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NewsITV plans regional news job cuts
ITV has confirmed a wave of redundancies affecting staff across its regional news rooms.
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NewsC4 makes progress with indie schemes
Two Channel 4 schemes aimed at stimulating innovation and grassroots development in the indie sector have taken a step forward.
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NewsCitizen Khan to return for second outing on BBC1
BBC1 has handed sitcom Citizen Khan a second series – a week before the first has finished broadcasting.
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NewsBBC plans to ‘liberate’ entertainment indies
The BBC’s entertainment commissioning team is set to overhaul its pitching processes in a bid to unearth the next big shiny floor show.
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NewsChannel 5 wrests American Idol rights from ITV2
Channel 5 has swooped to acquire American Idol from Fremantle Media Enterprises, bringing its period on ITV2 to a close.
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NewsDiscovery to air BFGW in Europe after Zodiak deal
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and spinoff Thelma’s Gypsy Girls have been picked up by Discovery Networks CEE as part of a deal brokered by Zodiak Rights.
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NewsC4 pays the price for Paralympics ad axe
Channel 4 may have lost up to £1.5m from deciding to drop ad breaks during the Paralympic opening ceremony after making an editorial decision and factoring in audience reaction on Twitter.
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NewsSky hires Wilson to bolster factual commissioning
Sky has beefed up its factual commissioning team with the appointment of BBC2’s The Crusades producer Chris Wilson.
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NewsBarcelona becomes BBC Store
The BBC’s download-to-own service, codenamed Project Barcelona, is to be called BBC Store.
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NewsC4 News poaches Newsnight deputy editor
Deputy Newsnight editor Shaminder Nahal is moving to Channel 4 News to become new editor Ben de Pear’s first appointment.
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NewsNGC to explore UFOs
National Geographic Channels Europe has ordered a series from Pioneer Productions which will look into the most fascinating UFO encounters.
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NewsC4 secures Sunday Brunch PP deal
Over 20 Kenwood cookery products will feature in Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch in a six month product placement deal.
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NewsBBC apologises to the Queen over Abu Hamza revelations
The BBC has apologised after its security correspondent Frank Gardner revealed the details of a private conversation with the Queen about radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri.
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NewsSlater: BBC should boost news coverage of women’s sport
The BBC’s director of sport Barbara Slater has thrown down the gauntlet to the corporation to report more women’s sport in its news output.
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NewsSky's Darroch pay rises to almost £3m
Sky’s chief executive officer Jeremy Darroch saw his pay package rise almost 7% on last year to hit £2.98m.
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NewsCountdown gets two-year extension
Channel 4 has renewed its longest running show, daytime competition Countdown, for another two years.
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NewsWhitechapel gets another outing
A fourth series of crime thriller Whitechapel has been ordered by ITV.
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NewsQuestion Time adds Twitter panellist
BBC1 is to extend the weekly Question Time line-up to a sixth panellist who will tweet their views throughout the programme.
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NewsKarl Warner appointed Edinburgh TV chair
BBC entertainment commissioner Karl Warner will be the Edinburgh International Television Festival advisory chair in 2013.
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NewsThe X Factor hit with double investigation
Britney Spears impersonator Lorna Bliss’ raunchy performance on The X Factor could land the ITV1 show in hot water as it faces a double Ofcom investigation.