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NewsE One seeks UK broadcaster for The Firm sequel
A 22-part TV reworking of John Grisham’s The Firm is up for grabs in the UK after Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Entertainment One Television teamed up to create the project.
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NewsDisney Junior revives Art Attack around the world
Classic ITV kids show Art Attack is being brought back by Disney, which will produce 12 international versions for more than 100 countries.
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NewsTitchmarsh recruits team for ITV gardening show
Alan Titchmarsh’s new ITV1 gardening series will air just before BBC2’s Gardeners’ World in the primetime Friday night schedule.
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NewsBBC News to make further 45 redundant
BBC News is to make a further 45 posts redundant, in the last year of its five year Delivering Creative Future strategy.
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NewsSome BBC executives overpaid, says Patten
Lord Patten, the new chairman of the BBC Trust, has acknowledge that some top executives at the BBC are still being paid too much.
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NewsCowell eyes X Factor move
Simon Cowell has hinted that the 2011 X Factor final could move away from Fountain Studios to an arena.
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NewsSky News breaks digital records for Royal wedding
Sky News saw 35,000 people tune into its coverage of the Royal Wedding via its iPad app, the highest viewing figure since it launched in March.
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NewsITV unveils Cowell gameshow
ITV has revealed the details of its epic million pound gameshow produced by Simon Cowell.
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NewsManford steps down from 8 out of 10 Cats
C4 comedy quiz show 8 out of 10 Cats is losing team captain Jason Manford to new ITV series Show Me The Funny.
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NewsCompulsory redundancies loom at BBC
At least 100 BBC staff across the World Service, BBC Monitoring and Online are to be made redundant on a compulsory basis, the NUJ has said.
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NewsBBC sees 3m tune in to Royal Wedding online
The BBC saw 3m people tune into its Royal Wedding coverage online despite experiencing some technical issues throughout the day.
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NewsPatten: BBC not perfect, but best of British
Lord Patten has sent a rousing email to BBC staff, marking his first day as chairman of the Trust.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest line-up revealed
Adam Curtis, Bruce Parry, Molly Dineen and Nick Broomfield are among the leading film-makers appearing at next month’s Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsCall to delay digital radio switchover by five years
Consumer group Which? has called on the Government to delay digital radio switchover for at least five years.
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NewsEyeworks set to continue alone
Netherlands-based Eyeworks has removed itself from the market and decided to “continue on its own” after completing a strategic review.
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NewsGive auditors access to BBC books, says Hunt
Auditors should have “unfettered” access to the BBC’s accounts, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said today.
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NewsRoyal Wedding satire pulled
The BBC has issued an eleventh hour contract revision to ABC, resulting in the Australian broadcaster cancelling its satirical commentary on the Royal Wedding.
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News5USA gears up for Sons of Anarchy third series
Channel 5’s digital channel 5USA has snapped up the rights to the third series of biker gang drama Sons Of Anarchy.
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NewsCohen criticises number of crime dramas on TV
BBC1 controller Danny Cohen has criticised the amount of crime drama on TV as he admitted that the BBC risked having too many male-led detectives on screen.
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NewsObjective to pilot new gameshow for C4
Objective Productions, the indie behind gameshow The Cube, has been given the green light to pilot a gameshow for Channel 4 based on testing people’s reflexes.