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NewsSky to launch Netflix rival
Sky has unveiled plans for a new IPTV service featuring access to Sky Sports, movies and its entertainment channels in a bid to acquire new subscribers.
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NewsBectu: delay BBC Birmingham exit to 2013
Broadcast union Bectu has written to the BBC demanding it delays the exit of Birmingham by at least a year.
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NewsC4 hires Panorama exec for Dispatches role
Panorama deputy editor Daniel Pearl has been appointed as Channel 4 Dispatches commissioning editor.
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News5 Live told to cover more news and niche sports
BBC Radio 5 Live has been urged by the BBC Trust to ensure its discussions are led by a news agenda and to offer more coverage to minority sports.
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NewsDavid Tennant wins BBC Audio Drama Award
David Tennant and Sherlock star Andrew Scott were among the winners of the inaugural BBC Audio Drama Awards.
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NewsBBC iPlayer and ITV Player to launch on Sky
Sky has signed major deals with the BBC and ITV to bring the two terrestrial broadcasters’ video on demand services to its platform.
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NewsITV and MTV circle Cowell's DJ talent show
ITV and MTV are understood to be eyeing Simon Cowell’s live DJ talent show.
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NewsITVS America partners with UK indie
ITV Studios America has penned a first look development deal with UK indie Kowalski.
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NewsC4 orders Gok's Teens web series
Channel 4 has ordered a raft of short-form web videos featuring celebrities including Alesha Dixon, Catherine Tate and members of the Hollyoaks cast to support its forthcoming series Gok’s Teens: The Naked Truth
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NewsCurrent sells EPG slot
Current UK has hired Canis Media to handle the sale of its Sky entertainment EPG slot.
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NewsITV1 orders more of The Cube
Two more series of The Cube have been ordered for ITV1 and will include three celebrity specials.
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NewsC4 in life-changing pilot
Former Confused.com boss Carlton Hood will front a Channel 4 pilot offering families the opportunity to change their lives.
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NewsBBC Sport signs six-year cricket deal
Live radio coverage of England’s international cricket games will continue to be broadcast on the BBC until 2019 following a renewed deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board.
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NewsDec: NTA could have gone to anyone on list
ITV golden boys Ant & Dec made National TV Award history last night by collecting their 11th presenting award - but still expressed their surprise at winning.
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NewsX Factor beats Strictly to NTA
The X Factor outmanoeuvred Strictly Come Dancing to be crowned best entertainment show at the National Television Awards.
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NewsITV moves back micropayment launch date
ITV’s much-anticipated micropayments system now looks set to launch as late as this summer.
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NewsRihanna to hunt fashion talent for Sky Living
What’s My Name? singer Rihanna is to turn her talents to exec producing with a new Sky Living series in which she will hunt for the next wave of British fashion designers.
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NewsDiscovery drives off with C5’s Fifth Gear
Discovery has poached Channel 5’s flagship series Fifth Gear in a move that will shift the motoring show exclusively to pay-TV after 10 years of airing on the PSB.
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NewsNighty Night’s Davis to pen Sky Atlantic comedy
Nighty Night creator Julia Davis is to write and star alongside a cast of crones and hunchbacks in a gothic black comedy set in the 1800s for Sky Atlantic.