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NewsLemonAid sparks 176 complaints over puppy prize
ITV1 entertainment show Keith Lemon’s LemonAid has attracted 176 complaints and scorn from the Kennel Club after a puppy was awarded to a child as a prize.
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NewsMore4 sets launch date for Digital Scrapbook
More4 has cemented a launch date for its “Digital Scrapbook” project that will allow viewers to collate programme information in one place.
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NewsSeeking Salvage returning to History
History has ordered a longer second series of Seeking Salvage after the first became its biggest ever original commission.
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NewsDyke: BSkyB should offload News Corp and Murdochs
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has said it would be in BSkyB’s interest to “offload News International and the Murdochs’ shares in the company”.
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NewsFoxes attract same web traffic as Big Brother
Channel 4’s new live interactive study of urban foxes in the UK attracted the equivalent web influx to the broadcaster’s website as a Big Brother eviction.
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NewsBSkyB: Sky News hacking record clean
Internal reviews into email hacking and payments to police at Sky News have found “no evidence of impropriety or cause for concern”.
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NewsSky1 to revive the Kumars
Sky1 has picked up former BBC comedy The Kumars for a refreshed version of the show after six-year hiatus.
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NewsBSkyB posts £939m profit; claims it is "fit and proper"
BSkyB has staunchly defended its right to a broadcast licence following a stinging attack on its majority shareholder News Corporation yesterday.
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NewsEmmerdale going live for 40th
ITV1 is gearing up to broadcast Emmerdale live for the first time to celebrate the soap’s 40th anniversary.
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NewsSherlock and Fresh Meat win South Bank awards
BBC drama Sherlock and Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat have picked up South Bank Sky Arts Awards.
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NewsMurdoch "not fit" boss, say MPs
The Commons culture select committee has described Rupert Murdoch as “not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company” in a report that is also highly critical of his son James and claims other News Corp executives misled it about phone hacking at the News of ...
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World’s Scariest returning to C5
Channel 5 has commissioned a second series of the World’s Scariest strand from Mentorn Media.
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NewsX Factor exec Siobhan Greene joins ITVS
ITV Studios has poached X Factor executive producer Siobhan Greene to rejuvenate its entertainment output.
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NewsWenger named C4 drama boss
Piers Wenger has been appointed as Channel 4 head of drama with immediate effect – moving across from the broadcaster’s film division Film4.
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NewsPatrick Stewart to explore animal superpowers for Nat Geo
Star Trek and X Men star Sir Patrick Stewart is to front a new series for Nat Geo that explores the incredible powers of survival harnessed by some of the world’s deadliest animals.
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NewsSony's Eddie Nelson dies aged 43
International TV executive Eddie Nelson has died following a brief illness.
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NewsBBC DG must be diversity champion, says MP
BBC Trustees must appoint a Director General who is committed to improving diversity, shadow media minister Helen Goodman has urged.
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NewsBBC staff support "not working" claim unions
The joint unions have accused the BBC of failing to meet a number of eleventh hour promises made to staff ahead of the DQF cuts announced last year, claiming “the system isn’t working”.
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NewsPM refuses calls for Hunt inquiry
David Cameron has refused to refer culture secretary Jeremy Hunt’s handling of the BSkyB bid to an independent investigation after being called to Parliament to answer an urgent question.
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NewsStuart Murphy gets expanded role at Sky
Sky has bumped up Stuart Murphy’s role across its entertainment channels, giving him overall responsibility for Sky Atlantic, Sky Living and Sky Arts as well as Sky 1.