Movies channel available on-demand via its Sky Go mobile app.
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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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NewsTurner wins first Baftas with Gumball
Turner Broadcasting picked up its first Bafta award last night, winning two categories for live action animation The Amazing World of Gumball.
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NewsSky to launch F1 channel
Formula 1 is to be shown on a dedicated channel on Sky from March following the pay TV broadcaster’s swoop for the rights to the motorsport.
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NewsBBC3 to profile Tourettes singer
BBC3 has ordered a one-off documentary examining Tourette Syndrome via the life of aspiring singer Ruth Ojadi.
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NewsSky Arts' First Love to return
Alastair Campbell, Shaun Ryder and Carl Cox are among the celebrities who will feature in the second series of Sky Arts’ First Love series.
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NewsTitchmarsh blooms at Classic FM
Alan Titchmarsh is front a Saturday morning radio show for Classic FM as the station gears up to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
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News1Xtra orders first doc for Stories strand
Digital station BBC Radio 1Xtra has ordered its first multiplatform documentary as part of its ongoing 1Xtra’s Stories strand.
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NewsFilm 4 launches first multiplatform project
Film 4 has ordered its first piece of multiplatform content, an immersive experience written by author AL Kennedy to support forthcoming film Dreams of a Life.
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Eamonn Holmes signs three-year Sky deal
Sunrise anchor Eamonn Holmes has signed a three year deal with Sky News putting an end to speculation he may be poached by ITV.
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NewsLeopard to return stolen goods for BBC1
Victims of burglary will be reunited with the unusual items they have had stolen in a Leopard Films series for BBC Daytime.
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NewsCBBC plans Blue Peter Olympic spin-off
CBBC is planning a Blue Peter spin-off series that would follow the London 2012 Olympics torch around the country and is hunting for a physical comedy star.
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NewsDiscovery ups UK spend by 50% to boost quality
Discovery is boosting its spend in the UK market by 50% and has pledged it will stump up “terrestrial-sized” budgets for all of its original commissions.
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NewsUKTV Watch/Gold boss to leave
Paul Moreton, head of UKTV channels Gold and Watch, is to leave after more than seven years at the broadcaster.
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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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NewsSky News reporters emails checked for breaches
Sky News has called in legal advisers to check the emails of its most senior journalists in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed News International.
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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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NewsMTV records 250,000 VoD views
MTV has had 250,000 paid-for views of its content since it launched its direct–to-consumer VoD service in February.