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NewsMurphy's Law picks-up 5.4m
BBC1's Murphy's Lawreturned for a third series last night with a peak audience of 5.4 million (26%), but the big winner last night was the weather.
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NewsITV wants to join Freeview consortium
ITV chief executive Charles Allen wants to become part of the Freeview consortium, joining existing stakeholders BBC, BSkyB and Crown Castle.
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NewsBBC strike called off
Unions have called off plans for a two-day strike on Tuesday, after securing an offer from BBC management on proposals to cut 3,780 jobs.
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NewsBBC kicks off sport chief trawl
Another job swap between the BBC and the indie sector could be on the cards after it emerged former TV Corp chief executive Jeff Foulser is in line for the job of head of BBC Sport.
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NewsPEER POLL: Celebrity Love Island
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should ITV axe Celebrity Love Island?
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News14.6m cheer Liverpool to victory
ITV1's coverage of Liverpool's dramatic win in the final of the Champions League Cup comprehensively dominated viewing with a peak audience of 14.6 million (60%) during the penalty shoot-out, the highest audience for a football match this year.
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Hewland to make Dream Team spin-offs
Sky One has commissioned Hewland International to make two spin-off shows from its long-running soccer soap Dream Team.
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Enteraction unveils quiz channel venture
Enteraction TV, the company behind Thomas Cook TV and London TV, is launching a channel dedicated to live quiz shows, games and puzzles.
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BBC on top form at RTS sports awards
Gary Lineker was named sports presenter of the year at the Royal Television Society sports awards this week, on a night the BBC scooped the lion's share of prizes.
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RDF hands Shearman full-time reality role
RDF Media has given documentary specialist Nick Shearman a full-time role working on shows including a new eight-part series for BBC1 - currently under wraps.
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More ITV job cuts
ITV has axed more regional jobs, with 46 redundancies set to be made at Anglia. The cuts are believed to include 26 posts in the programme-making department with the other roles going in technical, studios, technology and finance departments. Staff were told last week that jobs would disappear following Ofcom's ...
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Xfm poaches Lucio
GCap Media-owned rock station Xfm has poached Sony-award winning DJ Lucio to host its weekend breakfast show. He takes up the role in July from Emap's Kerrang! station in the West Midlands, replacing Sarah Darling. He joins a weekend line-up, which includes Lauren Laverne, Jimmy Carr, Adam and Joe and ...
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Newbigin quits C4
Channel 4 head of corporate communications John Newbigin is leaving after five years to pursue other interests. He finishes at the end of July and will be replaced by his current deputy, head of public affairs Nick Toon. He joined in 1999 from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport ...
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Holmes' Sky move
Former GMTV anchorman Eamonn Holmes is joining Sky News to host its breakfast show Sunrise. He will join later this year when Sky relaunches the 6am to 9am show from its new state-of-the-art news studio in Osterley. Holmes, who quit GMTV a few weeks ago claiming the show had moved ...
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Broadcast reveals Digital Channel Awards shortlist
Broadcasthas published the shortlist for its new Digital Channel Awards, which recognise innovation, creativity and commercial success in digital broadcasting.
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Flextech secures The Amazing Race for Living TV 2
Flextech has picked up the exclusive UK rights to Jerry Bruckheimer's Emmy award-winning CBS reality show The Amazing Raceas part of a trio of deals with Buena Vista International Television.
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NHU to make 3d Imax spectacular of planet earth
The BBC Natural History Unit is working on a large-format 3D Imax cinema version of Planet Earth, its follow-up to The Blue Planet. Billed as an epic 90-minute journey of life
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Kemp back in 'Enders
Actor Ross Kemp has landed a£500,000 deal with the BBC that will see him reprise his role as EastEndershardman Grant Mitchell and direct three new projects. Kemp will return to the BBC1 soap in the autumn for what the BBC is claiming will be
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Mentorn MD quits
Mentorn's managing director, Charles Thompson, has quit after three years in the post. Thompson, who executive produced Mentorn series such as Paradise Hoteland Forever Eden, has resigned with immediate effect but will stay on the board at TV Corp, Mentorn's owner, until the end of June. ...