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NewsTV critics 18 September ‘08
“It's not at all like Casualty or ER.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsSky names channels director
BSkyB has promoted Rob Webster to director of channels and operations, with responsibility for relationships with all retailed and non-retailed channels on the platform.
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NewsITN reporter signs with Teachers TV
Teachers TV has signed up former ITN correspondent Charlotte Hume to front a fortnightly news bulletin.
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NewsBoxing punches back onto ITV
Boxing will return to ITV's schedule this autumn thanks to a new two-year deal with Hennessy Sports.
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NewsThompson faces staff battle
Support for Mark Thompson plummeted this week ahead of the unveiling of the corporation’s strategy to staff.
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NewsNo one notices BBC1's Undercover Soldier
BBC1's documentary The Undercover Soldier found itself in fourth place last night at 9pm with just 2.3m viewers (11.2%), the channel's lowest audience at that time since June 2006.
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NewsMacIntyre to front Sky 1 knife crime campaign
Sky 1 has signed up Donal MacIntyre to host a series of campaigning programmes addressing the menace of knife crime in the UK.
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NewsThomson sells film transfer business
Thomson is selling its Thomson Grass Valley digital film transfer equipment business to private investors led by Parter Capital Group, a German private equity advisory firm.
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NewsBroadcast tech market set for 2009 slowdown
The broadcast technology manufacturing market will see single-digit growth through 2009 and 2010, according to the International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers'(IABM) latest Global Market Study.
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NewsSony takes lead role in new BSkyB centre
BSkyB is building a new broadcasting facility with a£77m technology fit-out and has named Sony as the lead systems integrator on the project.
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NewsITV strikes football deal with Setanta
England supporters will be able to follow their teams' away performance in the World Cup qualifiers for free, after ITV struck a deal with rights holder Setanta last night.
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NewsSlicing into the meat
News cuts in the guise of integration risk sapping the BBC’s distinctive strengths
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NewsDigital box sales soar
Just 2,000 of Whitehaven’s 25,000 homes lost BBC2 when its analogue signal was pulled on 17 October.
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NewsIndies slam 'series stacking'
Comedy Forum: Indies have hit out at the introduction of “series stacking” on the BBC iPlayer, arguing that it will hit the profits they get from DVD sales.
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NewsKatie & Peter take on World's Strictest Parents
BBC3 and ITV2 were locked in a fierce ratings tussle at 9pm last night as BBC3's The World's Strictest Parents averaged 720,000 (3.96%) but failed to topple the commercial channel's Katie & Peter.
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NewsComedy writers reveal US challenges
Comedy Forum: Successful US remakes of British comedies only work if American writers understand the spirit of the original show, writers have claimed.
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NewsHat Trick plans to extend HIGNFY and Room 101 online
Comedy Forum: Hat Trick is in talks with the BBC about extending the Have I Got News For You brand into a UK equivalent of US satirical website The Onion.
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NewsDiscovery signs C4 deals
Discovery Channel UK to get access to 400 hours of C4’s back catalogue and a first-look option on new content.
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NewsPassion inks deal with Buck
Passion Distribution has signed deals with Canadian producer Buck Productions to distribute its reality show Petal Pushers and the documentary Leave Her to Die.
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NewsBBC makes rival smart kid quiz
BBC1 has picked up the programme rights to Endemol’s latest entertainment format The Kids Are All Right.