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NewsBroadband TV 'to reach 102 million'
Broadband TV (IPTV) services and subscribers, such as BT Vision, will total 102 million by 2014, according to the Multimedia Research Group (MRG).
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NewsBritvic backs second Skillicious series for CITV
CITV has re-commissioned a second series of The Foundation’s ad-funded programme Skillicious With Fruit Shoot H20.
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NewsWorld Cup fuels ITV ad growth
ITV1’s advertising revenue grew by 45% in June compared with the same period last year.
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NewsChannel 4 News names first culture editor
Matthew Cain has been named the first culture editor of Channel 4 News.
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NewsFive pulls support of Canvas
Five has withdrawn its support from the broadcaster-led joint-venture IPTV service Project Canvas following a review of its spending.
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Coogan signs for Sky Arts' Chekhov plays
Sky Arts has ordered four Anton Chekhov plays from indie Baby Cow starring a range of talent including Steve Coogan, Johnny Vegas and Julian Barratt.
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NewsDaybreak to replace GMTV brand
ITV’s flagship morning show GMTV is to be renamed Daybreak as part of a £1.5m shake-up that will see Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley take on presenting duties.
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NewsPension fury at BBC
The BBC’s overhaul of its pension scheme has provoked a furious reaction on the letters page of Ariel, the corporation’s in-house magazine.
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NewsAbsolute and MTV join forces for 80s push
Absolute Radio has partnered with MTV for the first time in a joint venture that will see programming air across both radio and television.
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NewsFive and UKTV order emergency series
Five has commissioned a new ‘blue light’ series with UKTV following the high speed experiences of biker police and paramedics.
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NewsOnline Baddiel series nets 17,000
UKTV’s first online commission, FC Dave starring David Baddiel, has racked up 17,000 views in the five weeks since its launch.
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NewsAl Murray fronts topical ITV comedy pilot
Al Murray is piloting an “apocalyptic, yet upbeat” ITV1 show that aims to take a comic look at the week’s events.
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NewsLewis to return for fifth series
ITV has ordered four more episodes of established detective drama Lewis.
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NewsNo One Show return for Christine Bleakley
Christine Bleakley will not return to The One Show when the programme comes back from its break next week, the BBC has confirmed.
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NewsJailed nursery nurse’s family to speak out in doc
The immediate family of Vanessa George, the Plymouth nursery nurse jailed for child abuse, are to speak in a HanrahanMedia doc for AETN UK’s Crime & Investigation Network.
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NewsFive lines up ‘all-singing, all-dancing’ gameshow
Ant & Dec indie Gallowgate is tuning up to produce a music gameshow for Five as part of the broadcaster’s ambitions to score a shiny-floor hit.
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NewsTurner channels want in on the live action
Turner Broadcasting’s new chief content officer, Michael Carrington, is making the inclusion of live-action programming a priority for his predominantly animationbased channels Boomerang and Cartoon N
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NewsBBC Children’s to target teens with extra budget
BBC Children’s plans to use some of its recently approved extra budget to try to attract more teenage viewers to its CBBC channel.
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NewsFrontrunners emerge for BBC commissioning role
Watchdog editor Jeff Anderson and BBC executive producers Lisa Edwards and Alison Kirkham are thought to be in the running to succeed Jo Ball as commissioning editor for features for BBC1 and BBC2.
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NewsITV breaks new ground in Baby Cow app transfer
Baby Cow has won an ITV commission for an animated series in what is thought to be the first time an iPhone app has been turned into a TV show.