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NewsTennant to voice animated Doctor Who series
David Tennant is to voice an animated spin-off series of Doctor Who set to debut this autumn.
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Channels agree five-year ban on revisiting Kangaroo
Project Kangaroo partners the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV have made a five-year agreement with the Competition Commission that they will not try to acquire any part of their rivals video-on-demand activities.
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BBC orders online sketch show from RDF
The BBC has commissioned an online sketch show featuring a vicar and a rabbi grappling with their laddish tendencies.
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BBCW gives Life to ABC
BBC Worldwide has sold a package of natural history titles including BBC2’s up-coming HD series Life to Australian broadcaster ABC TV.
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NewsTwitter TV series in the works
Shine-owned US producer Reveille is teaming up with Twitter to make a TV programme that incorporates the social networking site into the action of the show.
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Sky admits to phone vote errors
BSkyB has admitted it charged Republic of Ireland viewers to enter three votes and competitions by text message, despite them having no chance of affecting the outcome.
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C4 defends Come Dine With Me racism claims
Channel 4 has defended an episode of Come Dine With Me that attracted a “surprising” flurry of complaints over alleged racist remarks.
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R2 to pre-record Jonathan Ross show
Jonathan Ross is to pre-record his Radio 2 show to make sure it is “watertight” against future editorial breaches.
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BBC4 to dramatise life of Fonteyn
Anne-Marie Duff, star of The Virgin Queen and Is Anybody There?, is to play late ballet icon Dame Margot Fonteyn in a BBC4 biopic.
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STV to launch new daily show The Hour
STV has revealed plans for its new daily magazine show The Hour - set to launch next Tuesday.
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iTunes Festival returns to ITV2
Kasabian, Oasis and Snow Patrol are set for ITV2 this summer, with commissioners ordering a second dose of the iTunes Live: London Festival.
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Endemol wins first Polish commission
Endemol is to adapt its Dutch drama Roses and Vodka Lime for audiences in Poland - its first commission in the country.
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BBC awarded £17.5m in bonuses despite cuts
The BBC paid £17.5m in bonuses last year to 9,777 staff – despite trenchant job cuts throughout the corporation.
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Five bags Breaking Bad
Five has bagged first-run UK rights to the second series of acclaimed US drama Breaking Bad.
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Phil Riley buys eight Global radio stations
Global Radio has sold eight of its Midlands radio licenses to former Chrysalis Radio chief radio Phil Riley and Lloyds TSB Development Capital for an undisclosed sum.
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Sky commissioners to rejoin Woolfe at Five
Five has poached two key commissioners from Sky for the head of entertainment and head of factual jobs.
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BBCW completes ad sales team reshuffle
BBC Worldwide has completed a revamp of its senior global ad sales team with two new appointments.
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Thompson admits cuts risk quality of BBC News
BBC director general Mark Thompson has admitted cuts in BBC News risk damaging its quality – but pledged to “correct it immediately” if it does so.
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C4 axes Edinburgh Soho House
Edinburgh TV Festival institution Soho House has fallen victim to the cost-cutting at Channel 4.