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NewsUS version of Love Island is ditched
The struggling LoveIslandformat has been dealt another blow, with US broadcaster My Network TV ditching plans for an American version.
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NewsBlinkx.tv to move into user-generated content
The company behind video search engine blinkx.tv is to push into user-generated content with a website that lets users send their videos straight to the site from mobile phones.
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NewsSpun Gold handles new C4 doc
Channel 4 has commissioned a documentary following compulsive masturbators as they try different ways to kick their habit.
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NewsSchofield signs exclusive deal with ITV
ITV has agreed an exclusive two-year deal with presenter Phillip Schofield that will see him continuing to host popular daytime series This Morning.
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NewsHeidi Thomas pens 1920s drama for BBC1
Heidi Thomas, the screenwriter behind I Capture The Castleand Madam Bovary, has penned an eight-part drama for BBC1 set in 1920s Liverpool.
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NewsOnly 900,000 want to be Bosom Buddies with C4
Channel 4's documentary Bosom Buddiesfound few friends amongst the viewers last night with just 900,000 (4.7%) in a prime 9pm slot.
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NewsReeves and Vegas sign up for O'Briain grilling
Vic Reeves, Johnny Vegas and Ruby Wax have been confirmed as guests on Dara O'Briain's new BBC2 chat show.
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NewsBroudie joins Chrysalis for Liverpool FM push
Chrysalis Radio has appointed Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds as a non-executive music director to spearhead its bid for the Liverpool FM licence.
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NewsTWI likely to produce ITV1's tea-time show
TWI is the front-runner to produce the new Bradley Walsh tea-time entertainment show for ITV1, after the broadcaster green-lit a pilot for the show.
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NewsTime Warner chief named TV personality of the year
The chairman and chief executive of US media giant Time Warner, Richard Parsons, has been named TV personality of the year by Mipcom.
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NewsMTV set to launch user generated service
MTV is set to break into the growing user-generated content market, with plans for a new channel due to be launched next week.
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NewsPEER POLL: Panorama
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should the BBC have moved Panoramato the same slot as C4's Dispatches?
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NewsAnalysis - What's next for Chris?
He's transformed TV entertainment - and made fans, friends and afortune as well - but now it looks as if Chris Evans is stepping back fromTV. Paul Hoggart and Conor Dignam say it's too early to write him off.
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Format focus: Big class reunion
A format where celebrities are reunited with their former classmates to compete for the ultimate reunion party.
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UK crime channel buys in US shows
New UK digital channel Crime & Investigation Network (CI) has embarked on an aggressive acquisitions drive to fill its schedule, writesSusan Thompson.
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NewsBBC2 to aim for 'broad appeal'
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has said he is leaving the targeting of 16 to 24-year-old viewers to BBC3, focusing instead on 'broad appeal' for the channel's autumn launch.
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NewsCarter to leave Ofcom next week
Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter will leave the regulator next week despite originally saying he would stay on until autumn.
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NewsLove Island struggles on 1.7m
ITV1's Love Island once again proved to be no match for Channel 4's Big Brotherwith only 1.7 million (8.8%) viewers at 10pm.
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Second outing for BBC4's Modernism
BBC4 series Living with Modernismhas been commissioned for a second run.