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NewsLib Dems call for radio WoCC
The fight by the radio sector to guarantee more BBC commissions has taken a step forward, with the Lib Dems calling for the corporation to extend the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC).
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NewsWedding TV turns Maltese
Wedding TV is heading over the waters to Malta, after signing a deal with subscription based digital broadcaster Melita.
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RatingsBBC2's Persuasionists nosedives in late slot
Critically-panned BBC2 sitcom The Persuasionists lost half of its already small audience last night after an eleventh-hour switch to a late night slot half way through its run.
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NewsFrontrunners emerge for BBC entertainment job
Three leading executives with experience at ITV, the BBC and Virgin Media are understood to be the frontrunners to replace Jon Beazley as head of BBC entertainment – but the race remains wide open.
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NewsC4 failed to curb reporting of libel case
Channel 4 and Studio Lambert unsuccessfully tried to secure an injunction to prevent reporting of a hearing into a libel action brought against a documentary, it has emerged.
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NewsBBC to screen Boy George drama
The BBC is lining up a new drama about singer Boy George, completing BBC2’s drama trilogy for a 1980s season.
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NewsBirt: TV has nothing to fear from Tories
Former BBC director general Lord Birt has said that the television industry has nothing to fear from a potential Conservative government.
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NewsFrancini promoted at IMG Media
IMG Worldwide has named Ioris Francini head of sales worldwide for distributor IMG Media.
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NewsEWD takes Marriage Ref to Canada
Endemol Worldwide Distribution has sold Jerry Seinfeld’s new reality show to Citytv in Canada.
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NewsHammond to examine space shuttle
Top Gear co-presenter Richard Hammond will examine how the space shuttle works in a third run of his BBC/Nat Geo engineering series.
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NewsESPN to launch Euro SportsCenter
ESPN is to air a European version of its flagship SportsCenter news show on ESPN America from next month.
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RatingsLost dips below 1m in Friday slot
Sky 1 has been cut adrift after switching Lost to Friday nights for its final series, with audiences dipping below a million for the drama’s return.
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NewsITV fined for rat killing Celebrity episode
ITV has been fined for animal cruelty after contestants on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! killed and ate a rat, the Australian RSPCA has said.
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NewsEx-ITN boss to head regional news bid
Former ITN chief executive Mark Wood has been appointed chairman of a news consortium bidding for ITV’s regional news operation.
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NewsSNP calls for competition for the BBC
Scottish culture minister Fiona Hyslop will set out the need for competition to the BBC in a speech to a Broadcasting Summit later today.
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RatingsRamsay's US Cookalong dips on C4
Channel 4 had the post-Celebrity Big Brother blues on Friday night, with Gordon Ramsay’s latest attempts to get his audience cooking along attracting just 822,300 in a peak-time slot.
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NewsCoraline creator to write for Doctor Who
Fantasy writer Neil Gaiman is working on his first major TV project in 15 years: an episode of Doctor Who.
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RatingsTake Me Out tops 5m
ITV1 dating show Take Me Out topped 5 million viewers for the first time on Saturday night, while BBC1’s dance show So You Think You Can Dance inched forward from its performance last week.
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NewsMentorn poaches IWC Media's Ransford
Mentorn Media has hired How To Look Good Naked commissioner Philippa Ransford as executive producer for features and formats.