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NewsFacejacker movie in the works
Facejacker star Kayvan Novak has revealed that he is working on plans to turn his Channel 4 prank show into a film.
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NewsRafaele and Humphreys handed new BBC roles
Former Channel 4 documentaries commissioner Aysha Rafaele has been made head of BBC in-house documentaries and Natalie Humphreys has been made pan-UK controller of factual network production as the BBC finalises its in-house team.
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NewsBafta TV Awards 2012: winners
The winners and nominees of the Arqiva British Academy Television Awards 2012.
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NewsLegal wrangle over BBC4's Room At the Top resolved
A BBC4 adaptation of classic 1950s novel Room At The Top will finally make it to air after being dropped last year because of a legal wrangle over the rights to the story.
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NewsAdam Smith: getting News Corp bid through was not Hunt's ulitmate aim
The special advisor to Jeremy Hunt, who resigned over his relationship with News Corporation, has denied feeding the company an inside line on government thinking.
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NewsMulville: Sky 'shaking up' TV like C4 in 1980s
BSkyB’s content push is “shaking up” the TV industry in the same way Channel 4 did when it launched in the 1980s, comedy producer Jimmy Mulville has claimed.
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NewsBBC strikes three-year Premier League highlights deal
Match of the Day will be made available on iPlayer for the first time after the BBC struck a £180m deal to hold on to Premier League highlights for another three years.
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Poyser lands Lime MD job
Former ITV Studios director of production Claire Poyser is joining Lime Pictures as managing director, following Sean Marley’s departure.
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NewsC5 drops The Restaurant Inspector until June
Channel 5 has pulled The Restaurant Inspector from its Thursday night home and will not reschedule the factual series until the middle of next month.
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NewsHulu snaps up Derren Brown series
A unique mix of Derren Brown content featuring stunts, performances and magic from different shows is being made available to American VoD viewers through Hulu.
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News4oD viewers make date with Chelsea and Undateables
The third series of Made in Chelsea was the most watched series on Channel 4’s video-on-demand service in April – attracting 2.37m views to the service while The Undateables also featured in the top 10.
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NewsBBC trainee scheme deadline approaches
The BBC is inviting final applications for its Production Management Trainee Scheme.
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NewsMcCartney to jam with Ronnie Wood for Sky Arts special
Sir Paul McCartney is to appear on Sky Arts’ The Ronnie Wood Show in a 60-minute special.
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NewsTwickenham Film Studios sale collapses
Twickenham Film Studios is up for sale again after a mystery bidder pulled out of negotiations to buy the facility.
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NewsCricinfo seeks to mirror the success of ESPN Goals app
ESPN is preparing to launch its first iPad app for cricket site Cricinfo following the success of its ESPN Goals app during the football season.
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NewsHunt warned PM about "caving in to" Sky bid opponents
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt sent a memo to prime minister David Cameron in November 2010 in which he warned against “caving into the Mark Thompson / Channel 4 / Guardian line” over News Corp’s takeover bid for Sky.
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NewsCintel faces uncertain future
Telecine manufacturer Cintel International is conducting a review of the business that could see it put into administration.
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NewsITV returns to scene of The Bill
ITV1’s first daytime drama in nearly four years will be an innovative police procedural from the indie and key creatives behind The Bill.
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NewsWestwood leaves 1Xtra drivetime in schedule shakeup
Digital radio station BBC 1Xtra will replace Tim Westwood as host of its drivetime show with up-and-coming talent Charlie Sloth as part of a schedule shake-up.
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NewsSarah Mulvey took her own life, inquest finds
The “bright and articulate” former Channel 4 commissioner Sarah Mulvey killed herself with an overdose of opiate toxicity, the coroner hearing the inquest into her death has found.