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RatingsNigel Farage and Gogglebox couple entertain 2m
MONDAY: Nigel Farage helped Channel 4 to smash its 10pm slot average as Skint and BBC1’s Wild Weather concluded with mixed results.
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NewsSky Sports launches on BT Youview
Sky Sports 1 and 2 have been made available to BT’s Youview subscribers after the telecoms provider was given the go-ahead to supply the channels by the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
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NewsJo Street made acting BBC daytime boss
Jo Street has become the acting controller of BBC daytime following Damian Kavanagh’s appointment as BBC3 digital controller.
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NewsDrama hit hardest by PSB spending cuts
Drama, nations and regions and the arts were the areas of programming hit hardest by the UK public service broadcasters cutting their content spend by £500m over the past five years.
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NewsBBC dominates British Comedy Awards
The BBC dominated the British Comedy Awards, as Graham Norton and Mrs Brown’s Boys helped it take home seven gongs.
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NewsBBC1 tracks down second series of The Missing
BBC1 abduction drama The Missing will return for a second series with a fresh story, cast and location.
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NewsTen Alps appoints chief executive
Former Future and ITN chief executive Mark Wood has been named chief executive of Ten Alps.
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RatingsThe Missing climaxes with series high
TUESDAY: BBC1 drama The Missing concluded with its biggest audience of the series - as Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror failed to sparkle for Channel 4.
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NewsScripps hires new UK boss
Scripps Networks has appointed Discovery veteran Phillip Luff as managing director of UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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NewsOSF hires Watershed creative director
Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) has hired Watershed TV’s creative director Emma Morgan as it bids to broaden its programming slate.
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NewsC4 ordered to disclose documentation to Ryanair
Channel 4 and Blakeway have been ordered to disclose documents used in a 2013 Dispatches film criticising Ryanair’s fuel policy.
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NewsITV News hit by technical problems
ITV News staff have been working “around the clock” to resolve a number of technical problems which have resulted in the loss of entire news reports.
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NewsThe most-read facilities stories of 2014
Find out which stories about the post-production, studios and playout sectors were the most popular of the year.
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NewsShine, Endemol and Core merger approved
The Shine, Endemol and Core Media merger has been given regulatory approval and will begin trading under the banner Endemol Shine Group on 1 January 2015.
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NewsITV suffers 2014 ratings woes
ITV is on course to suffer the most marked ratings declines of all the major broadcasters in 2014 as the World Cup failed to prevent its audience dropping 8%.
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NewsLucky Giant founder replaced by BBC exec
NBC head of comedy and Lucky Giant founder Mario Stylianides has left the business and been replaced by BBC executive Justin Davies.
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RatingsThe Apprentice semi-final recruits 1m
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice added almost 1 million viewers as it rumbled towards its conclusion while BBC2’s Secrets of the Castle ended on a series high.
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NewsCITV orders second run of Thunderbirds
CITV has commissioned a second series of Thunderbirds Are Go! ahead of the return of its revamp.
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RatingsRoyal Variety sheds a little sparkle
On Monday, ITV’s coverage of The Royal Variety Performance for 2014 achieved 6.5million/29%
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NewsChris Chibnall: Broadchurch return to be more thrilling
The second series of Broadchurch is to include more of a “thriller narrative” than the debut run according to writer Chris Chibnall.