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NewsSky slams BBC Trust's handling of Canvas
BSkyB has written to the BBC Trust expressing “serious concerns” about the handling of its plans to create internet-connect TV service Project Canvas.
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NewsBBCW hires Nigella brand guru to spearhead licensing push
BBC Worldwide has hired Nigella Lawson’s brand guru William Miller to launch new retail ranges for its major on-screen talent.
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NewsTracy Beaker team launches teen web drama
Two of the team behind CBBC shows Young Dracula and Tracy Beaker have created a dark teen thriller that will debut online.
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NewsESPN signs Tiscali deal
ESPN has secured a deal to offer Premier League football to Tiscali TV customers in the UK.
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RatingsBolt fires BBC2 to the top
BBC2 raced to the top of the ratings pile on Sunday as Usain Bolt’s world record-breaking 100m sprint at the World Athletics Championships was watched by 5m (22.3%).
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NewsMSN builds on-demand audience
Microsoft’s on-demand web video player has attracted almost 170,000 views of archive TV shows in its first 11 days.
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NewsVirgin Media signs Disney exec to lead TV strategy
Disney’s interactive chief Cindy Rose is to join Virgin Media to oversee the operator’s TV strategy.
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RatingsCorrie wedding unites 8.4m
Becky and Steve’s turbulent wedding on Coronation Street bought bumper ratings to ITV1 on Friday, with a peak of 8.4m viewers (44%) tuning in for the big day.
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RatingsMOTD kicks off with 4m
The return of Match of the Day lit up an otherwise lacklustre Saturday as 4m (25%) tuned in to BBC1’s first highlights show of the new season.
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NewsFury at BBC ban on funeral flowers
BBC staff have reacted furiously to a ban on sending flowers to the funerals of staff who have died in service.
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NewsBBC to air new Beatles recordings
BBC2 and BBC4 are to screen a joint “Beatles Week” featuring previously unaired outtakes of the group’s “studio chat”.
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NewsBebo orders Twenty Twenty fashion show
Social networking site Bebo has ordered a 17-week run of a fashion magazine show from Twenty Twenty Television.
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NewsObjective exec joins Armstrong and Miller indie
Comedians Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong have poached a senior Objective comedy executive to help broaden the output of their indie, Toff Media.
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NewsWalsh: Some X Factor contestants won't cope
X Factor judge Louis Walsh has admitted that not all contestants appearing on the ITV1 show will be able to cope under the strain of the competition.
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NewsC4 and Boomerang form JV
Channel 4 has formed a joint venture with Welsh indie Boomerang Plus and events organiser Sports Vision to stage and broadcast this year’s winter sports and music festival Freesports on 4 Freeze.
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NewsGlobal appoints Red Dragon MD
Global Radio has appointed Sally Oldham as the managing director of Cardiff-based music network station Red Dragon.
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NewsHullabaloo continues to grow
Hullabaloo Studios’ new head of 2D design, Ian Bate, has made his first appointment at the Altrincham-based post-production facility.
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NewsDigit picks up former Technicolor CEO
Former Technicolor Creative Services chief executive Roger Beck has joined Digit as its new director of business development.
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NewsFunding secured for digital doctorates
The Centre for Digital Entertainment (CDE) has been awarded £6.3m by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to fund 50 doctoral studentships in digital entertainment.
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RatingsITV2 beats terrestrials with Andre special
Peter Andre gave an insania boost to ITV2 last night, with his 90-minute special on life after splitting with wife Katie Price outrating BBC2 and C4.