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C4 puts£13.5m more into event drama.
Channel 4 is pumping an extra£13.5m into drama next year after freeing up cash from
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NewsBritain's Streets of Vice attracts 800,000
BBC1's controversial edition of its morning documentary Britain's Streets of Vice, which attracted around 200 complaints, gained an audience of just 800,000 (21%) at 9.15am, its lowest in the series.
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NewsBBC3 bags US Office remake
BBC3 has grabbed the rights to show the US version of smash hit sitcom The Office, which launches in on NBC at the end of the month.
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NewsTop Up TV rapped by ASA
Top Up TV, the pay-TV service for Freeview, has been reprimanded by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for trying to pass off five channels as 10.
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NewsPEER POLL: Nathan Barley
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is Nathan Barley funny (ha ha)?
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NewsBBC slammed for paying Martin burglar
The BBC has been criticised for paying£4,500 for an exclusive interview with one of the men shot by Norfolk farmer Tony Martin.
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NewsTen Alps gets musical
Ten Alps, the indie co-founded by Sir Bob Geldof, is to launch a music events division and has poached a BBC Radio 1 executive to run it.
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NewsChristian body sues BBC
The BBC is being taken to court by a prominent Christian group over its decision to screen the controversial play Jerry Springer - The Opera.
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NewsBBC4 revives Quatermass Experiment
BBC4 has put a remake of 1950s classic live sci-fi drama The Quatermass Experimentat the heart of its summer season.
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NewsSpooks captures interactive Bafta
Spooks Interactivelast night won the top iTV accolade at the Bafta Interactive Awards. The red button offering picked up Bafta's Interactive TV award and was among three trophies that the BBC grabbed at the Café Royal, London.
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News5.5m tuck-in to Jamie's School Dinners
Channel 4's series Jamie's School Dinnerswent from strength to strength last night with the second episode hitting a peak of 5.5 million (24%) at the end.
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Telefónica to float part of its stake in Endemol
Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica is looking to float a minority stake in its wholly owned production arm Endemol on a European stock market.
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Frow: life lesson shows are losing appeal
Lifestyle shows that attempt to tell people how to run their lives are losing their appeal, according to Ben Frow, the former Channel 4 commissioner behind hits including How Clean is Your House?
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DLT hires Black for drama push
DLT Entertainment, the indie behind BBC sitcom My Family, has hired Carson Black, the former producer of ITV cop drama The Bill, to spearhead a move into drama.
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BBC hires Davie
The BBC has appointed Tim Davie, vice-president, marketing and franchise at PepsiCo Europe, as its new director of marketing, communications and audiences. Davie will join the BBC executive board in the next few months, replacing Andy Duncan who quit to run Channel 4. One of his first tasks will be ...
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Shoefield moves on
Former Granada Sky Broadcasting director of programming Gary Shoefield has joined Who Wants to be a Millionaire?owner Celador. Shoefield, who was made redundant from the multichannel broadcaster a fortnight ago following its takeover by ITV, is now working as a consultant at the indie's distributor Celador ...
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C4's sexy short rap
Channel 4 has been rapped by Ofcom for airing an animated film with sexual content before the watershed. Regulator Ofcom decided that the C4 short, His Passionate Bride, was inappropriate for its 7.55pm time slot last November as it contained 'clear indications of sexual acts'. The ...
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Digital radio boost
Sales of digital radios have overtaken those of traditional sets for the first time, according to new figures. In January, electrical goods chain Dixons saw digital set sales outstrip analogue radios by two to one. Demand is expected to rise by more than 50% over the next year. There were ...
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S4C shuts down commercial arm
S4C International is to be closed and its business put out to tender following the closure of the Welsh broadcaster's commercial division, S4C Masnachol (commercial).
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Strictly? format to net BBC over£20m
Strictly Come Dancingis set to net over£20m for the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, the corporation said this week.