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NewsBSkyB to buy VMTV for £160m
The much-anticipated sale of the Virgin Media Television portfolio of channels to BSkyB has finally been confirmed. The £160m deal will create a multichannel powerhouse that combines the likes of Living and Bravo with Sky 1.
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NewsTatchell takes on the Pope for C4
Outspoken human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell is to take a confrontational look at the Pope in a one-off documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsITVS extends deal with Compact
Compact Media Group will continue to represent ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s back catalogue and international secondary television rights as part of an extended agreement.
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NewsSky 1 Got To Dance again
Sky 1 HD has recommissioned a beefed-up second series of Got To Dance, which includes 50% more episodes and a raft of supporting behind-the-scenes shows.
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NewsBBC apology over shootings in play
A total of 66 complaints were made to the BBC over a radio play broadcast a day after the Cumbria shootings in which a character shouts: “I’ll put a bullet in your brain”.
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NewsBragg: Nurture young talent
Melvyn Bragg was honoured for his contribution to broadcasting last night and called on the industry to nurture young talent.
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NewsJeremy Kyle launches iPhone app
Jeremy Kyle is rolling out an iPhone app, developed by indie Somethin’ Else.
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NewsCorrie postponed for a second night
ITV is to pull Coronation Street from the schedule for a second consecutive night following yesterday’s shootings in Cumbria.
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NewsTrust reviews Radio 3, 4 and 7
The BBC Trust has launched a review of BBC Radio 3, Radio 4 and Radio 7 to check licence fee payers are getting the best from the stations.
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NewsEastEnders reshoots plot after Bradford killings
EastEnders is to re-shoot parts of a storyline involving preacher Lucas Johnson in the wake of the murders of prostitutes in Bradford, soap bosses have revealed.
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NewsBBC3 tackles science with the inside story of drugs
BBC3 is to make its first foray into science with a CGI series about the effects of drugs on the human body.
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NewsChiles will be World Cup winner, says ITV
Adrian Chiles’ spontaneous and informal presenting style will be a hit with ITV viewers during this month’s World Cup, according to controller of sport Niall Sloane.
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NewsBBC4 doc recalls the WWII bomber built in a day
BBC4 has ordered a 60-minute documentary on an extraordinary British propaganda film from the Second World War.
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NewsBBC World Service braces itself for budget cuts
The BBC is preparing to drop some of its international radio services in line with an expected cut to the World Service budget.
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NewsBBC calls up Libero replay technology for World Cup
The BBC is beefing up its replay technology ahead of this month’s World Cup to show 360-degree rotating freeze-frames of incidents using actual footage rather than computer graphics.
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NewsRoux to train service staff for BBC2 series
Michel Roux is hoping to do for front-of-house restaurant staff what Jamie Oliver did for chefs in a major series for BBC2.
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NewsNew BBC social networking rules warn against political bias
The BBC has clamped down on its employees’ social networking activity, asking programming staff not to reveal anything on the likes of Facebook or Twitter that may betray their political allegiances.
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NewsViva commissions pop and celebrity magazine show
MTV’s Freeview entertainment channel Viva has ordered a tongue-in-cheek music and celebrity magazine series.
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NewsC4 faces diversity criticism
Historian Dr Robert Beckford has launched a stinging attack on Channel 4’s “pathological” attitude towards ethnic-minority content, while a raft of producers have voiced fears that the broadcaster is moving backwards in terms of multicultural output and working relationships.
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NewsShine hires Discovery exec to lead business development unit
Elisabeth Murdoch’s Shine Group has hired Discovery’s Alden Mitchell and Channel 4’s Lucinda Hicks to help form a group-wide global business development unit.