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NewsBBC4 leads Grierson nods
BBC4 has scooped nine out of 40 nominations at the annual Grierson Documentary Awards.
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NewsPatten pledges to protect World Service
BBC Trust chairman Chris Patten has promised to safeguard the future of the World Service following concerns raised in a report last week.
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NewsWark to host BBC2 food quiz
Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark is to host a new quiz show based around food for BBC2.
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NewsAl Jazeera boss replaced by Qatar royal
Al Jazeera’s director general Wadah Khanfar is stepping down after eight years to be replaced by Shaikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, a member of the Qatar royal family.
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NewsC4 orders rap choir short
A Channel 4 online commission is to be made into a short film for new arts strand Random Acts.
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NewsITV1 details Exposure strand
ITV1 is to reveal how Colonel Gaddafi armed the IRA and will expose a damagingly polluted city in Europe for its new investigative journalism strand.
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NewsBennett-Jones: reveal extent of schedulers' influence
The founder of Tiger Aspect has called for broadcasters to shed light on the “huge and single minded influence” of schedulers within the commissioning process.
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NewsFilm4 records best ever figures
Film4 has recorded its best ever audience across a month, securing a 1.78% share of the audience in August.
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NewsITV Player goes Downton
ITV Player crashed under the weight of users looking to catch up with period drama Downton Abbey on Sunday.
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NewsAlibi acquires online Murdoch
UKTVs crime channel Alibi has acquired an online spin-off series from detective show Murdoch Mysteries that it will air on TV ahead of the fifth run.
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NewsHorror Channel nails Hammer season
Chello Zone’s Horror Channel has picked up 30 films from Studio Canal including Christopher Lee’s The Scars of Dracula to form a nostalgic Hammer Horror Halloween Season.
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NewsApproval ratings record for BBC1
Audience approval for BBC1 has hit an all time high but BBC4 has dropped across both internal metrics produced by the corporation.
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NewsC4 News appoints first weather presenter
BBC weather presenter Liam Dutton is set to become Channel 4 News’ first ever weather presenter.
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NewsITV may gamble on more Red or Black?
RTS CAMBRIDGE: Simon Cowell’s big money game show Red or Black? may return to ITV1, with the broadcaster’s chief executive noting there would be changes made to the format.
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NewsSky Go hits million mark
The Sky Go mobile video app has been downloaded more than a million times since its launch in July with sport proving the key driver and over 40 million pieces of content viewed last month.
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NewsAll3 boss: reduce BBC in-house production
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The Communications Act should not tamper with nations and regions quotas – but the BBC should reduce its commitment to in house production, Steve Morrison has said.
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NewsSorrell: TV industry as “vulnerable” as newspapers
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The business model for free to air TV is as precarious as that of newspapers, Sir Martin Sorrell has claimed.
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NewsBBC makes final decision on tech agency roster
The BBC has finalised the roster of agencies it will work with on its technology commissions following its decision to abolish the approved supplier list in November.
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NewsNAO wins full access to BBC accounts
The National Audit Office is to have access to any part of the BBC’s books it chooses, under new arrangements laid out by the government.