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NewsStill Open All Hours secures BBC1 series
BBC1 is to keep Still Open All Hours in business, committing to a full series after the successful update of the 1970s comedy at Christmas.
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NewsCPL developing controversial dating format for C4
Channel 4 is in the early stages of developing a controversial Danish dating format in which strangers get married after meeting each other for the first time.
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NewsSky renews HBO deal as operating profits dip 8%
Sky has forged a coproduction deal with HBO to develop new drama series and the businesses have renewed their UK exclusivity deal for a further five years.
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NewsFremantleMedia in All3Media takeover talks
FremantleMedia is understood to be in takeover talks to buy rival super-indie All3Media for in excess of £500m.
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CriticsTV Critics: Outnumbered; Horizon; The Restaurant Man
“There is no escaping the fact that Outnumbered is not as funny as in days of yore. But it is still unmissable.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsArri unveils Amira price and spec
Arri has announced pricing details for its documentary-style camera the Amira.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother final pulls in record peak
Jim Davidson won Celebrity Big Brother on Wednesday in front of the show’s highest peak audience since it moved to Channel 5.
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NewsTax break brings £150m to UK
The high-end drama tax breaks have helped attract £150m of foreign investment in the UK industry, according to the latest figures from the British Film Institute.
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NewsBBC World Service commercial plans progress
The BBC looks set to push ahead with plans to further commercialise the World Service despite concern among MPs that it could jeopardise the independence of the unit’s output.
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RatingsHidden Kingdoms bows out on low
BBC1’s nature series Hidden Kingdoms bowed out on a low on Thursday, as it was again flattened by the competition on ITV.
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CriticsTV Critics: Easter Island; Dan Snow's History of the Winter Olympics; Nixon's the One!; Bodyshockers
“It’s rare that a documentary succeeds in completely overturning popular understanding, but that’s what the archaeologist Dr Jago Cooper accomplished.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsBT Sport adds 500,000 subscribers
BT Sport piled on half a million customers in the final three months of 2013 as its subscription base grew to 2.5m.
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NewsBBC editorial values course open to indies
The BBC Academy is to launch a crash course on the corporation’s editorial values that will also be available to ndependent producers and freelancers.
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NewsSomethin' Else targets branded content
Production company Somethin’ Else has handed equity stakes to two advertising agency execs as it tightens its focus on branded content.
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NewsRadioCentre appoints chief executive
Commercial radio trade body RadioCentre has appointed Siobhan Kenny as chief executive and issued a call for entries for its 19th awards.
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RatingsBBC dares to win on Saturday
At an evening of cello scraping on Saturday, I was reminded why I couldn’t master a musical instrument.
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RatingsSeasonal hits for BBC and C4
The only winter watching I want to do is the sort that involves waving it off at a bus stop, followed by anxious glances down the road searching for the garlanded spring bus.
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RatingsPast treasures fail to shine
Rococo or Ancient Egyptian treasures? The votes are in and (if it existed anywhere outside of my head) the most esoteric poll ever delivered the ancients the spoils.
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RatingsOld Fools are the best
Daves of the world, no matter what their actual names, will this week have felt a pang of sadness stab at their heart with the news of Roger Lloyd-Pack’s passing.
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RatingsBBC’s Midwife really delivers
It’s winter and if in the hearth there burns just a candle, then the dear old television set compensates with many a warming treat.