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NewsBT Sport acquires women's tennis rights
BT Sport has added to its launch sports rights deals by agreeing a deal with the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) for 800 hours of live tennis per year.
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NewsJimmy Savile abused children at the BBC up to 2006
Jimmy Savile has been accused of abusing young people on BBC premises all the way up to 2006 – at the final recording of Top of the Pops.
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NewsDate set for TOWIE court case
The row over who created ITV2 show The Only Way is Essex is a step closer to going to court, with a date set for October and both parties gearing up to appear.
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NewsC4 and Group M make up after stalemate
Channel 4 and Group M have struck an advertising deal after weeks of wrangling which had resulted in ads for many high profile brands being pulled from the channel.
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NewsSTV scoops Scottish local TV licences
STV has become one the most high-profile companies to win a local TV station bid after picking up licences in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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NewsSnowman and Snowdog game hits 1m downloads
Channel 4’s The Snowman and The Snowdog game was downloaded over 1m times in the three weeks after its launch.
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NewsMrs Brown’s Boys tops BBC's Christmas chart
Mrs Brown’s Boys was the BBC’s biggest show over the festive period, according to Live +7 figures released by the broadcaster.
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NewsMultiplatform: New era for tablets and VoD
2012 was the year of the tablet, and the explosion in sales of the devices, now present in 11% of UK homes, according to Ofcom, has left its mark on the TV industry.
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NewsC5: The post-Ford era begins
The Northern & Shell building will be quieter than usual at the start of 2013 following the departure of a number of senior Channel 5 figures, including Jeff Ford and Kate Barnes.
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NewsC4: Schedule needs successful returners
Channel 4 enters 2013 on the back of the success of the Paralympics – but with a major row over the failure to strike a commercial deal with the powerful GroupM.
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NewsComedy Central thinks global
Comedy Central has ordered a 13-part comedy series fronted by Seann Walsh and hopes to format it internationally.
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NewsFox to spend millions on original UK content push
FX UK is planning to commission up to 50 hours of original UK content by the end of the year as part of its transformation into Fox.
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NewsSky: Playing with the big boys
Last spring, Hat Trick’s Jimmy Mulville hailed Sky for “shaking up” the industry in a manner akin to Channel 4 in the 1980s. He wasn’t wrong.
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NewsSky Vision hires acquisitions exec from BBCW
Sky Vision, the distribution arm of the pay-TV broadcaster, has hired former BBC Worldwide exec Angela Neillis as its first head of acquisitions.
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NewsSky and Canal+ take The Bridge to bilingual co-pro
Sky has greenlit its co-produced version of Scandinavian drama The Bridge, which it claims will be the first bilingual drama project made by broadcasters in France and the UK.
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NewsThe Year Ahead
Click through to discover what the next 12 months holds for the UK’s key players.