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NewsSherlock and Downton to face off at BPG Awards
The Broadcasting Press Guild’s annual awards will see Downton Abbey and Sherlock go head-to-head in three categories.
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NewsC4 to shake up supply base
Channel 4 plans to fling open its doors to small, first-time and regional producers after admitting its supplier base has become too narrow.
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NewsFA opposes Uefa plans for broadcasting rights
The Football Association (FA) has confirmed it will oppose plans that would see television rights for England games being sold by Uefa if it led to reduced broadcasting revenues.
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Top Tory appeals over BBC cuts
A top Conservative MP has reportedly appealed to the Foreign Secretary to ask him to look again at his slashing of the BBC World Service budget.
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S4C protesters begin newsroom sit-in
About 15 demonstrators have occupied a BBC newsroom in protest at changes to the funding of the broadcaster’s Welsh language channel.
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NewsITV and STV in talks over dispute
ITV and STV are in contact about settling their long-running legal dispute out of court, as it emerged that the latter has racked up litigation costs of £3.5m.
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NewsBBC to explore more Coast
A further two series of the award-winning factual series Coast have been commissioned by the BBC, taking the total number of seasons to eight.
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NewsTop chefs go head to head for Good Food series
UKTV channel Good Food has ordered a 20-part series from Optomen in which 26 of the world’s top chefs compete head to head.
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NewsCracknell gets back on his bike for Discovery trilogy
Discovery Channel UK has sent Olympic rower James Cracknell on a new adventure, despite the highspeed cycling crash during his last challenge for the channel, which could have left him brain damaged.
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NewsITV and Sky to decide on placement value after TX
ITV and Sky will only finalise the value of product placement deals once the shows involved have aired, as a business model for the ad format begins to emerge.
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NewsSTV buoyed by ad recovery
ITV’s Scottish licence holder STV has been bolstered by an improved advertising market, posting a 16% increase in television revenues to £104.8m.
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NewsBBC factual hubs face scrutiny from review
The BBC is reviewing its regional production bases, with the spotlight falling on the future of factual hubs in Bristol and Birmingham.
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NewsFinance gurus to front Superscrimpers on C4
Channel 4 will ask Financial Times columnist Mrs Moneypenny to help people budget and provide practical financial advice in a series from Endemol’s Remarkable Television.
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NewsSky EPG jump pays dividends for MTV, Universal and FX
MTV, Comedy Central and FX are planning to ramp up their investment in programming following their leap up the Sky EPG.
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NewsAccused set for second series
The BBC has recommissioned Jimmy McGovern’s latest drama Accused - despite disappointing ratings and criticism of its portrayal of the armed forces.
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NewsMTV shuts studios as staff relocate
MTV is to move 400 central London staff to Camden following a redevelopment that will see the closure of three of its TV studios.
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NewsFME taking BBC dramas to MipTV
FremantleMedia Enterprises is to launch three major BBC dramas to the international market at MipTV in April.
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NewsOne Show interrupted by fire alarm
Viewers of the BBC’s The One Show were left bewildered last tonight after the live programme was taken off air because of a fire alarm.
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NewsAdrian Chiles' ITV chat show to return
Adrian Chiles’ late evening ITV1 vehicle That Sunday Night Show is to return for a second series.
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NewsLyons warns BBC Worldwide over "letting rip"
The outgoing BBC Trust chairman has said the commercial, expansive operations of BBC Worldwide must not be allowed to ruin the broadcaster’s “reputation for honesty and integrity”.