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NewsBBC Trust calls for more info on Project Canvas
The BBC Trust has given the Project Canvas team the green light to launch a charm offensive after it called on the BBC executive to put more details about the project into the public domain.
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NewsSweden to adapt I'm a Celebrity...
ITV Studios has sold I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! to Scandinavian broadcaster TV4.
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NewsBBC Trust under fire over pay scrutiny
A government report into BBC radio production efficiencies has been overshadowed by a spat with the BBC Trust over whether presenters’ salaries should be made public.
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C4 tells disabled people How to Look Good Naked
Channel 4 has ordered a three-part run of How to Look Good Naked featuring people with disabilities.
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BBC goes for Gold in Worst team’s Olympics spoof
The BBC is lining up a mockumentary about the 2012 Olympic Games from the writers of The Worst Week of My Life.
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Jack the Ripper heads Five’s Revealed strand
Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie will investigate the relationship between Jack the Ripper and the press in one of six films for Five’s Revealed strand.
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NewsGovernment launches review into kids on TV
The government is preparing a major public consultation on the use of children in TV shows such as Britain’s Got Talent, which last week saw 10-year-old semi-finalist Hollie Steel break down on live TV.
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NewsC4 and BBCW deal: favourite, but not sealed
A Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide joint venture looks set to win government backing, but the two parties are yet to sign a draft proposal less than two weeks ahead of the Digital Britain report.
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NewsRenovation, renovation, renovation on C4
Property Ladder creator John Silver and host Sarah Beeny are joining forces again for a Channel 4 series that will renovate homes beset by serious problems such as subsidence or pests.
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ITV and UTV defend £100m budget for regional news
ITV and UTV have stepped in to defend Ofcom’s proposed £100m budget for regional news, after the BBC dismissed the figure as “fantasy”.
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NewsBGT sparks 350 complaints
Nearly 350 complaints were lodged with Ofcom last weekend over Britain’s Got Talent – but less than 16 of them were about the treatment of singing sensation Susan Boyle.
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NewsBBC1 revives spirit of Tomorrow's World
BBC1 is to reinvent the Tomorrow’s World format with new science series Bang Goes the Theory.
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Primates to "funk up" CBeebies
CBeebies controller Michael Carrington is to “funk up the channel” with a major new 52 x 22-minute live action series fronted by primates.
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NewsSky to ramp up VoD service
Sky is set to go head-to-head with Virgin Media in the ‘pull VoD’ market with plans to launch a service in about a year’s time.
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NewsBBC4 needs more Answers
BBC4 has commissioned 13 more episodes of offbeat quiz show We Need Answers following a three-part trial run.
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NewsBBC1 cools on acquisitions
BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has warned that she will not be shopping for US acquisitions and pledged her support to British productions instead.
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NewsTern Digital debuts iPhone game spin-off
Tern Digital is launching an iPhone game based on its Channel 4 educational show KNTV.
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NewsNorton chatshow heads to BBC1
Graham Norton’s BBC2 chatshow will move to BBC1 in the autumn as part of a plan to make him one of the principle faces of the channel.
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NewsBurnham: More care needed with talent show contestants
Culture secretary Andy Burnham has called on broadcasters to prioritise their “duty of care” to talent show contestants following Susan Boyle’s admission to the Priory.
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NewsOfcom considers Britain's Got Talent investigation
Britain’s Got Talent could be facing investigation by Ofcom after the watchdog revealed viewers complained about the Saturday results show.