All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 189
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NewsGriffin to join Ambulance Service for Sky 1
Former Holby City star Angela Griffin is to front a peaktime Sky 1 documentary series on the West Midlands Ambulance Service.
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NewsITV1 adds to Perspectives
ITV1 is extending serious factual strand Perspectives with two more films - about Manchester’s Jewish community and the work of LS Lowry - before the series hits the air this spring.
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NewsLunn clients link up to hire tax expert
More than 150 Christopher Lunn & Company clients have joined forces to try to head off costs that could arise from the ongoing HM Revenue & Customs investigation.
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RatingsNational TV Awards draw 6.5m
WEDNESDAY: The National Television Awards celebrated with an audience of nearly 6.5m on ITV1 as the cream of the industry were honoured.
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NewsITN cool on Hunt's vision for local TV
ITN is poised to shun culture secretary Jeremy Hunt’s plans for a national TV channel with local opt-outs.
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NewsSpongebob licensing chief to join ITVS GE
The licensing expert behind Spongebob Squarepants is to join ITV Studios Global Entertainment to spearhead its consumer products strategy.
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RatingsGypsy Weddings grabs 7m peak
TUESDAY: Big Fat Gypsy Weddings invited more guests to the party, building its audience to more than 6m viewers on Channel 4 - and another million on C4+1.
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RatingsEpisodes loses 700,000
MONDAY: BBC2 comedy Episodes, starring Matt LeBlanc, has lost more than 700,000 viewers when compared with its debut.
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NewsHunt plans competition probe over Sky bid
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt is prepared to refer News Corporation’s takeover of BSkyB to the Competition Commission, but will first consider concessions the company is willing to make in its bid.
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RatingsTop Gear returns with 6.25m
SUNDAY: The new series of Top Gear revved into action in front of more than 6m viewers across BBC2 and BBC HD - just 20,000 viewers behind BBC1 drama Lark Rise to Candleford.
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NewsITV rapped over X Factor guest promotions
Ofcom has censured ITV for promoting downloads of guest performers on The X Factor and for broadcasting flashing images.
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RatingsThe Chase catches 2.73m
FRIDAY: ITV1 gameshow The Chase continued its hot streak, posting its second best ratings of the series to date.
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RatingsBritish Comedy Awards amuse 2.5m
SATURDAY: The British Comedy Awards laughed along with more than 2.5m viewers in its new home on Channel 4.
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NewsCountrywise gets an hour
Countrywise is to be extended into hour-long episodes and receive a budget boost as ITV looks to capitalise on the show’s popularity.
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RatingsMary Portas' C4 debut draws 3m
WEDNESDAY: Mary Portas’ first outing for Channel 4 since defecting from BBC2 drew more than 2.7m viewers.
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RatingsGypsy Weddings ties knot with 6.36m
TUESDAY: Big Fat Gypsy Weddings pulled in Channel 4’s biggest audience in more than two years and beat the combined viewers of BBC2, ITV1 and Channel 5 in the 9pm slot.
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NewsITN’s Shaw to tap news team’s talent
Chris Shaw, ITN Productions’ new editorial director, is aiming to tap into Channel 4 and ITV News talent to bring “hard-nosed” documentary- making back to its production slate.
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NewsHunt plans shake-up of media regulation
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has pledged to “radically rethink” the key tenets of current media regulation and has set out his vision for local television.
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NewsChristopher Lunn freelancers escape penalties
Thousands of TV freelancers caught up in the Christopher Lunn & Company investigation could be saved from late tax return penalties as part of an agreement struck with HM Revenue & Customs.
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NewsNext stop South America for Jonathan Dimbleby
Current affairs veteran Jonathan Dimbleby is to journey across South America for his latest BBC2 documentary.