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NewsITN extends 4Music deal
ITN Productions has signed a two-year deal with 4Music to supply entertainment news for its weekday morning TV show following a three month pilot.
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NewsITV to call time on Taggart
ITV has pulled the plug on Taggart after 28 years, forcing STV to go it alone on the murder drama.
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Digital radio share breaks 25%
Listening to the radio via digital platforms has grown to represent over 25% of share in the first three months of the year, according to the latest figures from Rajar.
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NewsC4 ready for challenging 2011
Channel 4’s executive team has pledged to bolster its risk-taking content despite the pressures of tougher market conditions.
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Prime Suspect heads to the US
ITV’s seminal crime drama Prime Suspect is to be adapted for US audiences for the first time.
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NewsBBC to publish guidance on hiring and firing stars
The BBC is set to publish guidance for producers on how to avoid legal pitfalls when hiring and firing on-screen talent, following Miriam O’Reilly’s successful discrimination suit last year.
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NewsNorman: we had to break old ITV culture
ITV bosses have had to break down a stagnant culture internally to set the company on the path to transformation, chairman Archie Norman has told the company AGM.
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NewsBT toasts broadband success
BT has reported a 71% rise in profits after more than £1 billion of cost savings helped it overcome a 4% drop in revenues.
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NewsToday reaches record audience
RAJARS: Radio 4’s breakfast news staple Today has achieved a record audience, pushing through the 7 million barrier for the first time.
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NewsMacKenzie to launch online sports TV service
Former editor of The Sun and Talksport chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie is setting up an online sports TV service billed as “Sky Sports News meets Talksport”.
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NewsHopkinson in ITV Studios return
Left Bank Pictures co-founder Francis Hopkinson is returning to ITV Studios to establish a new drama unit.
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NewsC4 downgrades Dickson’s role following exit
Channel 4 is downgrading its deputy head of documentaries role following the departure of Simon Dickson.
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NewsBBC’s Hare set for axe as viewers switch off
The BBC is to drop Saturday night format Don’t Scare The Hare after it failed to attract enough viewers - and didn’t impress those who did tune in.
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NewsSky 1 orders Maverick series; hunts entertainment format
Sky 1 has ordered its second fact ent series from Maverick TV in three months and is on the hunt for a £2.5m entertainment show to rival those of its terrestrial competitors.
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NewsThis Morning to push interactive boundaries
ITV is ramping up viewer influence on This Morning by introducing viewer votes on cookery items, live cook-along features via Skype and interactive interviews.
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NewsC5’s Davidson joins Renegade
Ex-Channel 5 commissioner and former The Apprentice executive producer Sue Davidson has joined Renegade Productions as an executive producer.
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NewsITVS America ups stakes with first order for ITV1
ITV Studios America is to make its first show for ITV1 as part of a raft of entertainment commissions won by the in-house production business.
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NewsRIG plans revamp in bid to become the ‘radio Pact’
The Radio Independents Group (RIG) is planning a reorganisation and aggressive membership drive to help turn it into the “radio Pact”.
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News10 Star bolsters team for ITV’s Choir commission
10 Star Entertainment has hired two execs as it builds its team following a commission from ITV1 for The Choir That Rocks.
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NewsC4 orders STV pub quiz series
Pub quiz fanatics will travel across the UK to test their general knowledge in an STV Productions daytime format for Channel 4.