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NewsC4 picks up iTunes festival
Channel 4 is to become the new home for the iTunes Festival after ITV2 dropped the live music event earlier this month.
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NewsITV News site visitors climb after relaunch
Traffic to the ITV News website has more than tripled since it was relaunched earlier this year.
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NewsITV1 orders fast turnaround footie ads show
ITV1 has ordered a fast turnaround 60-minute clips show celebrating the best football adverts ever made.
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NewsBest House returns with expats
ITV1’s daytime format May the Best House Win is to return for a fifth series - this time featuring British expats in Europe.
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NewsSky Arts signs Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and Mad Men actor Jon Hamm are to appear in a new comedy drama series on Sky Arts.
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NewsITV reveals Euro 2012 plans
ITV has unveiled its plans for Euro 2012 signing former bitter rivals Patrick Vieira and Roy Keane to its roster of pundits.
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NewsSky signs Steve Coogan deal
Alan Partridge is heading to Sky Atlantic as part of a new output deal with Steve Coogan indie Baby Cow Productions.
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NewsVictory for news alliance in Dale Farm footage case
The UK’s biggest TV news organisations have won a landmark High Court decision that means they will not have to hand over unbroadcast footage of the Dale Farm evictions to police
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NewsUKTV strikes deal to air 350 hours of C4 content
UKTV is to take over from Discovery as Channel 4’s secondary rights partner for factual and lifestyle content, after signing a 350-hour deal.
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NewsPlayalong helps Millionaire to tweak format
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’s ‘Ask the Audience’ lifeline will become ‘Ask the Nation’ as part of a ground-breaking playalong game for the ITV1 quiz.
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NewsBroadcasters claim Comms Act has lost momentum
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt’s plans to overhaul broadcasting and communications policy in the UK are currently in the political wilderness, according to high-level sources across the industry.
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NewsITV hands reality show to Keith Lemon
ITV continues to be sweet on Keith Lemon – handing the comedy character his own reality show.
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NewsNUJ seeks to quiz Hunt on licence fee at Leveson
Jeremy Hunt could face questions around his handling of the BBC licence fee settlement when he appears at the Leveson Inquiry later this month.
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NewsBBC docs to follow Olympians
Big-name Olympians Usain Bolt and Tom Daley and a host of up-and-coming British athletes will feature in a range of documentaries across the BBC this summer.
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NewsC5 acquires JJ Abrams thriller Person of Interest
Channel 5 has secured the exclusive UK rights to JJ Abrams crime thriller Person of Interest.
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NewsC4 offers female comedy writers a platform
Inbetweeners Movie actress Jessica Knappett, Phoneshop’s Emma Fryer and Edinburgh fringe newcomer winner Roisin Conaty all have comedy scripts in development with Channel 4 as part of a move to develop new female talent.
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NewsTerms of Trade deal to up 4oD earnings
Producers can expect to earn more money through 4oD as a result of the new Terms of Trade agreement Pact has struck with Channel 4, which introduces pay-per-click for the first time.
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NewsC4 taps fresh revenues
Channel 4’s 2011 results underscore the broadcaster’s shift from its traditional dependency on the main channel to a new model of multiple revenue streams.
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NewsMentorn renews Question Time contract
Mentorn Scotland has won the contract to produce BBC1’s flagship political panel show Question Time for another three years, fending off competition from Lion TV.
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NewsRenewal leads to dip in C4 diversity perceptions
In the year that saw dwarves, gypsies and London gangsters on Channel 4, the broadcaster continued to be perceived as the leader in providing culturally diverse views and challenging prejudice in 2011.