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NewsMillion Pound Drop returns with tweaks
The Million Pound Drop Live is returning to Channel 4 with a number of tweaks including the opportunity for teams of four to enter the quiz show.
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NewsEmbarrassing Bodies heads down under
Embarrassing Bodies is set to be remade for Australia with UK host Dr Christian Jessen offering advice to Aussie patients.
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NewsBBC3 takes bigger bite of In The Flesh
BBC3 controller Zai Bennett has ordered an extended series of Dominic Mitchell’s zombie drama In the Flesh.
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NewsXbox One to offer live TV
Microsoft has revealed its next generation Xbox console will allow users to watch live TV channels as it moves to integrate TV, internet and gaming.
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NewsEntertainment controller Layla Smith to exit ITV
Entertainment controller Layla Smith is leaving ITV after a 15 year career at the broadcaster.
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NewsSky turns on digital promo for Mad Dogs
Greggs: More than Meats the Pie, a Sky1 ob-doc about the bakery chain, will become the first programme in the UK to feature digitally integrated promotion for another show.
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NewsSharon Osbourne returns to X Factor
Sharon Osbourne is to return to The X Factor as a judge this year as producers beef up the show’s auditioning process.
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NewsBBC raises stakes in retransmission fees row
The BBC is threatening to charge Sky to carry its TV channels if an amicable agreement cannot be reached over the retransmission fees row.
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NewsLocal TV Association elects chair
Former ITV News editor and Teachers TV founder Nigel Dacre has been elected as the first chair of the Local TV Association.
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NewsC4 whips up Oklahoma Tornado doc
Channel 4 has ordered a fast turnaround documentary looking at the devastation created by the tornado which hit Oklahoma earlier this week.
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NewsUnions reject second BBC pay offer
The broadcasting unions have rejected a second 2013-14 pay offer from the BBC as industrial tensions continue to simmer.
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NewsA boost for expert women
Broadcast’s campaign to get more expert women on air received a boost this week from two separate websites and from Bloomberg, which is the latest broadcaster to sign the Expert Women pledge.
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NewsBauer music show to air on Box TV
Box TV is to air Bauer Media’s radio chart show In:Demand as a multiplatform chart show.
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NewsC5 lands Oscar Pistorius exclusive
Channel 5 has secured a worldwide exclusive interview with the parents of Oscar Pistorius’ girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, who was shot dead on 14 February.
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NewsBBC ploughs £5m into Scottish referendum
BBC director general Tony Hall is to provide BBC Scotland with a £5m cash injection for its coverage of next year’s independence referendum.
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NewsPlum preps Man on Couch live stream stunt
Hat Trick’s YouTube comedy channel Bad Teeth is partnering with Plum Pictures to produce a live stream of a man forced to live in an empty room for at least seven days, with just a laptop.
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NewsBBC2 prepares Airport Live for takeoff
BBC2 has secured “unparalleled” access to Heathrow Airport for a special live event series to be stripped across four nights.
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NewsC4 inks deal for more tattoo docs
Channel 4 is to continue to explore tattoo culture following a one-off Cutting Edge doc, My Tattoo Addiction, which aired last year.
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NewsCBBC tackles bad cooks and drivers
Parents who can’t cook risk being reported by their children to new CBBC series Disaster Chefs, as Lucky Day Productions picks up two commissions.
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NewsITV scraps Dancing on Ice
ITV ice-skating format Dancing on Ice is being axed after a ninth series in 2014.