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NewsGreat British Food Revival to return
BBC2 has ordered a second helping of campaigning series The Great British Food Revival.
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NewsC4 follows up SBTV pilot with series order for T4
A T4 pilot charting the success of online youth broadcaster SBTV will be turned into a 5 x 30-minute series for the Channel 4 teen strand.
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NewsC4 links off-peak and daytime commissioning
Channel 4 off-peak commissioning will now sit in the daytime department to make commissioning for the slots more coherent.
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R4 orders live sketches
Scripted comedy specialist The Comedy Unit has been commissioned to produce a live sketch show for BBC Radio 4.
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NewsITV unveils heavyweight Saturday night schedule
ITV1 has unveiled an heavyweight Saturday night line-up, with Simon Cowell’s Red or Black? and Jonathan Ross’ new chat show scheduled to launch on the same night.
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NewsBBC3 to air Doctor Who short
BBC3 is to air a one-off mini episode of Doctor Who written by school children who won a competition earlier this year.
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NewsC4 to plough millions into viewer research
Channel 4 has made a multi-million pound investment in a major audience research project and has named the senior team that will drive it forward.
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NewsiPlayer via IPTV up 77%
The BBC iPlayer saw requests from IPTV platforms such as BT Vision, Freesat and Virgin Media’s Tivo jump by 77% in July.
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NewsX Factor launch sparks 86 complaints
The return of The X Factor has drawn complaints over aggressive behaviour during one audition and a quick flash in another.
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NewsRoom 101 set to return
Room 101 is set to return to our screens with the BBC poised to greenlight a new series, this time presented by Frank Skinner.
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NewsSocial networks drive TV viewing
A fifth of television’s key commercial demographic regularly discover new shows through social networking websites, a study has found.
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NewsEllis and Howells win first acquisition
Former Target Entertainment executives Oliver Ellis and Helen Howells have won their first acquisition from Cbeebies.
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NewsChannelflip signs Ronson for web doc
Jon Ronson, the documentary maker and writer of The Men Who Stare at Goats, is to launch an online series in which he will explore the people who try to control the internet.
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NewsBBC goes potty with V&A
The BBC is running a year of programmes that aims to be the most wide-ranging examination of the decorative arts as part of a partnership with the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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NewsHome to transform wrecks into dream houses
UKTV’s Home has ordered a new series in which dilapidated houses will be renovated into the owners’ dream houses.
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NewsChina lands on Frozen Planet
A major new BBC doc series from the makers of Planet Earth has been picked up by China’s CCTV.
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NewsFilm revenue boosts Pinewood results
Pinewood Shepperton has seen a rise in revenue for the first half of the year, with the continuing decline in income from TV offset by the growth of its film services division.
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NewsAttenborough to be honoured by IBC
Sir David Attenborough will receive IBC’s International Honour for Excellence at this year’s trade show.
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NewsChapman to lose third of staff
Chapman Entertainment, the kids indie behind Roary the Racing Car and Fifi & the Flowertots, is losing a third of its workforce but expansion could be on the horizon, its creative director has said.
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NewsWaterloo Road moving to Glasgow
Shed Productions’ Waterloo Road is being moved to Glasgow in a £25m deal designed to help establish a sustainable drama base in Scotland.