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NewsUsain Bolt wins Twitter gold
The London 2012 Olympic Games generated over 150 million messages on Twitter over the past 16 days, led by updates about Usain Bolt.
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NewsFlying Monsters 3D film grosses $7m
Atlantic Productions’ Flying Monsters 3D, featuring Sir David Attenborough, has grossed over $7m at the box office to date.
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NewsSwearing in BBC3 interview sparks Ofcom probe
An over enthusiastic Belgian sailing fan could land BBC3 in hot water after he swore twice during the channel’s pre-watershed Olympics coverage.
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NewsX Factor final moves to Manchester
The live final of the The X Factor is moving out of London to Manchester for the first time.
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NewsMicky Flanagan to pilot family clip show for C4
Channel 4 is trialling a studio clip show about family life as a vehicle for comic Micky Flanagan, who has signed an exclusive deal with the broadcaster.
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NewsThompson: BBC Olympics coverage set new benchmark
Mark Thompson has argued that the BBC must now cover every big event in the same way it has broadcast the 2012 Olympics.
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News4Music to support C4's House Party
4Music will support Channel 4’s House Party with a weekend of content dedicated to dance music featuring David Guetta, LMFAO and Sara Cox.
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NewsITV Quay Street site sale edges closer
Discussions about the sale of ITV’s Manchester Quay Street site have started taking place with a preferred bidder ahead of the broadcaster’s move to MediaCityUK.
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NewsBBC4 explores the sweet tooth of Nigel Slater
BBC4 has commissioned Doghouse Media to produce a one-off documentary charting Nigel Slater’s affection for sweets.
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NewsTwofour looks at hoarders and holiday homes for ITV1
How Clean Is Your House? presenter Aggie MacKenzie is to front an ITV1 daytime series about hoarders as part of a double order for Twofour.
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NewsS4C: "no guarantees" over £7m govt funding
S4C chief executive officer Ian Jones has highlighted concerns there is “no guarantee” that the government will continue to provide its £7m annual funding from March 2015.
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NewsCycling boost prompts ITV to air Spanish road race
The increased interest in cycling triggered by Bradley Wiggins’ success in the Tour De France has resulted in ITV4 committing to a daily highlights show of Spanish road cycling race, Vuelta a Espana.
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NewsWorld’s Strongest Man back on C5
Channel 5 is to broadcast coverage of the World’s Strongest Man competition for the second year in a row.
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NewsBBC targets Games legacy
BBC Sport is hoping to convert the record-breaking volume of traffic the London 2012 Olympics has generated for its multiplatform services into regular visitors.
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NewsBSkyB wins appeal over price of Sky Sports
The long-running dispute over competition in the TV sports market took another turn last night as the Competition Appeal Tribunal rejected Ofcom’s ruling that BSkyB must cut the wholesale cost of its sports channels.
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NewsBBC1 to adapt Jason Byrne's Radio 2 sitcom
Stand-up comedian Jason Byrne’s critically acclaimed BBC Radio 2 sitcom Father Figure is to be piloted for BBC1.
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NewsOSF wins stunt-filled science order for BBC1
Oxford Scientific Films is to produce a high-end, primetime science series for BBC1, fronted by Richard Hammond.
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NewsITV1 orders Marchlands follow-up
ITV1 is to revisit the success of supernatural thriller Marchlands with a follow-up drama that will again play out over three separate decades.
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NewsMark Gatiss to pen Doctor Who biopic for BBC2
Mark Gatiss is preparing to write a major BBC2 biopic about the genesis of Doctor Who to celebrate the drama’s 50th anniversary next year.
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NewsThe Garden behind BBC2 Claridges doc
The Garden Productions is behind the Claridge’s documentary series revealed by Broadcast last week.