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NewsScotland may be handed BBC charter renewal role
The Scottish government should have a formal voice in BBC charter renewal negotiations, according to Lord Smith’s report aimed at devolving power to the nation.
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RatingsI’m a Celebrity fires The Apprentice
WEDNESDAY: I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! trumped The Apprentice for a second week on the trot, as Sky Arts’ Danish drama The Legacy debuted with 29,000.
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NewsFru Hazlitt to leave ITV
ITV commercial and online managing director Fru Hazlitt is to step down for health reasons after more than four years at the broadcaster.
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NewsOfcom taken to court over complaint handling process
Ofcom may be forced to alter its TV complaint handling process after being accused of treating broadcasters more favourably than the public.
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NewsHollyoaks launches game app
Hollyoaks has become the first UK soap to launch an app-based game as it attempts to build on its online interaction with its audience.
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NewsBBC set for additional £400m cuts
The BBC faces fresh cuts of £400m across the next two years that will take total savings by 2016/17 to £1.5bn.
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Behind The ScenesBritain's Bloodiest Dynasty
A first-time presenter, untested camera rig and the entire history of the Plantagenets. A tall order on a C5 budget, says Dan Gold
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NewsE4 orders more Virtually Famous
Viral content panel show Virtually Famous will return for two more series for E4.
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NewsBBC launches interactive football drama
The BBC is launching a Somethin’ Else-produced interactive football drama as part of its World War One season.
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CommentBBC faces up to UK devolution
Change is coming despite Scotland’s No vote, says Maggie Brown
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NewsRadio 1 to boost video quality for iPlayer move
BBC Radio 1 is to improve the quality of its video content following its launch on iPlayer.
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NewsIndiana Jones inspires ITV’s Jekyll
Charlie Higson has drawn inspiration from Indiana Jones and classic 1930s horror movies for his ITV drama series based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde.
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NewsFormats due ‘next big wave’
Come Dine With Me creator Nell Butler has called on broadcasters to replicate UKTV’s Formats Lab scheme to inspire the next generation of formatted programmes.
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NewsC4 drafts in duo for indie push
Former BBC Productions chief creative officer Pat Younge and ex-Boom Pictures boss Lorraine Heggessey are to help Channel 4 ramp up its indie investment push.
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NewsC5 to spend Christmas with the less fortunate
Channel 5 will peer into the lives of the less fortunate at Christmas with an ambitious four-part documentary from Crackit Productions.
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NewsBBC1 in quest for Saturday hit
BBC1 is hunting for a Saturday night entertainment show that can deliver “huge scale and sense of event” following the failure of in-house format Tumble.
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NewsC4 and BBC1 lead battle for Broadcast Awards
Channel 4 and BBC1 lead the nominations for the Broadcast Awards 2015 after being shortlisted in multiple categories, including Channel of the Year.
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RatingsC4's paedophile doc shocks 1.7m
TUESDAY: Controversial C4 doc The Paedophile Next Door performed well despite tough competition from Champions League football and BBC1 drama The Missing.
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NewsVoltage explores property boom for C4
Voltage TV is to investigate the booming British property market in a documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsThe Cube gets ninth series
ITV has commissioned a ninth series of long-running Phillip Schofieldgameshow The Cube.