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NewsNat Geo series honours Britain’s railway heroes
National Geographic Channel is working with historian Dan Cruickshank on an ITN Productions series about Britain’s railway heroes.
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NewsViewer demand sees C4 revisit Gypsy Weddings
Channel 4 is to turn its Cutting Edge ratings smash My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding into a six-part series on the back of calls by viewers for more on the subject.
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NewsSky ordered to cut sports prices
Sky must offer its Sky Sports 1 and 2 channels to other broadcasters at a wholesale price set by Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator ruled today.
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NewsFox format leads ITV drama rejig
A UK remake of Fox’s paranormal US series The Oaks is among a trio of dramas being lined up by ITV in the wake of The Bill being axed.
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NewsC4 appoints Lygo to arts board as budget rises
Channel 4 has doubled its core channel’s annual arts budget to £6m and has created a dedicated arts board headed by director of television and content Kevin Lygo.
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NewsWales first to go digital
Wales has become the UK’s first digital nation with all analogue television signals switched off at midnight.
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NewsBBC radio has undergone "cultural change"
BBC Audio and Music has undergone “significant cultural changes” according to an independent report following the measures indentified by the BBC Trust in the wake of Sachsgate.
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NewsBBC3 orders Blood, Sweat and Luxuries
BBC3 is to follow up factual hit Blood, Sweat And Takeaways with a series investigating how life’s little luxuries make it to the High Street.
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NewsBBC unveils FM&T shake-up
The BBC has radically restructured its Future Media and Technology division, creating a powerful new director, digital media post and seeing the departures of Nic Newman and Seetha Kumar.
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NewsBBC2 re-orders The Thick of It
BBC2 has commissioned a new series of political comedy The Thick of It.
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NewsBBC offers Grand National in HD
The BBC is to broadcast all three days of the Grand National festival in high definition, alongside its normal coverage on BBC1 and BBC2.
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NewsITV to replace The Bill with medical series
ITV’s promise to invest in more new drama brands with the axing of The Bill includes a dark new medical series from Mammoth Screen penned by Peter Bowker.
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NewsMPs call for DG pay cut
The BBC director general’s pay package is seen as “out of step” with the current economic climate and Mark Thompson should lead from the top by cutting the amount he receives from the corporation, MPs have said.
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NewsBBC reveals under threat websites
The BBC has published a list of its 400 top level domain names ahead of its move to axe half by 2012.
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NewsiPlayer guru moves to Canvas
Anthony Rose, a key player in the success of the BBC’s iPlayer, has been drafted in to Project Canvas as chief technology officer.
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NewsBBC Trust puts iPhone apps on hold
The BBC Trust has put the brakes on the BBC’s proposed range of news and sport mobile apps following complaints from industry rivals.
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NewsOfcom proposes TV ad sales shake-up
Rules governing how commercial television stations sell their advertising airtime could be scrapped following the launch of an Ofcom consultation on the issue.
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NewsBBC on brink of FM&T shake-up
The BBC is planning a major restructure of its Future Media and Technology division, described by insiders as “the night of the long knives”.
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NewsBBC4 sends Richard E Grant on safari
Oxford Scientific Films has secured Richard E Grant to front a 90-minute special on safaris for BBC4.