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RatingsStrictly opener beats The X Factor
Strictly Come Dancing launched with nearly 8.5m viewers on Saturday - outmanoeuvring rival ITV entertainment show The X Factor.
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RatingsEngland match nets 6.8m
England’s victory over footballing minnows Moldova in the World Cup qualifying game peaked with 6.8m viewers on Friday – easily the evening’s most-watched programme.
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CriticsTV Critics: Strictly Come Dancing; The X Factor; The Young Montalbano; The Story of the Jews; What Remains
“Endearingly old-fashioned, immensely likeable and reassuringly warm viewing.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsOutline signs Hat Trick distribution deal
Outline Productions has signed a distribution deal with Hat Trick International to cover sales of new programming outside of the US.
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NewsITV censured for BGT striptease
ITV has been rapped for broadcasting a pre-watershed striptease on Britain’s Got More Talent that “clearly crossed the line”.
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NewsITV orders third Prince Harry doc from Twofour
ITV has ordered a two-part doc from Twofour that will follow Prince Harry and a group of wounded servicemen and women as they race to the South Pole.
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RatingsVera continues with 5m
Vera remained top dog on Sunday night - as The X Factor rallied from its defeat to Strictly Come Dancing the previous evening.
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NewsRDF hires Twofour features development exec
RDF Television has hired Twofour’s Kirsty Calvert-Ansari to build the indie’s features development.
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NewsGrayson Perry to give BBC Reith Lectures
Artist Grayson Perry is to deliver the BBC Reith Lectures on Radio 4.
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NewsColin Murray to join TalkSport
BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Colin Murray is to become TalkSport’s first major summer signing.
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NewsFunding to boost Shazam's TV push
Social discovery service Shazam will look to expand further into television and move into Latin America after receiving a $40m (£27m) investment from Carlos Slim’s America Movil.
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RatingsYour Face Sounds Familiar falls flat
Your Face Sounds Familiar lost nearly 19% of its audience and was dethroned as the highest-rating show on Saturday.
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RatingsAndy Murray's Wimbledon triumph nets 17.3m
Andy Murray’s historic Wimbledon triumph served up a peak audience of nearly 17.3m for BBC1 – nearly equalling the tournament’s biggest audience of all time.
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RatingsWimbledon semi-finals dominate Friday night
The two men’s semi-finals - including Andy Murray’s defeat of Jerzy Janowicz - dominated the ratings on Friday night, peaking with 13.2m viewers.
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NewsPanasonic inks supply deal with WTS Broadcast
Panasonic has formed a partnership with broadcast kit supplier WTS Broadcast.
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NewsBBC1 orders 12 Yard gameshow
BBC1 has commissioned Pressure Pad, a 25-part daytime gameshow from 12 Yard.
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NewsDRG strikes first deals after buyout
DRG has acquired the international rights to two Discovery-owned docs in its first deals after the Modern Times Group acquisition.
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CriticsTV Critics: Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army; The Returned; The Lost Submarine of WWI
“He’s quite gruff, is Griff – it may be the heat, or possibly the genes.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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RatingsThe White Queen continues with 4m
BBC1’s The White Queen sunk to a new low up against the fourth repeat of film Mamma Mia in two years on Sunday.