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RatingsOld stars still draw a crowd
Pop music used to be ephemeral, but no longer. For while Liberty X might be more Liberty Why? these days, they can still draw a crowd, as ITV2 found out.
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NewsMr Selfridge returns for second series
A second series of ITV period drama Mr Selfridge has been ordered, and it will return to coincide with the WWI centenary in 2014.
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NewsC4 wins battle for Paralympics rights
Channel 4 has beaten the BBC to retain rights to the Paralympic games in a historic double award of the event’s TV rights.
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NewsFormat changes unveiled for The Voice UK
The Voice UK is to be significantly re-tuned in a bid to prevent the ratings slump that affected the first series.
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RatingsBaftas peak up by 350k for BBC1
The British Film Academy Awards peaked with 6.2m viewers, outperforming last year’s ceremony, on a night that saw multiple wins for Argo, Les Miserables and Skyfall.
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RatingsMonty Don continues to bloom
BBC2’s horticultural series Monty Don blossomed with 1.68m (7%) as long running crime procedural Silent Witness struggled over the finishing line for BBC1.
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RatingsBritain’s Brightest bows out on high
Clare Balding’s gameshow Britain’s Brightest bowed out with its biggest audience of the series on Saturday.
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NewsLiam Keelan snubs Sky for BBCW
Former BBC daytime boss Liam Keelan has joined BBC Worldwide as global editorial director, less than a month after agreeing to join Sky as director of Sky 1.
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NewsBBC greenlights Jamaica Inn
Origin Pictures has had a three-part adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s gothic romance, Jamaica Inn, greenlit by BBC1 - along with PD James’ Death Comes to Pemberley.
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NewsSyfy orders Ridley Scott miniseries
US cable network Syfy is developing an adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s The Man In The High Castle, produced by Ridley Scott and written by The X-Files Frank Spotnitz - but the BBC is no longer involved in the project.
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NewsYouTube to launch Freesat app
YouTube’s connected TV app is to extend its reach into free-to-air TV homes after the video-sharing service signed a distribution deal with Freesat.
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NewsAETN loses High Court battle with Discovery
A&E Television Networks (AETN) has lost a High Court battle to stop rival broadcaster Discovery using the channel brand Discovery History in the UK.
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NewsRobert Downey Jr picks up Black Mirror movie rights
The film rights to Jesse Armstrong’s Black Mirror episode, The Entire History of You, have been picked up by Robert Downey Jr.
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NewsNUJ names BBC strike date
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is to stage a one day strike at the BBC on 18 February and has agreed a start date for work to rule action.
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NewsAvid chief executive resigns
Gary Greenfield has stepped down from his role as president and chief executive of Avid.
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NewsMerlin creators to make Atlantis drama for BBC1
The creators of Merlin are to make an epic BBC1 fantasy drama about the lost city of Atlantis as part of a raft of ambitious commissions.
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NewsDoctor Who to be filmed in 3D for 50th birthday
Doctor Who is to be filmed in 3D for the second time to celebrate the Time Lord’s 50th anniversary later this year.
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NewsThe CW renews Arrow, The Vampire Diaries and Supernatural
US network The CW has renewed a raft of dramas including Sky 1’s Arrow and ITV2’s The Vampire Diaries.
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RatingsBlack Mirror makes steady return
Charlie Brooker’s darkly satirical drama Black Mirror returned with nearly 1.5m viewers – as My Big Fat Gypsy Valentine scored the franchise’s lowest ever audience.
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NewsRastamouse producer launches EIS fund
Three Stones Media, the indie behind preschool series Rastamouse, is launching an Enterprise Investment Scheme fund (EIS) to help secure investment for animated content for children.