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  • Emmerdale
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    Emmerdale names new boss

    2011-03-16T11:40:00Z

    A new series producer has been appointed to ITV soap Emmerdale, following the death of Gavin Blyth.

  • William and Kate
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    BBC to broadcast royal wedding globally

    2011-03-16T11:35:00Z

    The BBC is to broadcast a live feed of the royal wedding around the world, making it available to viewers outside the UK on its Entertainment channel.

  • Brian Cox
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    Cox the star of RTS awards

    2011-03-16T08:41:00Z

    Science presenter Professor Brian Cox was the star himself after becoming a double winner at the Royal Television Society Awards.

  • bodies
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    Bodies creator returns with gritty cop drama

    2011-03-15T12:22:00Z

    Bodies writer Jed Mercurio is to put the “controversial and perverse realities of 21st century policing” under the spotlight in his new BBC2 drama, Line of Duty.

  • ITV News
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    ITV overhauls senior news team

    2011-03-15T12:10:00Z

    ITV is to scrap its most senior regional news roles and incorporate Daybreak into the network news team as part of a management shakeup.

  • Channel 4
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    C4 lines-up transgender films

    2011-03-15T12:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is to broadcast a week of short films focussed on transgender issues as part of a drive to improve their portrayal in the media.

  • Twenty Twelve
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    BBC dismisses copycat claims

    2011-03-15T11:38:00Z

    The BBC has dismissed claims its new BBC4 comedy Twenty Twelve is a plagiarised version of Australian sitcom The Games.

  • BBC
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    BBC1 orders daytime legal drama

    2011-03-15T11:30:00Z

    Daytime controller Liam Keelan has ordered a new legal drama from Liverpool-based Lime Pictures, to air on BBC1 later this year.

  • Brian Cox
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    BBC issues audibility guidance

    2011-03-15T11:27:00Z

    The BBC is issuing best practice guidance for programme makers in a bid to address audibility issues, following a year-long research project into the problem.

  • New Look
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    C4 secures first product placement deal

    2011-03-15T10:48:00Z

    Channel 4’s first product placement deal has been agreed with fashion retailer New Look for an entertainment show due to broadcast this summer.

  • Wonders of the Universe
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    Cox criticises BBC for turning down music

    2011-03-15T09:00:00Z

    TV presenter Professor Brian Cox has criticised the BBC for agreeing to turn down the music on his science series Wonders of the Universe.

  • Midsomer Murders
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    Midsomer creator suspended over all-white remarks

    2011-03-15T08:50:00Z

    The producer and co-creator of ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders, who implied in an interview that there was no place in the show for ethnic minorities, has been suspended.

  • Asian Network
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    BBC offers Asian Network lifeline

    2011-03-14T18:09:00Z

    The BBC has made another u-turn on its decisions to cut radio services, as the Asian Network is offered a lifeline.

  • Jeremy Hunt
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    DCMS reveals local TV hopefuls

    2011-03-14T16:21:00Z

    The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has received more than 50 expressions of interest in its plan to create a local TV network.

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    Being Human to return in 2012

    2011-03-14T13:23:00Z

    The BBC has commissioned a fourth series of supernatural drama Being Human.

  • Becoming Human
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    BBC outlines multiplatform priorities

    2011-03-14T13:13:00Z

    The BBC’s new director of future media Ralph Rivera has met with indies to gather feedback and outlined previous multiplatform projects such as Waterloo Road Reunited and Becoming Human as investment priorities.

  • Doctor Who
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    Wales sees BBC's biggest economic boost

    2011-03-14T12:56:00Z

    Wales saw the biggest growth in the BBC’s economic impact of all the nations and regions over the last financial year, a report published today has shown.

  • Rupert Murdoch
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    Media groups warn over BSkyB deal

    2011-03-14T09:20:00Z

    An alliance of media organisations has criticised News Corporation’s bid to takeover BSkyB, claiming that plans to spin off Sky News are “ineffective” and should be blocked by the Government.

  • Lord Patten
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    Lord Patten confirmed as BBC Trust chair

    2011-03-14T08:50:00Z

    The appointment of former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten as the chairman of the BBC Trust has been approved by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

  • Sky
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    Sky expands Scottish operations

    2011-03-14T08:47:00Z

    Sky is to expand its Scottish operations with the creation of 100 jobs.