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NewsVirgin Media hits 1m Tivo subs
Virgin Media has reached a million subscribers to its connected-TV Tivo service after adding a further 260,000 users in the last three months.
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NewsBGT striptease cleared by Ofcom
ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent has been cleared by Ofcom on several fronts including the failure of its voting app and the performance of a burlesque dancer.
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NewsMalone to front The Choir US
Choirmaster Gareth Malone is heading to the US for a remake of Twenty Twenty’s BBC2 series The Choir.
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NewsC4's Underwood to step into Whitehead's shoes
Channel 4 director of audience technologies and insight Gill Whitehead will have her maternity leave covered by director of strategy Keith Underwood.
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NewsJane Johnson departs Sky Living after 18 months
Sky Living director Jane Johnson is leaving the broadcaster after 18 months to be replaced by commissioning editor Antonia Hurford-Jones.
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NewsTributes flood in for ITN's Burnet
Alastair Burnet, most famous for fronting ITN’s News at Ten and the nightly ITN bulletin, passed away following a series of strokes at a London nursing home last night.
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NewsBBC2 riot docs cleared for TX
BBC2 will finally air innovative drama-doc The Riots: In Their Own Words next month after a controversial injunction was lifted.
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NewsBig Brother in fresh racism row
Big Brother has become the subject of a fresh round of racism-related complaints after last night’s episode saw one housemate taunt another about her eating habits.
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NewsMiranda Hart pilots BBC panel show
Miranda Hart is to front a new BBC panel show pilot that will ask questions about groups of people connected by nothing more than their names.
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NewsDick and Dom to celebrate inventors for CBBC
Kids presenters Dick and Dom are to celebrate important inventors as part of a trio of new CBBC commissions.
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NewsITV1 to air Tour de France climax
Bradley Wiggins’ bid to become the first Brit ever to win the Tour de France will be shown on ITV1.
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NewsSony secures Will & Grace for UK
Sony Entertainment Television has picked up the rights to air all eight seasons of US comedy Will & Grace from distributor MGM.
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NewsFX UK swoops for Da Vinci's Demons
FX has secured the exclusive UK pay TV rights to BBC Worldwide Productions’ historical fantasy series Da Vinci’s Demons.
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NewsEmmys: how the Brits fared
ITV1 drama Downton Abbey led the British charge in the Emmy Award nominations, picking up 16 different nods.
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NewsITV1 to pilot Catch Phrase
ITV1’s bid to revive Catch Phrase has taken a step forward after the broadcaster ordered a pilot of the classic gameshow hosted by Stephen Mulhern.
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NewsBBC1 and ITV1 close in on drama adaptations
BBC1 and ITV1 are lining up adaptations of Daphne du Maurier classic Jamaica Inn and Dorothy Koomson’s Ice Cream Girls respectively.
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NewsJoneses try to keep up with Kalahari tribe in Sky 1 follow-up
Sky 1 has ordered a follow-up to Steve Jones’ trip through the Amazon that will take him to the Kalahari Desert.
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NewsBBC2 eyes more Shakespeare in the wake of The Hollow Crown
BBC2 is in talks with producer Neal Street Productions to extend its The Hollow Crown series of Shakespeare adaptations to new plays.
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News24 Hours In A&E producer offers apprenticeships
The producer of 24 Hours In A&E is offering six editors the opportunity to learn their craft on the flagship Channel 4 series.
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NewsEthics panel forces C4 to record drugs trial
Channel 4’s ambition to have people take ecstasy live on air as part of a scientific study failed to meet the approval of an ethics committee and the Home Office.