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NewsNew antiques show gets BBC go-ahead
A new television programme showing how antiques can be accessed by all and provide an alternative to high street goods has been commissioned by the BBC.
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NewsCreeping doubts over Six Nations SpiderCam
Six Nations fans were left in a spin when the BBC used a pioneering new camera to cover the action during the England v Wales game.
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NewsITVS ups Hedges
The head of comedy and drama at ITV Studios Global Entertainment has been upped to a new acquisitions role.
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NewsEmbarrassing Bodies live web show draws 42,000
Channel 4’s first live interactive web show drew 42,000 viewers this week – putting it almost on a par with UKTV’s Watch.
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NewsC4 orders full series of Popper sitcom
Robert Popper’s semi-autobiographical E4 sitcom pilot Friday Night Dinner has been picked up for a full series on Channel 4.
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RatingsBoarding school and The Bill do well
Channel 4 boarding school doc Leaving Home at Eight was watched by 2.1m last night, but The Bill was top dog at 9pm for the first time in 2010.
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RatingsPrice pulls viewers for ITV2
Tabloid darling Katie Price proved to be ratings dynamite for ITV2 last night, with 1.6m tuning in for the premiere of her latest series – three times the audience of BBC3’s new reality series Dancing on Wheels.
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NewsCerys Matthews gets 6 Music show
Former Catatonia singer Cerys Matthews has been given her own radio show, replacing Jon Richardson on BBC 6 Music.
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NewsAll3 launches major US push
All3Media is planning a major US offensive following a deal made by Objective Productions to remake ITV1 gameshow The Cube for Fox.
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NewsHat Trick to produce US TV satire for BBC2
Hat Trick Productions is making a BBC2 sitcom starring Friends actor Matt LeBlanc that satirises the trend for US remakes of British comedy shows.
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NewsCoolabi prepares to bring Bagpuss out of retirement
Bagpuss, Ivor The Engine and The Clangers could be returning to TV after Coolabi struck a deal with the creators of the kids programmes’ to allow it to make new series.
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NewsSTV says cost savings were major reason for axing ITV dramas
STV director of content Alan Clements has admitted that costs were a major consideration in its decision to drop ITV’s drama slate - which is understood to have saved the broadcaster £4.5m this year.
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NewsBBC execs round on ent team
The BBC’s in-house entertainment unit is under fire from the corporation’s own staff for failing to come up with enough new hits.
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NewsITV1 eyes Dancing On Ice spin-off for Friday night slot
ITV1 will launch a Friday night primetime Dancing On Ice spin-off when the celeb skating show returns in the new year.
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NewsCBS channels to launch in UK
CBS Reality, CBS Action and CBS Drama channels will launch in the UK on 16 November via the US network giant’s recent deal with Chellomedia.
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NewsCITV to split target audiences with preschool strand launch
ITV is to launch a dedicated preschool strand hosted by animated ‘acorn-like’ creatures to differentiate it from the main CITV brand, which will now target older kids.
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Apply now: cultural diversity awards are open for entries
Broadcast is backing a new awards scheme that aims to celebrate diversity in the British TV industry.
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NewsBBC seeks out indies for hour-long Wonderlands
The BBC is to extend the length of its Wonderland docs from 40 minutes to an hour and open the strand to indie producers for the first time.
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NewsBBC hires Merton for Hollywood and Euro cinema docs
Comedian Paul Merton is to front his first factual show on BBC2 in one of two commissions drawing on his love of cinema.
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NewsHolden becomes singer and showgirl for ITV1
Mammoth Screen has been commissioned to make its first factual show - a 3 x 60-minute documentary for ITV1 called Amanda Holden: Fantasy Lives - in conjunction with ITV Studios.