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  • Frankie Boyle
    News

    Frankie Boyle to make Zeppotron pilot for C4

    2011-08-22T10:36:00Z

    Channel 4 has revealed Frankie Boyle’s new project will be called the Rehabilitation Programme and is being made by Endemol-owned Zeppotron.

  • David Walliams
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    David Walliams show cleared over "thick" comment

    2011-08-22T11:43:00Z

    Channel 4 has been cleared by Ofcom after a former Mastermind contestant branded “astoundingly thick” by David Walliams complained to the regulator.

  • Daniela Neumann
    News

    Daniela Neumann lands content role at Viasat

    2011-08-22T12:58:00Z

    Former VMTV director of programmes Daniela Neumann has been hired by European broadcaster Viasat to lead a push into more original commissions and acquisitions.

  • Coronation Street
    News

    ITV restructures pension scheme

    2011-08-22T11:54:00Z

    ITV has reorganised its pension scheme to offset the risk of retired staff living longer than predicted.

  • Believe TV
    News

    Christian channel rapped over "miracle" cures

    2011-08-22T12:01:00Z

    Christian channel Believe TV is facing statutory sanctions from Ofcom after broadcasting claims that holy soaps and oils had cured cancer, kidney failure and diabetes.

  • MasterChef
    News

    UK media expects strong foreign investment

    2011-08-22T12:10:00Z

    The UK media sector is expecting to benefit from solid growth throughout the next decade driven by investment from abroad, according to research from Barclays Corporate.

  • Stuart Murphy
    News

    Sky’s Murphy to reveal commissioning plans

    2011-08-22T12:48:00Z

    Sky1 boss Stuart Murphy is to discuss commissioning opportunities across a portfolio of channels at an event in Newcastle this week.

  • Alex Crawford
    News

    Sky News' Alex Crawford praised for Libyan reports

    2011-08-22T16:27:00Z

    Alex Crawford, the Sky News journalist who reported live from Tripoli with rebel forces as they drove into the Libyan city last night, has been praised for delivering her first-hand account.

  • BBC News
    News

    BBC defends Tripoli coverage

    2011-08-23T08:59:00Z

    The BBC has defended its coverage of the weekend’s events in Tripoli after critics took to Twitter on Monday.

  • Roary the Racing Car
    News

    Chapman to lose third of staff

    2011-08-23T13:53:00Z

    Chapman Entertainment, the kids indie behind Roary the Racing Car and Fifi & the Flowertots, is losing a third of its workforce but expansion could be on the horizon, its creative director has said.

  • Reza’s Indian Food Palaces
    News

    Food Network returns to India

    2011-08-23T09:55:00Z

    Scripps Network-owned Food Network UK has ordered its second UK commission with a gastro-tourism series set in India.

  • Edinburgh
    News

    Scottish TV and digital media gets funding boost

    2011-08-23T11:34:00Z

    Channel 4, Scottish Enterprise and Creative Scotland are among the organisations that will work together to deliver a £1.4m TV and digital media funding package over the next three years.

  • Fawlty Towers
    News

    Fawlty Towers producer dies

    2011-08-23T11:44:00Z

    Veteran comedy producer/director and former head of BBC comedy John Howard Davies has died from cancer at the age of 72.

  • Show Me the Funny
    Ratings

    Show Me the Funny stumbles again

    2011-08-23T11:52:00Z

    MONDAY: The penultimate instalment of ITV1’s Show Me the Funny dived to a new series low as Celebrity Big Brother recovered slightly.

  • Waterloo Road
    News

    Waterloo Road moving to Glasgow

    2011-08-23T12:16:00Z

    Shed Productions’ Waterloo Road is being moved to Glasgow in a £25m deal designed to help establish a sustainable drama base in Scotland.

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    News

    Red Bee Media launches future technology survey

    2011-08-25T07:00:00Z

    Red Bee Media has commissioned an industry-wide survey to examine the future of media and the impact of new technologies, changing consumer behaviours and evolving business models.

  • News

    Harmonic launches media server

    2011-08-23T13:00:00Z

    Harmonic today announced that it has added the MediaDeck 7000 system to its Omneon Spectrum media server product line.

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    News

    IABM to offer technical training bursaries

    2011-08-23T12:31:00Z

    The IABM together with the Information and Communication Technologies Knowledge Transfer Network (ICT KTN) is offering 50 technical training bursaries in broadcast and media technology.

  • Top Gear presenters
    News

    Top Gear steered onto Facebook

    2011-08-23T12:34:00Z

    BBC Worldwide is to offer special editions of Top Gear on Facebook for less than £1 each.

  • iPad
    News

    Online TV dwarfed by porn

    2011-08-23T13:21:00Z

    Viewing of television VoD services comprises a tiny proportion of total online video consumption in the UK, according to new research seen by Broadcast.