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NewsDiscovery expands content team
Discovery Networks has hired a former BT Vision exec as part of a renewed investment into content that has already seen the appointment of Julian Bellamy.
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NewsBBC3 to Kill It, Cut It, Use It
Julia Bradbury is to front a Kill It, Cook It, Eat It spin-off for BBC3 that uncovers the surprising animal origins of many everyday household items.
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NewsUN first to see "shocking" Sri Lanka doc
A forthcoming Channel 4 documentary detailing “harrowing” events from the Sri Lankan civial war will receive its first screening before the UN Human Rights Council.
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NewsRadioplayer tunes in 5.7m
Radioplayer, the online radio venture backed by the BBC and commercial stations, has recorded 5.7 million listeners in its first four weeks of operation.
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NewsCNBC to profile Richard Desmond
Channel 5 owner Richard Desmond is to be interviewed on profile show CNBC Meets… next month.
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NewsTesco prepares AFP with Channel 5 and UKTV
Tesco is close to agreeing an ad-funded TV show with Channel 5 and UKTV cookery channel Good Food.
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NewsC5 magic show disappears from schedule
Channel 5 has pulled magic-based gameshow Impossible? after just two episodes but will give it a second shot when it revives Big Brother later this year.
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NewsBBC has Great Expectations for Christmas schedule
Ray Winstone is to star in a BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.
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NewsProducer criticises TOWIE snobs
The Only Way Is Essex’s ex-story producer has criticised the “snobbery” surrounding the show’s Bafta win.
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NewsBBC staff offered 2% pay rise
The BBC is offering staff a 2% pay rise in response to a claim made by the joint unions in February.
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NewsSky's 3D Champion’s League feed goes global
Sky Sports’ 3D feed of the Champion’s League final tomorrow will be carried by nearly 20 broadcasters around the world.
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NewsBullough named CBBC Production boss
Helen Bullough has been appointed head of CBBC Production with responsibility for in-house series including Blue Peter and Newsround.
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NewsITV rebrands Emmerdale
Emmerdale has undergone a major rebrand as part of plans to modernise the ITV1 soap.
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NewsGeordie Shore sparks online buzz
MTV reality show Geordie Shore, produced by Lime Pictures, has established a strong social media buzz following its debut this week.
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NewsSomethin’ Else wins 2012 Legacy project
Channel 4 Education and youth communication agency Livity have appointed Somethin’ Else to produce a series of films to support somewhereto, their online project to find vacant spaces that young people can take over.
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NewsVirgin Media puts Millionaire app on Tivo
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? has become the first TV show app to launch on Virgin Media’s connected TV service Tivo.
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NewsBox TV orders Pop Up Pop Quiz
Channel 4 and Bauer Media joint venture Box TV is producing an outdoor quiz show set on a giant inflatable set.
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NewsSpurlock to host Current series
Documentary-maker Morgan Spurlock is to front a 5 x 60-minute series 50 Documentaries To See Before You Die for Current TV.
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NewsStar hosts Demand 5
The Daily Star website has begun hosting Channel 5’s VoD service Demand 5 as owner Richard Desmond seeks to increase tie-ups between his media businesses.
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BBC4 and TVF back festival doc strand
BBC4 and TVF International are backing the first documentary strand at philosophy and music festival How the Light Gets In.