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NewsFacebook offers live TV voting
Broadcasters could offer viewers real-time voting on TV shows via social network Facebook
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NewsOfcom ruling expected on Boyle joke
Ofcom is expected to reveal its decision over Frankie Boyle’s joke about Katie Price’s son Harvey this week.
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NewsBBC presenters warned over Twitter use
BBC Radio 4 presenters including John Humphrys and Sarah Montague have been warned about their future use of social networking sites after a picture posted on Twitter of Today presenter James Naughtie in a hotel room in Japan caused embarrassment.
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NewsSky Atlantic signs Pompeii as first major co-pro
Sky Atlantic is to air Pompeii, the minseries based on Robert Harris’ book and executive produced by Ridley Scott, as its first major international co-production.
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NewsLove Thy Neighbour bumped to More 4
Love Thy Neighbour, Channel 4’s townies-move-to-the-country format, has been bumped to More 4 halfway through its run due to low audience numbers.
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NewsC4 sales chief to step down
Long-serving Channel 4 sales director Andy Barnes, who is responsible for delivering more than £12bn of sales revenue, is leaving the broadcaster after nearly 20 years.
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NewsRamsay locked in for new Channel 4 series
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is to visiting prisons for a new Channel 4 series that aims to reduce the cost of keeping prisoners behind bars and getting them back to work.
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NewsGypsy Weddings producers come under fire
The producers of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings have been confronted by members of the travelling community angry at their portrayal in the series – in an exchange that has been caught on camera.
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NewsModel Agency final to air online first
Channel 4’s The Model Agency has become the first series to premiere its last episode on 4oD ahead of broadcast – part of its ongoing drive to capture information from its audiences.
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NewsITV homepage relaunched
ITV has relaunched its homepage as the first step in its wider online overhaul.
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NewsBFI to spend £3m more on UK film
The BFI has revealed its UK production funding will rise from £15m to £18m on the day that it takes over as the UK’s lead body for film.
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NewsMcFly on the wall doc for 5*
McFly is to feature in a fly on the wall documentary as the first original commission for 5* since its relaunch in March.
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NewsMTV to take Monkey Quest international
MTV Networks UK is to roll out an international version of virtual world Monkey Quest following its launch in the US on 18 March.
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NewsBBC invites sailing tender
The BBC is to open to tender coverage of sailing during the 2012 Olympic Games.
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NewsBBC to hear doc concerns
The BBC is to listen to the concerns of documentary distributors, who have complained that the corporation is not acquiring enough independent factual films.
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NewsBBC Breakfast: 46% to make Salford move
More than half the BBC Breakfast team will not make the move to Salford – including presenters Sian Williams and Chris Hollins.
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NewsBBC stands firm over government ads
The BBC has said it will continue to resist the government’s wish to run advertising for charities or community groups on any of its platforms, arguing it would compromise the broadcaster’s independence.
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NewsBBC4 orders more Dirk Gently
BBC4 has commissioned a mini-series of the Douglas Adams adaptation Dirk Gently after a successful TX pilot last December.
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NewsHunt: BBC must not cut core services
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned the BBC not to cut core services as it struggles to deal with a real terms reduction in its licence fee.
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NewsLive debate graphics 'sway voters'
TV companies’ use of interactive “worm” graphics during political leaders’ debates could distort voting enough to swing a general election, researchers have claimed.