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NewsBBC orders more Breakaway
The BBC has commissioned a second series of daytime quiz show Breakaway from Gogglebox Entertainment, for an unspecified run.
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NewsBBC1 plans ageing season
BBC1 is planning a season tackling ageing that will include a film about centenarians and a documentary fronted by EastEnders star June Brown.
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NewsEcclestone says F1 on free TV may end
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has stated that the motor racing sport may not remain on free-to-air TV in the UK.
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NewsC5's Big Brother secures product placements
Channel 5 has secured a brace of product placement deals for reality show Big Brother including an agreement with supermarket Morrisons.
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NewsBroadcasters draw up social media guidelines
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have agreed a set of best-practice guidelines to help build confidence among audiences using social media to interact with TV shows.
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NewsC4 to simulcast all content online
Channel 4 is to simulcast all its main channels online within the next month for the first time since 2008 – bringing it in line with the BBC and ITV.
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NewsCooks compete to reach M&S shelves in new Syco series
Simon Cowell’s latest talent competition for ITV1 will see home cooks competing for recipes made by their friends or family to be stocked on Marks & Spencers shelves.
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NewsGreen Paper shelved as DCMS confirms 2015 deadline for Comms Act
The government has shelved the Communications Act Green Paper and said a new bill will be introduced only “by the end of parliament”.
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NewsJubilee coverage fails to match wedding
Viewers have given the BBC’s Diamond Jubilee coverage a tentative thumbs up – although approval ratings were below last year’s royal wedding.
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NewsDigital channels up comedy stakes
British TV’s comedy renaissance is pushing deeper into the multichannel world, with UKTV’s Gold and Comedy Central investing in series spanning classic and cult content.
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NewsRTÉ to shake up its news after defamation finding
Irish state broadcaster RTÉ will appoint new senior staff to its current affairs and news operations after the Republic’s regulator found it had defamed a Catholic priest and seriously breached its commitment to objective and impartial news.
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NewsSky Arts extends IoW 3D but cuts other festivals
Sky Arts has ordered Sky’s longest ever non-sport 3D broadcast from this year’s Isle of Wight festival, but has halved the number of music events it will cover this summer.
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NewsBectu kicks off editor pay survey before BBC talks
Bectu is surveying editors working across TV over pay, after negotiations with the BBC suggested the corporation may be paying below market rate.
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NewsDiscovery to air Yahoo! shorts as six-part series
Yahoo! web series Bumps, Babies And Beyond has been re-edited for TV and picked up by Discovery Networks Western Europe to air around the region.
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NewsC4 challenges views of women
Actress and writer Sharon Horgan is to return to Channel 4 to front a two-part documentary series that challenges perceptions of older women.
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NewsGreen Inc’s Many Faces Of… back for second run
Northern Irish indie Green Inc has won a second series commission for its entertainment archive show The Many Faces Of….
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NewsThompson: Jubilee email to BBC staff
BBC Director General Mark Thompson’s email to staff above the weekend’s coverage of the Diamond Jubilee.
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NewsNew Girl moving to E4
US sitcom New Girl is moving from Channel 4 to E4 after its mid-season break.
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NewsBBC lines up second run of Matt Lucas Awards
BBC1 has ordered a second series of comedy chat show The Matt Lucas Awards.
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NewsSky Living spins second series of Love Machine
Sky Living has ordered a second series of dating show The Love Machine which will again be fronted by Chris Moyles and Stacey Solomon.