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NewsMTV Awards to air on Channel 5
The MTV European Music Awards 2014 are to be broadcast on Channel 5 as the channels strengthen their ties following Viacom’s acquisition of the free-to-air broadcaster.
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NewsJohn Whittingdale: licence fee worse than poll tax
John Whittingdale, chair of the Culture, Media & Sport select committee, has labelled the licence fee as “worse than a poll tax” and claimed the system requires significant revision.
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RatingsIntruders spooks 950,000
MONDAY: BBC2 drama Intruders launched with less than a million viewers - as ITV2’s Release The Hounds bowed out with 383,000.
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NewsJimmy McGovern develops BBC2 anti-war drama
Jimmy McGovern is developing a BBC2 dramatisation based on the story of a father who lost his son in the second Iraq War and went on to challenge former prime minister Tony Blair in the 2005 general election.
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NewsBen Stephenson hails BBC3 online move
BBC drama chief Ben Stephenson has hailed the commissioning opportunities opened up by BBC3’s proposed move online.
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NewsNBC to remake Saturday Night Takeaway
NBC has ordered a US version of Saturday Night Takeaway from ITV Studios America.
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VideoVIDEO: Storage Hunters (The Auction Remix)
UKTV channel Dave has teamed up with music producer Alex Ross to create charity single Storage Hunters (The Auction Remix) ahead of the launch of the UK version of the show tomorrow.
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NewsMidsomer Murders inducted into crime Hall of Fame
Midsomer Murders has become the first TV show inducted into the Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame as BBC1’s Happy Valley picked up two awards.
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NewsCDN Awards nominees revealed
The nominees for the Creative Diversity Awards have been revealed with nods for a host of on and off-screen talent, commissioners and ground-breaking programmes.
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VideoVIDEO: Life Story, BBC1
Click for a clip of this week’s BBC1 natural history show Life Story featuring slow-motion, 4k footage of fighting hummingbirds.
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NewsSherlock and Hinterland win big at Bafta Cymru awards
BBC drama Sherlock and noir crime drama Y Gwyll/Hinterland were the biggest winners at last night’s 23rd annual Bafta Cymru awards in Cardiff.
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RatingsStrictly Come Dancing hits series high
SATURDAY: Strictly Come Dancing waltzed off with another series high - as The X Factor pulled in its second lowest Saturday audience of the year.
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NewsAmazon schedules Ripper Street weekly
Amazon has opted to schedule Ripper Street, its first UK commission, in a regular weekly slot rather than follow the Netflix model of releasing the entire series all at once.
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NewsRona Fairhead demands BBC efficiency
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has stressed that the efficiency of the organisation is “fundamentally important” in her first media interview.
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NewsYouView turns on BBC red button
YouView has rolled out BBC connected red button services and an updated version of BBC iPlayer to its 1m homes.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Modern Family creates UK buzz
Content discovery service Outbrain has claimed that sitcom Modern Family is the global show which is of most interest to UK consumers.
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Behind The ScenesRome: The First Superpower, Channel 5
We always knew Rome wasn’t built in a day. But this show came chock-full of challenges.
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VideoVIDEO: Fortitude, Sky Atlantic
Click to watch the trailer for the Tiger Aspect and Fifty Fathoms produced drama
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RatingsLife Story falls short of Africa
THURSDAY: Sir David Attenborough’s Life Story failed to hit the heights of Africa for BBC1, as Channel 4’s Educating the East End bowed out with half of Educating Yorkshire’s audience.
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NewsPact revises data guidelines
Pact has updated its data protection and security guidelines for indies and broadcasters to include website cookies, location-based data and anonymisation.