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Horror Channel prepare Lynch season
The surreal style of David Lynch will compiled for a season of his work on the Horror Channel this autumn.
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NewsBBC4 picks up AMC drama Rubicon
BBC has picked up the UK rights to acclaimed US conspiracy thriller Rubicon, which airs alongside Mad Men on the AMC cable network.
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NewsGallery: BBC4 autumn 2010
Full rundown of the drama, comedy, documentaries and US series coming to BBC4 this autumn.
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NewsX Factor hopeful axed over health fears
TV bosses have axed contestant Shirlena Johnson from The X Factor over fears about her health.
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NewsUltimate Big Brother line up revealed
Big Brother divorcees Chantelle and Preston have been reunited as they joined the all-star line-up for the final series.
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NewsGrade to front BBC series
Michael Grade is making a return to the BBC to tell the story of a lost world of dancers, singers and comics who performed in variety shows up and down the land.
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NewsName That Tune remake scrapped
Ant and Dec’s bid to bring Name That Tune back to TV has been scuppered.
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NewsLiam Hamilton to join STV
Liam Hamilton, business development director at DCD Media, is to join STV as deputy director of content.
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NewsBBC4 to screen Anna Nicole opera
An opera based on the life of Playboy pin-up Anna Nicole Smith is to be broadcast on BBC4, as part of an autumn line-up that also includes a new Douglas Adams adaptation and a stage production of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart.
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NewsStudents favour iPlayer
More than half of students watch TV online through iPlayer, compared to 13% on YouTube, according to a new report.
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NewsChannel 5 returns to Canvas
Channel Five has rejoined Project Canvas, just over six weeks since it pulled out of the broadband-on-TV platform amid cost concerns.
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NewsS4C cuts pose “real threat” to its future
Indies have warned that proposed cuts to Welsh channel S4C pose a “real threat” to the future of the broadcaster.
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NewsOnly 13% watch TV ads
Television advertising is still considered the most memorable form of marketing, even though the majority of viewers skip through commercials when watching recorded content, a study has found.
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NewsPublisher attacks BBC's legal moves over The Stig
The publisher embroiled in a legal battle with the BBC over a memoir by Top Gear’s The Stig has attacked the corporation for using licence fee cash on legal moves to block the book.
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NewsProducer defends X Factor over autotuning
An award-winning record producer has defended the X Factor over claims that the TV talent show used technology to make some contestants’ voices sound better.
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NewsStudy shows boost in pay-TV revenue
New research has shown that pay-TV revenue worldwide was around $58 billion (£36.8 billion) for the second quarter of the year.
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NewsUKTV acquires Strictest Parents
UKTV’s Watch has picked up World’s Strictest Parents and has bolstered the deal by buying up the rights to the US and Australian spin-off series.
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NewsFood giants lose battle over Dispatches claims
Cereal manufacturers Nestle and Kellogg’s have lost their challenge against an edition of Dispatches that they claim unfairly portrayed them as targeting children with unhealthy foods.
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NewsITV cleared over World Cup goal gaffe
Ofcom has rejected 823 complaints from ITV1 HD viewers who missed England’s first World Cup goal due when the channel aired a sponsorship bumper.
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NewsVirgin rapped over Naked Office
Ofcom has censured Virgin 1’sThe Naked Office for featuring inappropriate content before the watershed - but over bad language rather than nudity.