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NewsAussie chef Bill goes back home with UKTV show
A UKTV food series fronted by Australian chef Bill Granger is to be served up down under in the first deals for the show.
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NewsBBC to reveal value of WoCC
The BBC is to publish the “size of the prize” and AI figures for the first time as it shakes up its Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) following the release of this year’s data - which saw indies edge further ahead of in-house compared with last year to win the ...
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NewsITV to cut drama repeats to test in-house formats
ITV is weighing up cutting drama repeats from ITV1’s daytime schedule to clear space for experimenting with in-house formats.
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NewsSky lands UK rights to Spielberg’s Terra Nova
BSkyB has secured the UK rights to Steven Spielberg’s epic new dinosaur series Terra Nova, arguably the biggest show at last month’s LA Screenings.
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NewsSplash and Lime set for reality rivalry
Two structured reality shows are set to go head to head in Liverpool, with Splash Media in paid development on Desperate Scousewives (w/t) for E4 and MTV on the brink of commissioning Lime Pictures to make Mersey Shore.
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FeaturesGet ready for wrangling and regulation
As the deadline for initial submissions to inform the next Communications Act passed this week, Broadcast takes a look at who wants what from Jeremy Hunt.
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NewsBarb to measure online viewing
Barb’s long-awaited meter of online viewing will be rolled out to just 100 homes initially, the ratings agency has confirmed.
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NewsS4C loses nearly £7m
Welsh broadcaster S4C recorded a loss of nearly £7m in 2010, according to its annual report and accounts published today.
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NewsOfcom investigates C5's Candy Bar Girls
Ofcom has launched an investigation into the appropriateness of trailers for Channel 5’s forthcoming lesbian reality show Candy Bar Girls.
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NewsChannel 4 cans Campus
Channel 4 comedy series Campus will not return for a second series after the first failed to attract viewers.
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NewsC4's Sri Lanka doc sparks 118 complaints
Ofcom is investigating Channel 4 documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields following more than 100 complaints that it was misrepresentative and misleading.
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NewsC4 News recruits North of England correspondent
Radio 4 and ITV Tonight reporter Morland Sanders is joining Channel 4 News as North of England correspondent, as the programme continues to refresh the on-screen team.
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NewsByford 'received £950,000 BBC payoff'
Mark Byford, the BBC’s former deputy director-general, received a redundancy payment of almost £950,000, it has emerged.
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NewsBBC breached guidelines with pedigree dog claims
The BBC breached its own guidelines on accuracy after it re-edited a controversial programme that had already been criticised by watchdog Ofcom.
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NewsBBC complaints too complicated - Lords
The system for complaining about BBC programmes is “convoluted and overly complicated”, a committee of peers said today.
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NewsNew Tricks stars slam 'censorship'
The stars of BBC police drama New Tricks have criticised television “censorship” - saying that the broadcaster is “terrified” of causing offence.
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NewsSwain confirmed as BBC Knowledge controller
Emma Swain has been confirmed as George Entwistle’s sucessor as controller of BBC Knowledge commissioning and the corporation will close her previous role.
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NewsBBC to hand back Panorama RTS award
The BBC is to return the Royal Televsion Society award it won for Panorama’s Primark - On the Rack, which the BBC Trust ruled contained footage that was probably not genuine.
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NewsChinese & Argentinian parties to attend kids conference
Delegatiosn from China and Argentina will attend next week’s Children’s Media Conference for the first time, along with headline speakers Lord Puttnam and OgilvyOne’s Rory Sutherland.
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VIDEO: Broadcast Digital Awards 2011
More than 500 people partied into the early hours at this month’s Broadcast Digital Awards.