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NewsBrooke to rejoin Channel 4
Dan Brooke, previously managing director of Discovery UK and indie Rare Day, is to become Channel 4’s first director of marketing, communications and corporate relations.
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NewsVirgin adds 100,000 Sky content subscribers
Virgin Media’s revenues have grown to £978m in the three months to the end of September, boosted by the addition of 52,000 Sky Sports or Movies subscribers since August.
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NewsBBC orders online spin off of Being Human
The BBC’s Drama Multiplatform division has commissioned an online spin off of the BBC3 drama Being Human.
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NewsViewers urged to boycott licence fee over S4C
The Welsh Language Society (Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg) is urging viewers to boycott the licence fee in response to the government’s decision to bring national broadcaster S4C under the BBC’s remit.
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NewsITV to air Take That documentary
ITV has secured the exclusive international rights to premiere a documentary on pop group Take That.
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NewsHunt accused over 'dodgy BBC deal'
The new shadow culture secretary has accused Jeremy Hunt of of putting his political ambitions ahead of the BBC’s future, and branded the new licence fee settlement a “dodgy deal”.
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NewsBBC cuts will hit output, warns Damazer
Former Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer has warned that the impending cuts at the BBC are likely to affect the quality of its output, claiming it is “going to be harder” than previous cutbacks.
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NewsVirgin signs NBC for on-demand deal
Virgin Media has sealed an on-demand deal with NBC Universal to offer the entire back catalogue of shows including 30 Rock, House, Heroes and the US version of The Office.
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NewsControversial Islam doc cleared by Ofcom
Channel 4’s Britain’s Islamic Republic, which attrated more than 1,000 complaints and was branded a “dirty little programme” by former MP George Galloway, has been cleared by Ofcom.
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NewsITV closes in on Salford move
ITV is close to striking a deal that will see it consolidate its North West operations at Media City in Salford.
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NewsSky bumps Living up EPG ahead of rebrand
Living is to be renamed Sky Living and will be positioned next to Sky1 and forthcoming HBO channel Sky Atlantic on the satellite broadcaster’s EPG.
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NewsBBC magics up more Merlin
BBC1 has commissioned a fourth series of the family fantasy drama Merlin from Shine TV.
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NewsOne-off licence fee reduction mooted
BBC licence fee payers could get “a one-off reduction” in the £145.50 they pay every year if the plan for the corporation to fund the Welsh language service S4C falls through.
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NewsStars look back for BBC2
One Foot In The Grave star Richard Wilson and Gavin & Stacey’s Alison Steadman are to offer candid reflections on their careers for BBC2’s Christmas season.
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NewsChannel 4 defends Harry docudrama
Channel 4 defended its broadcast last night of a “dramatised documentary” showing Prince Harry taken prisoner in Afghanistan as “sober and responsible”.
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NewsBBC3 hunts young documentary directors
BBC3 is giving emerging documentary directors the opportunity to secure a major commission that will form part of the channel’s next adult season.
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NewsChannel 5 quits Thinkbox
Channel 5 has left TV marketing body Thinkbox as it focuses its investment on programming and IPTV platform YouView.
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Vintage TV staffs up ahead of West End doc
Fledgling over-50s music TV channel Vintage TV has appointed Ian Davis as its commercial director as it passes 500,000 weekly viewers.
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NewsViewers to choose Sky Movies' Christmas schedule
Sky Movies will offer viewers the chance to create their own Christmas and Boxing Day schedules.
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NewsWelsh indies question S4C's independence
Indies have questioned the independence of Welsh-language broadcaster S4C following plans to merge it with the BBC.