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NewsTesco buys Blinkbox to boost VOD
Tesco has bought an 80% stake in video-on-demand provider Blinkbox to offer its customers video-on-demand from content partners including All3Media, BBC Worldwide and Shed Media.
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NewsBT loses file sharing legal battle
New legislation designed to tackle illegal internet file sharing and to protect intellectual property rights online was given the backing of the High Court today (April 20).
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NewsTrust upholds just three Panorama complaints
The BBC Trust has upheld just three out of 51 complaints about an edition of Panorama examining the deadly storming of an aid flotilla by Israeli commandos.
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NewsOfcom clears raunchy X Factor performances - just
Ofcom is to revise the rules governing family entertainment shows after ruling that The X Factor final performances by Rihanna and Christina Aguilera were “at the very margin of acceptability”.
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NewsBBC Bristol move back on track
The BBC has effectively committed to Bristol after rekindling its stalled plans to relocate in the city.
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NewsSky seeks chief to spearhead Atlantic growth
Sky is hunting for a head of Sky Atlantic as it ramps up the support for the entertainment channel, which is home to its portfolio of HBO content.The channel, which launched on 1 February, has until now fallen under the direct responsibility of Sky’s director of programmes Stuart Murphy, but ...
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NewsC4 in talks to reshape digital rights model
Channel 4 is considering granting indies more rights around multiplatform commissions in return for sharing in any secondary revenues they generate.
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NewsThe Mill plans expansion in wake of Barclays deal
The Mill has outlined plans for further international growth following its sale to Barclays Private Equity in a deal that values the business at £119m.
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NewsNBCU’s Beale to head ITVS global formats
NBC Universal’s Mike Beale is to become ITV Studios’ new international formats supremo as the production arm targets overseas expansion.
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NewsChatty Man top for Twitter interaction
The fifth series of British comedy chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man attracted between 500 and 700 tweets per episode addressed directly to the @chattyman account, and marked an uplift in use of the #chattyman hashtag.
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NewsBBC looks to take R4’s Act Your Age to TV after pilot
The BBC is hoping to transfer Radio 4 comedy panel show Act Your Age to television and is producing a non-broadcast pilot.
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NewsBBC axes Vision jobs before DQF cuts hit
The BBC has cut 187 jobs from its in-house departments in the past six months - none of which are part of the impending 20% savings to come from Delivering Quality First.
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NewsFarmer Doherty in tie-up with Jamie’s Fresh One
Jimmy Doherty, the TV farmer poached by Channel 4 from the BBC, is setting up rights-based company Guppy Productions in association with Jamie Oliver’s Fresh One.
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NewsAbraham targets maintaining C4 audience share
David Abraham has rallied Channel 4 commissioners, telling them the broadcaster is aiming to maintain its 7% audience share for 2011 even without Big Brother.
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NewsThe Cube returns to ITV1
The Cube has been recommissioned for a fourth series on ITV1, with Objective Productions set to start filming later this year.
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NewsAllsopp to take on craft fair pros in series for C4
Channel 4 has ordered a Kirstie Allsopp-fronted series in which the presenter is pitted against country fair craft experts.
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NewsC4 orders three more runs of Million Pound Drop
Channel 4 is to air 29 further episodes of The Million Pound Drop Live this year after awarding producer Remarkable Pictures a three-series deal.
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NewsInside Nature’s Giants wins longer run on C4
Channel 4 animal autopsy show Inside Nature’s Giants is to return for a 10-part run, its longest to date, with the experts taking part in more adventure-style settings.
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NewsESPN on the brink of 3D Cup final deal
ESPN is on the brink of agreeing a deal with Sky to screen the FA Cup final in 3D.
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NewsRoss returns to BBC1 for comedy show
Jonathan Ross is to appear on BBC1 once more, as one of a number of contributors to a new comedy list show to air on the channel this summer.