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NewsLittle Britain is a ratings smash
The viewing public showed no signs of having fallen out of love with the BBC's hit comedy Little Britain as the debut of the third series on BBC1 attracted an enormous 9.5 million (39.4%) at 9pm.
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NewsThe critics: Little Britain - yeah, but no
10.30am: It seems that the backlash from the critics over the BBC's hugely popular comedy show Little Britain has got underway.
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NewsLittle Britain goes mobile
Little Britain is going mobile with full-length episodes of the hit BBC comedy being made available on phones.
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NewsBiography Channel to tell Oliver's story
9.15am: A&E Networks, parent company of The Biography Channel US, has commissioned Flashback TV to make a Jamie Oliver special including interviews with the TV chef's parents, sister, business manager and old friends.
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NewsOfcom mulls options for analogue sell-off
Ofcom has unveiled its timetable for selling off the valuable analogue spectrum, set to be freed up by the switch to digital broadcasting.
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NewsITV2 orders British Comedy Award spin-offs
TV2 is airing a series of spin-off shows for next month's British Comedy Awards, looking at some of the most outrageous moments from previous ceremonies and a programme about the after show party.
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NewsPostman Pat to deliver in France and Poland
Postman Pat is off to France and Poland with his black and white cat, after Entertainment Rights secured sales for the long-standing children's favourite.
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NewsPEER POLL: Alison Sharman
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will Alison Sharman help turn around ITV's performance?
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NewsPremier League on brink of deal with EC
The Premier League is proposing to create six 'balanced' packages of top flight football matches that will be sold to a minimum of two broadcasters for the 2007 season onwards.
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NewsTake That doc is a sure thing for ITV1
ITV1's documentary on the rise and fall of Take That proved there was still interest in the defunct boy band as an average of 5.7 million (25%) tuned-in at 9pm.
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Endemol and Fremantle on ITV Play list
ITV has shortlisted four companies to run its new transactional channel ITV Play including Endemol, interactive specialist Enteraction and Fremantle Media.
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Maverick hires C4's Howell for drama move
Indie Maverick Television has hired former Channel 4 drama executive Juliette Howell to spearhead a move into drama, after being handed a slice of the BBC's£500,000 regional indie fund.
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BBC1 gets lucky with fiery friendly
Michael Owen's two late goals against Argentina helped seal a win for both England and BBC1.
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Emap Scottish head
Emap has appointed its national brands director, Steve Parkinson, to oversee the group's Scottish stations on an interim basis, following the departure of managing director of Emap Radio Scotland David Goode at the end of the year. Parkinson will oversee the stations from January while the group seeks a permanent ...
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Hunt orders found
BBC1 controller of daytime Jay Hunt has ordered a series from Leopard Films looking at the lives of foundlings - babies abandoned on doorsteps by their parents. Presented by Kate Adie, the 5 x 45-minute series Found will look at the effect of abandonment on their lives. Gill Waddington will ...
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DNE unveils new playout centre
Discovery Networks Europe unveiled its new playout centre in Chiswick this week, touted as one of the biggest in Europe.
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Red Bee to buy subtitling company for£3.2m
Red Bee Media (formerly BBC Broadcast) is set to acquire subtitling outfit Australian Caption Centre (ACC) for£3.2m.
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Crow TV to merge sites
Post-production house Crow TV is to close down its Chiswick site and merge its suites into its Shepherd's Bush facility in January.
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Facilities survey
Broadcast is asking facilities to take part in its 2006 post-production survey, highlighting the changing face of the industry, the most successful companies within it and what concerns the sector has. The results will be published in a pullout section in January 2006. The questionnaire can be downloaded from www.broadcastnow.co.uk ...
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IBF hires Townsend
International Broadcast Facilities has recruited Andy Townsend as sales and marketing consultant. Townsend was head of DVD at the Metropolis Group for two years before becoming creative digital consultant to the Cultural Industries Development Agency for a year. He will be developing business opportunities across all divisions at IBF, whose ...