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NewsC4 wants Comms Act to address data
EDINBURGH: Channel 4 will push for the forthcoming Communications Act to ensure that it gets access to the viewer data that the likes of BSkyB generate from its content.
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NewsITV eyes comedy season
EDINBURGH: ITV is considering the launch of a comedy season that could potentially help it tackle its Friday night ratings drought.
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NewsBillie Piper to star in BBC3 comedy
Zai Bennett has revealed a raft of commissions for BBC3, including a new comedy pilot starring Billie Piper from the director of The Inbetweeners Movie and a doc that takes a sceptical look at 9/11 conspiracies.
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NewsTennant cast in BBC1 'improvised' drama series
BBC1 has lined up an all star cast for an ‘improvised’ drama series from Bafta-winning writer and director Dominic Savage.
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NewsBBC3 grounds Hotter Than My Daughter
Zai Bennett is axing makeover show Hotter Than My Daughter and is considering the future of Snog Marry Avoid?, following a review of his channel’s pre-watershed slots.
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NewsComedy Central reveals Friends plans
Comedy Central will strip the entire series of Friends from its first episode as it “takes ownership” of the show following its departure from Channel 4.
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NewsKatie Piper signs two-year deal with Channel 4
Channel 4 has signed up former model Katie Piper to a two-year exclusive deal and has also revealed some details of new projects for Derren Brown and Jimmy Doherty.
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NewsC4 lining up major entertainment projects
Channel 4 is planning to launch a major entertainment show in January, with six shows currently in consideration.
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NewsSky Arts orders Nixon comedy
Hat Trick is to make a new comedy drama for Sky Arts based on real recordings of President Nixon.
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NewsBrooker writes crime spoof for Sky1
Charlie Brooker has penned a feature-length comedy for Sky1 billed as a spoof of every British crime drama made in the last decade.
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NewsImpossible to re-appear on C5
Channel 5’s magic-themed gameshow Impossible?, which was pulled mid-run earlier this year, is to make a return to tap into Big Brother’s audience.
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NewsCarpool takes return trip to online roots
Chat show Carpool, in which Robert Llewellyn interviews guests while driving, is moving off Dave to return to its online roots for its second series.
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NewsDead Donkey writer pens phone hacking comedy for C4
Channel 4 has ordered a phone hacking comedy from Drop the Dead Donkey writer Guy Jenkin.
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NewsBoaden backs Newsnight
The BBC’s director of news Helen Boaden has hit back at claims that Newsnight is “losing its way”, describing them as “wholly inaccurate and unfair”.
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NewsUnited's Ferguson ends BBC boycott
Sir Alex Ferguson has agreed to appear on the BBC after he blackballed the broadcaster for seven years.
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NewsC4 launches 'My 4oD' account service
Channel 4’s online catch-up service 4oD will re-launch with a range of additional features allowing users to personalise their viewing from 31 August.
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NewsSTV to launch Scottish Newsnight
STV is to launch a Scottish equivalent of Newsnight later this year as it ramps up its news content.
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NewsScottish ad market puts pressure on STV
STV has reported a 5% decline in revenues and a marginal decrease in profits as a challenging Scottish advertising market took its toll.
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NewsBullying in TV: the ugly truth
Bullying in TV has become significantly worse over the past decade, with long-term harassment, plagiarism of ideas and fits of yelling all commonplace.
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NewsHunt could drop N+R quotas
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt is considering scrapping nations and regions quotas for the commercial PSBs as part of the new Communications Act, Broadcast has learned.