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NewsITV calls for cuts across Studios and Network
ITV shows including Coronation Street and Daybreak have been ordered to tighten their belts in a wide-ranging cost-cutting exercise.
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NewsBBC unveils DTO project proposals
The BBC is circulating a business plan for Project Barcelona as it looks to launch its premium download-to-own portal this year.
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NewsFixed rig to feature in ITV2 teens abroad series
ITV2 is to enter the fixed-rig arena with a series about young Brits abroad from the indie behind Channel 4’s Educating Essex.
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News4Seven builds schedule around 9pm and 11pm
The new 4Seven channel will build its schedule around its 9pm and 11pm slots as it prepares to start broadcasting 20 hours a day.
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NewsITV on the hunt for ‘the next X Factor’
ITV1 is in the market for an entertainment show on the scale of The X Factor, and plans to spend the cash that will be freed up by the absence of a major sporting event next year.
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NewsSky Atlantic gathers stand-ups for improv
Robin Williams is among the line-up of stand-up comedians who will take part in a Sky Atlantic improvised series called Set List.
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NewsCampbell plans mental health season for BBC3
BBC current affairs commissioning executive producer Fiona Campbell has had her remit expanded to include BBC3 documentaries and is planning a season of mental health programming among her first projects.
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NewsITV1 doc tunes in to Spice Girls impact
The Spice Girls’ impact on the 1990s is to be investigated for an ITV1 documentary by Burning Bright Productions.
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NewsBBC nearing nations spend target ahead of deadline
The BBC has all but hit its target for production spend in the nations four years ahead of deadline – but spending in the English regions has stalled.
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NewsDarlow lands Ice Airport for C5
Channel 5 has ordered a doc series from Darlow Smithson Productions that will focus on a remote airport near the North Pole.
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NewsClarke thinks small spaces for Plum C4 lifestyle series
Architect George Clarke will explore the inventive uses people make of small spaces in a Plum Pictures series for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 hands Waddell another year of 4thought.tv
Northern Irish indie Waddell Media has won a recommission of daily religion and ethics strand 4thought.tv, and a commission to follow Countdown host Nick Hewer as he drives 4,000 miles across Sierra Leone for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC global audience hits 239m
BBC international services have seen a rise in its global weekly audience by 14m to 239m in 2012 - an increase of 6% despite facing cut backs.
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NewsNewman named EastEnders exec producer
The BBC has appointed Lorraine Newman as executive producer of EastEnders, following the departure of Bryan Kirkwood in March.
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NewsEx-Doctor Who exec takes drama role at Channel 4
Former Doctor Who exec Beth Willis is joining Channel 4 as deputy head of drama – reuniting her with another ex-Who exec, Piers Wenger
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NewsBig Brother sparks nearly 1,000 complaints over bullying
Big Brother has drawn nearly 1,000 complaints over an episode that saw one of the contestants swearing and abusing a female housemate.
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NewsC5 signs Truckers for life
Channel 5 and A+E Networks have acquired the ongoing rights to adventure doc Ice Road Truckers and its Deadliest Roads spin-off.
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NewsSky News website revamped
Sky News has revamped its website to allow users easier navigation, comment through their Facebook accounts and easier navigation of its content.
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NewsBT Vision tops pay TV complaints chart
BT Vision is the most complained about pay TV service according to Ofcom which has released figures about the sector for the first time.
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NewsBBC Olympics presenters to interact with graphics
The BBC is to launch a virtual ‘swiping’ graphic for presenters to help viewers navigate the 24 channels of live feeds of the Olympics.