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NewsX Factor boss defends live audition pressure
X Factor executive producer Richard Holloway has defended the shows new live audition process, rubbishing comments from judge Louis Walsh that the format change adds even more pressure to competitors.
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NewsBBC4 explores metal and synth in major arts push
BBC4 is to expand its Music Britannia format to heavy metal and electro-pop as part of a major season of arts and culture programming.
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NewsTigress adds Corney in executive shuffle
Tigress Productions has appointed Five natural history commissioner Bethan Corney, completing a senior editorial triumvirate that also includes Kath Moore and Dick Colthurst.
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NewsC4 to capture magic of 3D
Channel 4 is joining the 3D revolution by ordering UK-made content that can be viewed in 3D on standard TV sets.
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NewsSky leads the pack to buy VMTV’s portfolio
BSkyB is the clear favourite to land the Virgin Media Television channel portfolio as the sale process moves towards its conclusion.
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NewsITV lines up family thriller from Goodnight Mister Tom novelist
Monarch Of The Glen creator Michael Chaplin is adapting the latest novel by the author of Goodnight Mister Tom for ITV.
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UTV adds its voice to furore over BBC’s plans to share news
ITV’s Northern Ireland franchisee UTV has added to the outcry against the BBC’s plan to share video news with national newspapers, claiming the initiative would make it “impossible” for commercial news gatherers to compete.
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NewsSky execs arrive at Five
Former Sky execs Andrew O’Connell, Donna Taberer and Nan Whittingham will join their former boss Richard Woolfe at Five on 24 August.
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NewsCBBC orders give backing to British animation
CBBC is throwing its weight behind British animation by commissioning two series and opening its Cartoon Works portal as a platform for new shortform content.
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Ultimate Ulster returns to UTV
Ultimate Ulster will return to UTV this autumn, as part of the Northern Irish ITV franchise holder’s bid to build on its original programming slate this autumn.
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NewsBBC plans Jackson-based talent show
BBC3 is planning an X Factor-style show to find a dancer who can best imitate the late Michael Jackson.
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NewsTV spend holds up as public stays in
People would rather scale back going out before cutting their spend on TV during the current recession, a study has claimed.
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NewsHeadhunters begin search for C4 chair
Ofcom has enlisted the headhunters that brought Michael Grade to ITV to begin the search for the next Channel 4 chair.
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NewsBBC to dramatise Lehman Brothers collapse
BBC2 is to mark the anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers with a 24-style dramatisation of the weekend leading to its demise.
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NewsX Factor results move to live Sunday shows
ITV has confirmed that this year’s X Factor will move its results show to Sundays, with a live face-off for the two contestants with the fewest votes.
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NewsC4 embarks on longer Coach Trip
Channel 4 has commissioned a fourth series of daytime show Coach Trip after a successful revival this summer.
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NewsWalsh: Some X Factor contestants won't cope
X Factor judge Louis Walsh has admitted that not all contestants appearing on the ITV1 show will be able to cope under the strain of the competition.
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NewsC4 and Boomerang form JV
Channel 4 has formed a joint venture with Welsh indie Boomerang Plus and events organiser Sports Vision to stage and broadcast this year’s winter sports and music festival Freesports on 4 Freeze.
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NewsBBC to air new Beatles recordings
BBC2 and BBC4 are to screen a joint “Beatles Week” featuring previously unaired outtakes of the group’s “studio chat”.
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NewsFury at BBC ban on funeral flowers
BBC staff have reacted furiously to a ban on sending flowers to the funerals of staff who have died in service.