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NewsX Factor axes auto-tuning
X Factor contestants will no longer have their voices manipulated using specialist sound technology, Talkback Thames has confirmed.
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NewsFighting talk expected from Thompson's speech
BBC Director General Mark Thompson is expected to deliver a “head-on” challenge to the corporation’s critics in Edinburgh this evening.
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NewsLeading indies take aim at Channel 5
The prospects for Channel 5 under Richard Desmond are bleak, according to a group of 40 top indie programme-makers.
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NewsTalkback defends X Factor care
Talkback Thames has hit back over criticisms that it failed to protect the welfare of ejected X Factor contestant Shirlena Johnson.
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NewsSTV's pre-tax profits hit £6m
ITV’s Scottish licence holder STV’s pre-tax profits rose to £6m in the first half of 2010, but TV advertising revenues are set to track below the overall market in the third quarter.
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NewsITV offers X Factor fans dual-screen interactivity
ITV and Talkback Thames Digital are to use the dual-screen ITV Live platform that was debuted for the World Cup for the live shows of The X Factor, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsScale of radio WoCC disappoints indies
Radio indies have predicted the BBC’s launch of a radio Window of Creative Competition could boost revenues by up to £20m - but complained that the BBC Trust’s decision does not go far enough.
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NewsITV2 invests £1m in major off-air marketing push
ITV2 is gearing up to splash more than £1m on its first major marketing campaign in about two years.
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NewsC4 hands ‘female Kenny Everett’ peaktime series
Channel 4 has given a primetime slot to an unknown comedienne described as “Kenny Everett without the beard”.
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NewsPrimeval set for CSI-style franchise deal
Impossible Pictures is set to build on sci-fi drama Primeval with an innovative CSI-style franchise deal with Canadian indie Omni Film Productions.
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NewsHat Trick adapts Victorian crime story for ITV
Paddy Considine is to star in an ITV adaptation of award-winning period crime book The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher.
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NewsC4 delays decision on chief creative officer
Channel 4 staff will have to wait until at least next month to discover who will be taking on the key role of chief creative officer at the restructured broadcaster.
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NewsKinetic strikes third UK deal with start-up Nerd
US start-up Kinetic has struck its third development deal with a UK company after teaming up with new indie Nerd.
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NewsDeloitte: broadcasters not engaging with social media
UK broadcasters are not yet making the most of social-networking websites to build audiences and increase advertising revenue, according to research from consultancy Deloitte.
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NewsDisney debuts first ABC service outside US on BT
Disney is to launch its first ABC-branded on-demand service outside of the US on the BT Vision platform.
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NewsVaughan digs up Thames treasure for History
The History Channel is handing Capital FM breakfast DJ Johnny Vaughan a metal detector so he can unearth hidden treasures on the shores of the River Thames.
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NewsITV and STV dispute goes to court next May
The legal dispute between ITV and its Scottish licence holder STV is set to come to a head in spring next year.
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NewsAlibi acquires Republic of Doyle
UKTV’s Alibi has picked up the exclusive pay-TV rights for the first two series of Canadian drama Republic Of Doyle.
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NewsSheen’s passion for Port Talbot in trio of DCD docs
Super-indie DCD Media has won a clutch of three documentaries including a BBC Wales two-parter that sees The Damned United star Michael Sheen return to his home town of Port Talbot to produce epic play The Passion.
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NewsUppercut patrols the waves for C5 drug-running doc
The intense hunt for the world’s biggest cocaine smugglers will be explored in a new documentary series for Channel 5.