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NewsSky 1 adds twist for Are You Smarter...?
Sky 1 is revamping its kids-vs-adults quiz by asking mums and dads Are You Smarter Than Your 10-Year-Old?
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NewsMediaCity gets £8m boost
MediaCity UK has been given a shot in the arm after the University of Salford won an £8m grant to build a 103,000sq ft facility at the development.
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NewsC4 opens up web archive
Channel 4 is to make 4,000 hours of shows from its 27-year archive available for free online.
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NewsC4 plans Dubplate Drama finale
Channel 4’s interactive music drama Dubplate Drama is to end after three series.
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NewsITV regulation may be relaxed
The government has hinted that ITV will have its regulatory burden dramatically reduced by the Digital Britain report.
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NewsBBC lands the best job in the world
BBC1 has ordered a doc on the search for a caretaker for an Australian tropical island - widely billed as “the best job in the world”.
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NewsFincham to chair Broadcast Entertainment Forum
ITV director of television Peter Fincham is to chair Broadcast’s TV Entertainment Forum in September, which will kick off with a keynote from Britain’s Got Talent judge Piers Morgan.
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NewsBig Brother 10 underway
The 10th series of Big Brother launched on Channel 4 last night marking the start of a 13-week run across the summer.
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NewsBBC1 to follow stay-at-home Brits
BBC1 will investigate how the recession will prompt millions of Brits to stay at home this summer in a series from Crackit Productions.
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NewsiCarly takes Nickelodeon top spot
Interactive teen comedy iCarly has become a big hit for Nickelodeon UK with its iGo to Japan special becoming the channel’s most watched show of the year so far.
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NewsNBC swaps around channels on EPG
NBC Universal Global Networks is to move around some of its digital channels on Sky’s EPG, moving Hallmark next to Sci Fi.
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NewsGovernment launches review into kids on TV
The government is preparing a major public consultation on the use of children in TV shows such as Britain’s Got Talent, which last week saw 10-year-old semi-finalist Hollie Steel break down on live TV.
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NewsIndustry split over 3DTV standardisation
The broadcast industry is divided over whether or not to standardise 3D TV, according to new research from the Digital Television Group (DTG).
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NewsBBC Trust calls for more info on Project Canvas
The BBC Trust has given the Project Canvas team the green light to launch a charm offensive after it called on the BBC executive to put more details about the project into the public domain.
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NewsBlue and PFL staff agree to take pay cut
More than 80% of staff at Blue and Prime Focus London have agreed to take a pay cut as an alternative to a programme of redundancies.
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NewsBBC Trust under fire over pay scrutiny
A government report into BBC radio production efficiencies has been overshadowed by a spat with the BBC Trust over whether presenters’ salaries should be made public.
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Technology briefs 5 June 2009
Technology news in brief from Broadcast magazine dated 5 June 2009 including Erik Huggers, Panasonic, Grass Valley and Amberfin.
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NewsFive's Beast put down
US cable network A&E has cancelled the Patrick Swayze crime drama Beast, which was acquired by Five earlier this year, according to reports.
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NewsBig Brother housemates set for gruelling start
Channel 4 is promising the “most diverse and cosmopolitan” Big Brother line-up for the 10th series of the reality show.
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NewsMacDonald takes creative lead at IWC
Former ITV controller of daytime Adam MacDonald has joined RDF Media as creative director of its Scottish subsidiary, IWC Media.