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NewsTom Clarke made C4 News science editor
Channel 4 News’ science correspondent, Tom Clarke, has been appointed as the programme’s first science editor.
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NewsVirgin Media EPG c*ck up
Virgin Media has apologised to customers following an EPG glitch over the weekend which saw programme titles incorrectly edited for profane language.
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C4's Home for The Holidays gets online series
Channel 4’s live stripped entertainment programme, Home For The Holidays, is the latest programme to get a live online spin-off series.
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NewsBrown Bag wins Disney order
Disney Junior has ordered a new pre-school series about a family of monsters from Octonauts producer Brown Bag Films, that will see the Dubline-based indie take on more than 40 additional staff.
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NewsNetflix signs first UK TV deal with BBCW
Netflix has signed its first UK TV distribution deal with BBC Worldwide as it gears up to launch next year.
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NewsSky Arts to air Israeli In Treatment
Sky Arts is to strip the original Hebrew-language version of In Treatment following its screening of the HBO adaptation.
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NewsSmart TV growth still slow
Ownership of internet connected TVs is set for continued slow growth unless content producers continue to develop services according to a YouGov study.
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News'Offensive' Torchwood repeats pulled from Watch
UKTV has pulled repeats of Torchwood from the Watch schedule after it was rapped for broadcasting episodes with violence and offensive language in a pre-watershed slot.
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NewsC5 rapped over Big Brother swearing
Channel 5 reality show Big Brother broke Ofcom guidelines by broadcasting strong swearwords just seconds after the watershed.
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NewsC4 orders more Deal or No Deal
Channel 4 daytime gameshow Deal or No Deal will return for an eighth series in 2012.
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NewsBBC Sports to launch "enhanced red button" on Tivo
BBC Sport is developing an “enhanced red button” app for Virgin Media’s Tivo subscribers which will offer a range of content from events including London 2012, Formula 1, Euro 2012 and Wimbledon.
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NewsStrictly 3D smashes BBC record
The 3D broadcast of the Strictly Come Dancing finale attracted nearly three times as many viewers as the BBC’s first trial, when it aired the Wimbledon finals this summer.
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NewsAxed BBC shows win at British Comedy Awards
Recently axed BBC2 comedies Shooting Stars and Psychoville had the last laugh at the British Comedy Awards picking up three prizes between them.
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NewsC4 appoints Colin Macdonald as games commissioner
Colin Macdonald, who worked previously for the company that developed Grand Theft Auto, has joined Channel 4 as the first ever games commissioner.
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NewsC4 signs exclusive deal with Micky Flanagan
Channel 4 has sealed an exclusive one-year deal with comedian Micky Flanagan and his first project will be the Mad Bad Ad Show.
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NewsGreat British Property Scandal hits 100k signatures
The Great British Property Scandal, Channel 4’s latest campaign, has attracted 100,000 signatures to a petition calling for measures to get empty homes back into use.
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NewsBlue Peter cut to one show a week
Blue Peter will air just once a week and premiere on CBBC as part of efforts to keep the show running across the year.
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NewsC4 orders fourth Misfits series
Clerkenwell Films has started development on a fourth series of superhero drama Misfits after getting the green light from Channel 4.
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NewsThis is Jinsy gets second series
Sky Atlantic has ordered a second series of surrealist comedy This is Jinsy.
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NewsFilm-makers attack Frozen Planet over polar bear welfare
The BBC’s decision to film a sequence of Frozen Planet in a Dutch zoo was “an abuse of film-makers’ rights” that risked endorsing inhumane conditions for animals, the producers of long-running series Wildlife SOS have claimed.