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NewsC4 and Five to carry more breaks in films
Channel 4 and Five will introduce an extra ad break in most films from 1 September, potentially generating up to tens of thousands of pounds in extra revenue per movie.
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City delight as China buys ER's Postman Pat
With thoughts turning to China and the Olympic Games, Entertainment Rights' announcement that it had sold the first eight series of Postman Pat to China's national television network, China Central Television, was well received by the City.
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NewsHollyoaks to air web show-within-a-show
Channel 4's Hollyoaks is to push the boundaries of cross-platform content by launching an online show that will also appear in the TV soap.
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NewsTrust in TV crisis could rumble on all year
Last year's trust in TV crisis could drag on until the end of the year following Ofcom's£400,000 fine against the BBC for faked and misleading viewer phone-ins.
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NewsLiving hands Goody first TV show since CBB race row
Jade Goody will make her first significant TV appearance since nearly costing Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan his job as part of Living's Living with... strand.
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NewsMagic DJ hits out at Capital
Magic 105.4 breakfast DJ Neil Fox has criticised Capital 95.8's decision to reunite Johnny Vaughan and Denise Van Outen for its breakfast show, claiming it was too backward looking.
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BBC3 goes after Summer Heights prequel series
BBC3 is in talks to acquire the prequel to Australian mockumentary Summer Heights High.
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Freesat hires Fairbairn as chairman
Free-to-air digital satellite TV service Freesat has appointed ITV director of group development and strategy Carolyn Fairbairn as its new chairman.
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NewsSky results exceed expectations
BSkyB added 92,000 net new customers in the fourth quarter, comfortably ahead of analyst expectations and bucking the current economic downturn.
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NewsBennett lines up ITV2 celebrity panel show
Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby are set to be the team captains in an ITV2 panel show being pitched as “Have I Got News for You meets Heat magazine”.
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NewsIndies eye share of£10m C4 kids fund
A fantasy drama series from Skins creator Bryan Elsley and the first original TV project for author Melvin Burgess are vying for a share of Channel 4's£10m fund for shows targeting 11-to 16-year-olds.
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NewsBDA wins Beijing Olympic title fight
Creative agency BDA has won the battle to create the official Beijing Olympic title sequence, which will play out on every channel around the world which airs the opening and closing ceremonies.
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MTV orders another dose of Katona reality
MTV will continue its journey with ex-Atomic Kitten Kerry Katona with a one-off special following her raising her baby.
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NewsRevived Minder will stick to original's principles, says Five
Five has revealed details of its revival of ITV classic Minder, promising the show will have the “pre-watershed sensibility” of the original.
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NewsBBC online entertainment set for TV switch
A daily entertainment magazine-style show for the BBC Switch website is poised to make the leap to the teen-oriented strand's BBC2 slot.
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Somethin' Else makes weekly Orange music show
Somethin' Else is to produce a weekly online music show in partnership with mobile phone company Orange following a daily pilot during the Glastonbury Festival.
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NewsWatch now: Larry Charles special
Video: Larry Charles changed the rules for US sitcom with shows such as Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. The comedy supremo has now turned his hand to documentary and Broadcast has exclusive video of Charles speaking about his career, his new film and the industry today.
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NewsPart 5: Larry Charles on Religulous
Video: Speaking at the BritDoc festival, the US comedy producer behind Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm talks about his first documentary, Religulous.
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NewsPart 2: Larry Charles on his inspirations
Video: US comedy mould-breaker Larry Charles speaks at the BritDoc festival about his earliest inspirations.
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NewsPart 4: Larry Charles on raising£2m
Video: US sitcom supremo Larry Charles has made his first documentary and spoke at the BritDoc festival about his experiences in getting the film financed.