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NewsMiranda exec upped in BBC comedy rejig
BBC Vision Productions executive producer Jo Sargent has been promoted to creative head of comedy.
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NewsAbbott joins Edinburgh TV line-up
Shameless writer Paul Abbott is to deliver the Alternative MacTaggart Lecture at this year’s Edinburgh International TV Festival, joining Michael Grade, Mark Thompson and Stephen Moffat in the line-up.
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NewsLiving predict more Psychic Sally
Living is bringing its psychic road-trip series back for a second run and will follow the medium as she goes for gastric bypass surgery.
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NewsSky's Burley and Boulton spark 1,400 complaints
The “aggressive” interview tactics of Sky News presenters Kay Burley and Adam Boulton have resulted in more than 1,400 complaints to regulator Ofcom.
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NewsBBC3 reveals World Cup line-up
Being Human actress Leonora Crichlow is to chart the life of Nelson Mandela as part of a season of BBC3 programmes to mark the World Cup in South Africa.
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NewsITV unveils Corrie HD date
ITV has set the date for Coronation Street’s upgrade to high definition, understand to have cost £3m.
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NewsCrozier slams CRR decision
ITV has hit back at the Competition Commission’s decision to continue to restrict the way it sells ads with chief executive Adam Crozier labelling it “over-regulated…out of touch and damaging.”
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NewsFuture election debates should be "relaxed"
Current affairs broadcasters have called for the rules that governed the historic election debates to be relaxed.
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NewsITV loses advert charges ruling
ITV has failed in its bid to overturn the Contracts Rights Renewal scheme restricting how it can sell advertising airtime, the Competition Commission has ruled today.
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NewsBacon talks about Blue Peter sacking for C4 site
Presenter Richard Bacon is to open up about his sacking from Blue Peter in a Channel 4 web project from Somethin’ Else.
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NewsC4 to spend £2m teaching teens about money
Channel 4 has ringfenced almost half of next year’s education budget for projects that will help teenagers grapple with financial and business issues.
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NewsBad Girls and Wives join CBS Drama
CBS Drama has beefed up its offering by adding Footballers’ Wives and Bad Girls to its schedules.
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NewsBBC3 orders teen angst sitcom
BBC3 is to pilot a new comedy from Plus One creators Tim Allsop and Stewart Williams, about the real-life experiences of gawky teenager and up-and-coming comic Daniel Sloss.
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NewsSugar blasts Apprentice move
Labour enterprise tsar Lord Sugar has criticised the BBC after his show The Apprentice was delayed to avoid a General Election clash while Lord Lloyd-Webber was allowed to appear on talent show Over The Rainbow.
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NewsBBC4 gets Sectioned
BBC4 is to air a new mental health documentary produced by Embarrassing Bodies indie Maverick Television.
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NewsLive bust-up between Boulton and Campbell
Labour’s former head of communications Alastair Campbell was involved in a furious on-air spat in which he accused political broadcaster Adam Boulton of treating Gordon Brown like “dead meat” and wanting David Cameron in Downing Street on Monday afternoon.
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NewsElection breaks BBC News records
BBC News has smashed its online traffic record during the final stages of the election on Friday.
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NewsSky launches time-shift trial
Sky has kicked off a trial from today which sees Sky 1 shows including 24, House and Lost time-shifted by one hour to sister channel Sky 2.
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NewsC4 committee to sign off commissions
David Abraham is to sit on an interim commissioning team that will sign off all Channel 4 programming orders in the wake of Kevin Lygo’s new role at ITV Studios.
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NewsBBC criticised over election party
A star-studded BBC election party that reportedly cost at least £35,000 has attracted complaints.