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NewsC4 Dispatches head: ‘We won't be bullied'
Channel 4 has won a landmark six-figure libel sum from West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service over accusations about Dispatches investigation Undercover Mosque.
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NewsHutton floats levy for C4
Will Hutton, the Observer columnist and former Newsnight economics correspondent, has called for an additional levy to fund Channel 4 after digital switch-over.
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NewsBSkyB aims for iPlayer success with Sky Player
BSkyB has launched an enhanced version of its Sky Anytime PC on-demand service, now known as Sky Player.
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New exec for al-Jazeera
Al-Jazeera has named senior Canadian broadcasting executive Tony Burman as managing director of its English-language channel.
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ITV team acquires Breslau
ITV has boosted its acquisitions team with the appointment of Sasha Breslau as senior programme executive for US series.
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Old bands return to Living
Living will re-unite legendary bands to try to restore them to former glories as part of its summer schedule. Pop Goes the Band is a 6 x 60-minute reality show by ITV Productions in which bands will undergo complete transformations, in some cases plastic surgery, as they prepare to face ...
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NewsFive secures Goddard for continuing run of talk show
Five has secured presenter Trisha Goddard to front her issues-led daytime show until the end of 2009.
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NewsSofia's Diary given peaktime slot
Five is moving the weekday TV broadcasts of web drama Sofia's Diary on digital channel Fiver to a high-profile peaktime slot to address sluggish ratings.
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NewsPanorama to trail docs with web minisodes
The BBC is planning to plant Panorama “minisodes” on the web ahead of each weekly edition in a bid to boost TV audiences and reach younger viewers.
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NewsNew LA indie looking to UK producers for formats
Former Sky One commissioning exec Jamie Roberts is looking to partner with UK indies keen to enter the US market with his new LA-based production company.
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NewsBafta-winning Peep Show gets sixth run
Channel 4 has ordered a sixth series of Peep Show following the sitcom's Bafta success.
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NewsBBC1 and BBC2 series to tackle climate change
The BBC is planning a “definitive” look at climate change in two major linked commissions across its terrestrial channels.
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NewsBBC3 hopes to lure teens with afternoon opening
The BBC has petitioned the Trust to extend BBC3's hours into the afternoon, and is planning to give some of the extra space to its teen strand Switch.
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More awards for Boy A
Channel 4 drama Boy A was the big winner at the Bafta Craft Awards last week, bagging a hat trick of prizes in the fiction/entertainment category.
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Southgate quits BBC
BBC Resources chief executive Mike Southgate is leaving the corporation after six and a half years.
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M2 team launch Rocket facility
The team behind M2 have launched Rocket, a new post company based in the same Berners Street building and staffed by 30 members of the original facility.
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NewsCentury takes majority holding in Molinare
The owners of Molinare have sold a majority shareholding in the company to India-based Century Communications.
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NewsFirst look at Life on Mars US
Following news that US network ABC has green lit a full series of time-travel cop drama Life on Mars, the first footage from the American version has emerged.
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NewsRDF West raids rivals for producers
RDF Television West has poached senior producers from Diverse and Touch Productions as part of an expansion strategy that will see it produce more than 200 hours for terrestrial broadcasters this year.
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North-west gains£2.8m for digital skills
The North West Development Agency is pumping£2.8m into digital industries in the region to boost media skills.