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NewsITV unveils Cowell gameshow
ITV has revealed the details of its epic million pound gameshow produced by Simon Cowell.
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NewsManford steps down from 8 out of 10 Cats
C4 comedy quiz show 8 out of 10 Cats is losing team captain Jason Manford to new ITV series Show Me The Funny.
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NewsCompulsory redundancies loom at BBC
At least 100 BBC staff across the World Service, BBC Monitoring and Online are to be made redundant on a compulsory basis, the NUJ has said.
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NewsBBC sees 3m tune in to Royal Wedding online
The BBC saw 3m people tune into its Royal Wedding coverage online despite experiencing some technical issues throughout the day.
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NewsPatten: BBC not perfect, but best of British
Lord Patten has sent a rousing email to BBC staff, marking his first day as chairman of the Trust.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest line-up revealed
Adam Curtis, Bruce Parry, Molly Dineen and Nick Broomfield are among the leading film-makers appearing at next month’s Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsCall to delay digital radio switchover by five years
Consumer group Which? has called on the Government to delay digital radio switchover for at least five years.
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NewsEyeworks set to continue alone
Netherlands-based Eyeworks has removed itself from the market and decided to “continue on its own” after completing a strategic review.
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NewsGive auditors access to BBC books, says Hunt
Auditors should have “unfettered” access to the BBC’s accounts, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said today.
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NewsRoyal Wedding satire pulled
The BBC has issued an eleventh hour contract revision to ABC, resulting in the Australian broadcaster cancelling its satirical commentary on the Royal Wedding.
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News5USA gears up for Sons of Anarchy third series
Channel 5’s digital channel 5USA has snapped up the rights to the third series of biker gang drama Sons Of Anarchy.
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NewsCohen criticises number of crime dramas on TV
BBC1 controller Danny Cohen has criticised the amount of crime drama on TV as he admitted that the BBC risked having too many male-led detectives on screen.
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NewsObjective to pilot new gameshow for C4
Objective Productions, the indie behind gameshow The Cube, has been given the green light to pilot a gameshow for Channel 4 based on testing people’s reflexes.
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NewsSky profits up by 24%
Sky’s HD user base has risen to 3.7m homes as the pay TV operator added 51,000 new subscribers in its third quarter.
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NewsITV orders Seinfeld’s Marriage Ref
Famous faces are to cast a guiding eye over nuptial disputes in a new ITV1 show based on Jerry Seinfeld’s US reality vehicle The Marriage Ref.
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NewsITV and Sky Sports renew Champions League deal
ITV and Sky Sports have signed a deal with UEFA that will see them hang on to Champions League broadcast rights until 2015.
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NewsCohen: drop in talent pay 'creates conundrum'
The BBC’s commitment to reducing both on and off screen pay “creates a conundrum” when attempting to produce top-notch programming, the BBC1 controller has admitted.
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NewsDeverell to oversee BBC's W12 exit
Richard Deverell is stepping down from his role as chief operating officer of BBC North to take the reins of the corporation’s W12 project.
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NewsBBC Trust rejects three complaints
The BBC Trust has rejected two sets of viewer complaints about daytime programmes and one about a radio jingle.
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NewsEntwistle named BBC Vision boss
George Entwistle has been formally appointed director of BBC Vision, after three months of acting in the role.