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NewsCivolution begins C4 watermarking trial
Channel 4 is preparing to take its first steps into audio watermarking, having started working on a trial with Civolution.
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NewsITV plans Space: 1999 revival
ITV Studios’ US arm is planning to remake Gerry Anderson’s cult series Space: 1999.
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NewsTwenty Twenty recruited for BBC1 conscripts drama
The final intake of National Service men is to be dramatised by Twenty Twenty in a new commission for BBC1 Daytime.
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NewsWhisper races off with first BBC1 commission
Whisper Films has won its first commission since being set up a year ago - a doc with the brother of Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton.
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NewsSky boosts Isle of Wight coverage
Sky is upping its live coverage of this year’s Isle of Wight Festival to 18 hours - including broadcasts in 3D.
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NewsMTV upgrades to HD
MTV UK is to launch a high definition channel and replace existing MTVNHD with MTV Live.
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NewsITV1 eyeing new Surprise Surprise
ITV1 is set to dust off classic show Surprise Surprise - more than a decade after its last appearance.
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NewsITV1 to chart TV's most memorable moments
ITV1 is to celebrate the most popular moments in television history ahead of Britain completing the digital switchover this year.
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NewsE4 calls for third Phoneshop
High street comedy Phoneshop will return for a third series on E4 at the end of the year.
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NewsI’m Spazticus pilot back as C4 series
A Channel 4 Comedy Lab pilot from 2005 featuring on and off-screen disabled talent is being dusted off to become a five-part series called I’m Spazticus.
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NewsRed or Black? tipped for weekly return
Simon Cowell’s roulette gameshow Red or Black? is being lined up to return to ITV1 in August as a weekly format.
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NewsStella and The Cafe to return for Sky1
Sky1 has recommissioned Ruth Jones’ Stella and Ralf Little and Craig Cash’s The Cafe.
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NewsC4 commissioner quits for BBC Salford role
The commissioner of Made In Chelsea, Tool Academy and Playing It Straight is leaving Channel 4 to spearhead the BBC’s entertainment output in Salford.
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NewsITV to turn Emmerdale into multiplatform brand
Emmerdale is to be transformed into a “multiplatform brand” as its cast and storylines are given a significant digital push by ITV to extend the soap’s off-air presence.
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NewsMurphy injects ‘love’ into Sky 1 strategy
Director of Sky 1 Stuart Murphy has updated his channel strategy to offer “bigger, better, more loved” shows as it moves into its next phase of original programming.
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NewsDragonfly set to go West
Dragonfly is expanding its operations with the opening of a new office in Bristol later this month, after securing its first factual series commission for BBC2.
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NewsBBC mulls Poliakoff returner
BBC2 is considering developing Stephen Poliakoff ’s five-part drama Dancing on the Edge into a returning series, set in the offices of a 1930s music paper.
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NewsHill and McGowan team up for ITV1 sports review
Comedian Alistair McGowan is to front a primetime ITV1 sports entertainment show, executive produced by Harry Hill.
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NewsWindfall plans Colditz escape
Windfall Films will revisit Colditz Castle for Channel 4 in an ambitious attempt to recreate an escape glider and launch it from the roof.
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NewsWatch partners with Travel Channel on Scream gameshow
UKTV entertainment channel Watch has partnered with the Travel Channel in the US on a new series of gameshow Scream If You Know The Answer!.