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NewsManchester Passion gains 539,000 for BBC3
BBC3's modern version of the Passion of Christ on Good Friday was a big hit for the digital channel with 539,000 (3.2%) at 9pm.
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NewsMore4 orders controversial rants
More4 has ordered two 60-minute polemics from Raw TVpresenting arguments on the upside of racism and why the overweight should betaxed. Nirpal on Race (working title)sees author Nirpal Dhaliwal explore why there has never been a better time tobe black or Asian in Britain.Giles Coren's ...
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Opinion - Horribly wright - Is it time to switch off?
Somehow TV's just not working for Steven D Wright at the moment. Does he need a hobby, he wonders.
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Is it time to switch off?
Somehow TV's just not working for Steven D Wright at the moment. Does he need a hobby, he wonders.
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NewsTerrestrials 'misusing' PSB status for digital channels
Terrestrial brodcasters are misusing their public service privileges to gain commercial advantage for their digital offshoots, according to the Satellite and Cable Broadcasters group (SCBG).
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Maverick to investigate race relations
Maverick is to investigate the state of race relations in Britain for a More4 documentary, 30 years after the launch of the Race Relations Act. Ghetto Britain(working title) is to be presented by Dr Robert Beckford - the theologian and academic who presented ...
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US Commander in Chief to air on More4
More4 will replace political drama The West Wing, which ends its run later this year, with US import Commander in Chief. The show, from Disney-owned Buena Vista International Television (BVITV), stars Geena Davis as US President Allen attempting to balance ...
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NewsFreeview set to overtake Sky this year
Freeview looks set to overtake Sky Digital as the most popular digital TV platform before the end of this year.
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NewsFreeview reaches 10m landmark
9.15am:Sales of Freeview boxes have hit the 10 million mark after an average of 70,000 flew off the shelves each week in January.
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NewsMore4 gets a new President
Goodbye President Jed Bartlett - hello President Mackenzie Allen. More4 will replace political drama The West Wing, which ends its run later this year, with struggling US import Commander In Chief.
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Interview - Nick Broomfield: Mr Reality Check
Documentary maestro Nick Broomfield is unfazed by his scary interviewees but he is scared by the BBC's attitude to indies, the UK's exploitation of immigrants and the blights of reality TV. Suzy Bashfordmet him.
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Keeping it in the family
As terrestrial channels leak viewers to multichannel, the main broadcasters are trying to manage their portfolio of channels to minimise the net audience loss. Dan Wootton investigates how they are doing.
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ITV 'unhappy' with ITV4
ITV director of digital channels Jonathan Lewis has admitted the broadcaster is 'unhappy' with the ratings for its new digital service ITV4.
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NewsITV digital strategy hit by ratings slump
Viewing of ITV's family of digital channels is failing to offset the audience being lost by ITV1, according to ratings figures for the first six weeks of 2006.
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NBC takes the axe to long-running drama hits
Channel 4 drama The West Winghas been axed by US broadcaster NBC in a turbulent week for American dramas.
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NewsNBC pulls the plug on The West Wing
Major US network NBC has pulled the plug on long-running More4 political drama The West Wingbut has commissioned 22 more episodes of its remake of The Office.
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Yasmin producer to make refugee film
The producer of Channel 4's acclaimed drama Yasminis making a feature-length film about the UK's refugee communities for More4.
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Top 100 of 2005
Philip Reevell reflects on a year in which reality shows may have dominated the schedules but the big ratings stories were to be found in drama, with the triumphant return of Doctor Who, and in comedy, as Little Britaintook the ...
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FilmFour set to go free to air
Channel 4 is planning to turn its subscription movie channel FilmFour into a free-to-air service across all platforms including Freeview.
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More4 hires Mentorn for Paris Doc
More4 has commissioned Mentorn Oxford to produce a fast turnaround documentary examining the recent French riots. In Paris In Flames, which will air in primetime on Saturday 10 December, reporter Sandra Jordan presents the first detailed analysis of why France exploded into violence. The 60-minute programme, executive produced by Eamonn ...