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NewsMonte Carlo glory for UK producers
The UK triumphed at the Monte Carlo Television Festival collecting a total of 13 awards.
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NewsEastEnders writer to head CBBC drama
Former EastEnderswriter Jon East has been appointed head of BBC children's drama, as part of a drive to put the genre at the heart of kids' programming.
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NewsWilliams win draws 4.2m
The semi-final match at Wimbledon between Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova drew the crowds to BBC2 with a peak audience of 4.2 million (23%) at 7.10pm.
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NewsLiving TV's L-Word ads in hot water
Living TV's raunchy advertising campaign for lesbian drama The L-Wordhas sparked hundreds of complaints.
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NewsITV bags Liverpool Champions League bid
ITV has signed a deal to broadcast Liverpool's defence of the Champions League title after securing the rights to the home and away legs of the club's first qualifying match.
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NewsFive owner buys into Russia
Five majority shareholder RTL Group has acquired a 30% shareholding in Russian TV and production group REN TV.
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NewsLiving grows paranormal output
Living TV is beefing up its paranormal strand with two prime-time commissions fronted by Most Hauntedpsychic Derek Acorah.
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NewsBBC shuts down Cult website
The BBC is to shut down its Cult television website as part of a drive to make 10 per cent savings across its new media operation.
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NewsDrug firm blasts Ofcom over complaints 'delay'
Lawyers for drugs giant Novartis have hit out at regulator Ofcom for taking two years to back its complaint against a Channel 4 programme.
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NewsRatings gloom for BBC2 and ITV
BBC2 is the terrestrial channel that has suffered the sharpest drop in its audience share over the first six months of the year, falling by just over 10%.
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NewsPEER POLL: Big Brother
Does Big Brotherreallly 'smash racial stereotypes', as Trevor Phillips claims?
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NewsHumphrys defends interviewing style
A defiant John Humphrys told politicians yesterday he had no intention of going 'easy' on them and would walk out of the BBC if told to do so by his bosses.
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NewsTelewest rolls out TV on demand
Telewest has confirmed the launch of its TV-on-demand service, which will be called Teleport.
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NewsAnother black Wednesday for BBC1
In the battle between Channel 4 and BBC1 over heavyweight documentaries, C4's Cutting Edgeprogramme came out on top with a hefty average of 4.5 million (22.2%), as BBC1 slumped to its worst peaktime performance since December last year.
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Five orders doc about oldest mother
Five has commissioned At It Productions to make an hour-long observational documentary about the world's oldest mother as part of the channel's popular science strand, Extraordinary People.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Rebecca Johnson
The commissioning editor of Bravo, Trouble and Challenge, is hoping to stir up more debate with Booze Britain 2and says nothing is too risqu as she goes in search of a successor to The Word.
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BBC2 lines up new archive programme
BBC2 is making a follow-up to its surprise hit documentary The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon. The Lost World in Colouris the channel's second collaboration with the British Film Institute and uses rare archive footage of one of earliest instances of ...
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Motive films more Gaelic games for RTE
Motive Television's Dublin production arm has been commissioned by RTE Sport to make Rise and Shine(working title), a new live Gaelic games series. The 10 x 60-minute weekly show will air from late July and will feature action, interviews, guest appearances and 'irreverent chat'. The executive ...
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Grizzly tales to come back on CiTV
CiTV has commissioned two new series of Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kidsfrom Honeycomb Animation and Elephant Productions. The Bafta-nominated series, narrated by Nigel Planer, is based on the successful books by Jamie Rix and will return to the screen in the new year for a 26 ...
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Granada to make celeb show in US
Granada America is to produce a Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes-style show for US network NBC, working titled I'm a Celebrity But I Want to be a Pop Star.