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NewsThunderbirds creator fighting to reclaim rights from ITV
Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson has made a public plea to ITV bosses to return the rights to his iconic 60s puppet show, after being locked in a legal battle.
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NewsESPN prepares to unveil Premier League channel
ESPN and Sky are set to unveil details of the new channel that will show Premier League games at the end of this week.
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NewsSetanta loses survival battle
Around 200 staff will lose their jobs after Setanta finally fell into administration.
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Racing UK reverts to pre-Setanta strategy
Racing UK is to revert to a standalone channel costing £20 a month following the demise of Setanta.
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NewsBBC plans 'pop-up restaurant' show
BBC2 is piloting a primetime reality format based on “pop-up restaurants” – the second of its type to hit the headlines in as many months.
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NewsITV1 orders more Lewis
Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox are set to return for a fourth series of ITV1 murder mystery drama Lewis.
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NewsC4 backs creative writing game
An iPhone application that aims to stimulate creative writing is the latest project to come out of Channel 4’s online PSB fund, 4iP.
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NewsESPN lands Premier League deal
Disney-owned sports giant ESPN will go head-to-head with Sky next season after it won the rights to 46 Premier League games previously help by Setanta.
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NewsPremier League set for new TV player
Premier League football will be shown by a new broadcaster from this August – with the prospect of the likes of ESPN having just eight weeks to put together a channel and infrastructure to show the matches.
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Clampdown on University Challenge rules
The BBC has tightened the rules for University Challenge in a bid to prevent a repeat of last year’s debacle which saw the ‘winning team’ being disqualified.
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Brat Camp producer joins Dispatches team
Brat Camp producer Tamara Abood has joined Channel 4 as editor of current affairs strand Dispatches.
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NewsITV, C4 and Five rapped for pushing products
Chat show hosts Alan Titchmarsh and Paul O’Grady as well as Five News gave undue promotion to products in recent shows, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsDuncan to fight on at C4
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has vowed to stay with the broadcaster for at least another two to three years.
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NewsBBC1 to animate Gruffalo
BBC1’s is planning an animated version of the bestselling children’s book The Gruffalo as the centrepiece of its Christmas schedule.
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NewsSunset + Vine strikes tennis deal
Sunset + Vine has extended its contract for the coverage of the Eastbourne and Birmingham tennis tournaments up to 2013.
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NewsBBC Vision "front-loads" cuts
BBC Vision is to make 7.5% in efficiency savings this year, as it front loads its five-year cost cutting plan.
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NewsiPlayer guru honoured at Broadcast Digital Awards
BBC future media controller Anthony Rose was honoured with the Individual Achievement Award for his “ground-breaking” work on the BBC iPlayer at last night’s Broadcast’s Digital Awards.
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NewsBBC comedy chief quits for Sky
The BBC’s comedy chief Lucy Lumsden is leaving the corporation after 11 years to join Sky.
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NewsTalkback unveils Scottish unit with Hole in the Wall order
Talkback Thames is to open a new production base in Glasgow, headed by BBC Scotland’s former creative director of arts and factual entertainment May Miller, and has bagged a second run of BBC1’s Hole in the Wall as its first commission.
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NewsC4 drives into future with BBCW and kids content
Channel 4 is on the brink of entering the next phase of its evolution after the government backed a tie-up with BBC Worldwide and called for it to put renewed emphasis on content for older children and multiplatform delivery.