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  • News

    Playboy fined£22.5k for hardcore broadcast

    2009-04-02T12:55:36Z

    Playboy TV has been fined£22,500 for broadcasting unencrypted explicit 'adult material'.

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    BBC strike called off

    2009-04-02T17:00:23Z

    The BBC strike planned by NUJ members for tomorrow has been called off.

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    First look at Comedy Central's new ident

    2009-04-03T08:46:29Z

    See the new look to the rebranding of Paramount Comedy as Comedy Central here first.

  • Ratings

    The Inbetweeners makes 1.2m laugh

    2009-04-03T10:04:21Z

    E4's teenage comedy The Inbetweeners beat BBC2 at 10pm last night, averaging a total audience of 1.2m viewers (6.8%).

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    North West media agency gets funding boost

    2009-04-03T10:27:52Z

    Funding body Northwest Vision and Media has had a£3m cash injection to support collaboration between the creative and digital industries in the region.

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    BBC hit by record fine for Sachsgate

    2009-04-03T10:42:46Z

    Ofcom has slapped a£150,000 fine on the BBC for the Sachsgate affair - the biggest financial penalty it has ever imposed on the corporation for a single broadcast.

  • News

    Iranu indeed: Shooting Stars is back

    2009-04-03T10:53:04Z

    Reeves and Mortimer's anarchic game show Shooting Stars is to return for a full series on BBC2 following a one-off special last Christmas.

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    Sky airs 3D Keane gig

    2009-04-03T11:19:59Z

    Sky successfully broadcast the UK's first live 3D TV event to a domestic 3D TV set last night.

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    Burnham to report on Everton for Talk Sport

    2009-04-03T11:27:30Z

    Media secretary Andy Burnham is to appear on Talk Sport as a football reporter for the Premier League game between Everton and Wigan Athletic.

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    Ben Gale to rejoin the BBC

    2009-04-03T18:40:29Z

    Ben Gale is to return to the BBC next month as head of documentaries and features in Bristol.

  • Ratings

    ER ends with 16.2m

    2009-04-06T09:31:25Z

    After 15 years of emergencies, operations and shocks, ER came to an end in the US with a strong 16.2m viewers.

  • News

    Tony Jordan awards writer prize

    2009-04-06T09:44:25Z

    Video tape technician Mark Wilkinson has won the Red Planet Pictures' new writers initiative for 2008, The Red Planet Prize, while the winning script for 2007 is currently in development at the BBC.

  • News

    Ofcom 'unable' to fine Ross and Brand over Sachsgate

    2009-04-06T09:55:06Z

    Ofcom has said it is “unable” to fine Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand for the Sachsgate scandal, leaving the BBC to pay the£150,000 penalty.

  • News

    C4 to recreate Madeleine McCann events

    2009-04-06T10:21:41Z

    The team behind ITV1 documentary Madeleine: A Year On will stage the first reconstruction of the events that led up to Madeleine McCann's disappearance for a Channel 4 documentary.

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    BBC reveals Emma details

    2009-04-06T11:09:17Z

    Atonement actress Romola Garai is set to lead an all star cast in the BBC's forthcoming adaptation of Jane Austen classic Emma.

  • Ratings

    BBC2 sends 2.2m to Heaven

    2009-04-06T11:39:58Z

    Five Minutes of Heaven, BBC2's big Sunday night drama, managed a solid audience of 2.2m (9.1% share) at 9pm.

  • News

    Nominations: Bafta TV Craft Awards 09

    2009-04-06T11:43:08Z

    Nominations for the Bafta Television Craft Awards 2009

  • News

    The Thick of It to return

    2009-04-06T11:50:22Z

    A further eight episodes of BBC satirical comedy The Thick of It are in the pipeline, creator Armando Iannucci has confirmed.

  • News

    Little Dorrit and Wallander lead Bafta Craft nominations

    2009-04-06T12:20:38Z

    BBC dramas Little Dorrit and Wallander lead the nominations for the Bafta Television Craft Awards 2009, with a special award for Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman Animation.

  • Ratings

    Grand National trumps all

    2009-04-06T12:26:37Z

    Saturday ratings: BBC1's coverage of the Grand National was once again the predictable big attraction on Saturday afternoon hitting 8.5m viewers (61.1%) during the race, as ITV1 fell to its worst Saturday performance so far this year.