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RatingsRatings Analysis: BBC4
The likely reshaping of BBC4 comes just as its mix of drama and documentaries hits new heights.
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NewsSky 1 to air Terra Nova a week after US
Terra Nova, the epic new dinosaur series from Steven Spielberg, is to air on Sky 1 exactly one week after its US broadcast.
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NewsITV unwraps Text Santa project
ITV has teamed up with Asda and Global Radio to launch a major charity campaign that will culminate in two Christmas entertainment shows.
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NewsDownton sponsor sparks complaints
Insurance firm Aviva’s sponsorship of ITV1 period drama Downton Abbey sparked complaints from viewers to Ofcom.
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NewsPatten pledges to protect World Service
BBC Trust chairman Chris Patten has promised to safeguard the future of the World Service following concerns raised in a report last week.
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NewsWark to host BBC2 food quiz
Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark is to host a new quiz show based around food for BBC2.
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NewsAl Jazeera boss replaced by Qatar royal
Al Jazeera’s director general Wadah Khanfar is stepping down after eight years to be replaced by Shaikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, a member of the Qatar royal family.
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NewsITV1 details Exposure strand
ITV1 is to reveal how Colonel Gaddafi armed the IRA and will expose a damagingly polluted city in Europe for its new investigative journalism strand.
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NewsBennett-Jones: reveal extent of schedulers' influence
The founder of Tiger Aspect has called for broadcasters to shed light on the “huge and single minded influence” of schedulers within the commissioning process.
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NewsFilm4 records best ever figures
Film4 has recorded its best ever audience across a month, securing a 1.78% share of the audience in August.
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NewsITV Player goes Downton
ITV Player crashed under the weight of users looking to catch up with period drama Downton Abbey on Sunday.
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NewsAlibi acquires online Murdoch
UKTVs crime channel Alibi has acquired an online spin-off series from detective show Murdoch Mysteries that it will air on TV ahead of the fifth run.
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NewsHorror Channel nails Hammer season
Chello Zone’s Horror Channel has picked up 30 films from Studio Canal including Christopher Lee’s The Scars of Dracula to form a nostalgic Hammer Horror Halloween Season.
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NewsApproval ratings record for BBC1
Audience approval for BBC1 has hit an all time high but BBC4 has dropped across both internal metrics produced by the corporation.
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NewsC4 News appoints first weather presenter
BBC weather presenter Liam Dutton is set to become Channel 4 News’ first ever weather presenter.
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NewsITV may gamble on more Red or Black?
RTS CAMBRIDGE: Simon Cowell’s big money game show Red or Black? may return to ITV1, with the broadcaster’s chief executive noting there would be changes made to the format.
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NewsSky Go hits million mark
The Sky Go mobile video app has been downloaded more than a million times since its launch in July with sport proving the key driver and over 40 million pieces of content viewed last month.
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NewsAll3 boss: reduce BBC in-house production
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The Communications Act should not tamper with nations and regions quotas – but the BBC should reduce its commitment to in house production, Steve Morrison has said.
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NewsSorrell: TV industry as “vulnerable” as newspapers
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The business model for free to air TV is as precarious as that of newspapers, Sir Martin Sorrell has claimed.