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NewsSky seeks chief to spearhead Atlantic growth
Sky is hunting for a head of Sky Atlantic as it ramps up the support for the entertainment channel, which is home to its portfolio of HBO content.The channel, which launched on 1 February, has until now fallen under the direct responsibility of Sky’s director of programmes Stuart Murphy, but ...
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NewsYoung Question Time recommissioned
Mentorn has been commissioned to produce a special edition of Young Voters’ Question Time, which will run on BBC3 two days ahead of the 5 May electoral reform referendum.
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NewsThe Cube returns to ITV1
The Cube has been recommissioned for a fourth series on ITV1, with Objective Productions set to start filming later this year.
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NewsAllsopp to take on craft fair pros in series for C4
Channel 4 has ordered a Kirstie Allsopp-fronted series in which the presenter is pitted against country fair craft experts.
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NewsC4 orders three more runs of Million Pound Drop
Channel 4 is to air 29 further episodes of The Million Pound Drop Live this year after awarding producer Remarkable Pictures a three-series deal.
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NewsSecond firm in running for Pinewood
A second firm has expressed an interest in acquiring the studios group Pinewood Shepperton.
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KIT Digital buys Ioko
IP video company KIT Digital has acquired video technology firm Ioko for $79.4m (£48.8m).
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NewsArri unveils Alexa M
Arri last week unveiled the modular Alexa M camera, the latest addition to its Alexa range.
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JVC claims HD video first
JVC has launched the prototype of what it claims is the world’s first 4K, large-scale integration chip for the high-speed processing of HD video.
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RatingsCandy Cabs and Reckoning end on lows
TUESDAY: Rival dramas Candy Cabs and The Reckoning bowed out with disappointing audiences on an underwhelming night for the terrestrial channels.
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NewsVirgin Media hooks 65,000 Tivo pre-registrations
Virgin Media has signed up 65,000 pre-registerations for its next generation TV platform Tivo as it grew its TV customer base by 10,100 in the first quarter of the year.The quad-play provider now has 3.8m TV subscribers with 1.5m watching in HD, an increase of 66,400 HD customers during the ...
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NewsFirst for Blackmagic as Thunderbolt strikes NAB
Blackmagic was among a handful of firms to demonstrate products featuring high-speed input/output technology Thunderbolt at last week’s NAB in Las Vegas.
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RatingsBBC3 ethical parenting dilemma doc grabs audience
TUESDAY: A BBC3 documentary looking at the ethical dilemmas of having a baby if the parents suffer from a genetic condition won the 9pm multi-channel slot and improved on the slot average.
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NewsHarris targets global growth
A platform designed to aid the move from baseband video technology to IP and file-based delivery took centre stage at Harris’ stand at NAB last week, where the US-based firm revealed international growth is its top priority.
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RatingsITV shows it’s still Got Talent
BGT debut is only marginally down on last year despite the departure of a certain judge
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RatingsC4 comedy heads south
What was the secret of Scott’s Hut? That it was in Croydon and Scott never went to the South Pole at all but instead became a chartered accountant and advised those who faked the moon landing? A Channel 4 comedy continued its own southerly trajectory, looking as tragic as Scott’s ...
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RatingsJuicy ratings for bad mums
There must be something special about the juice of celebrities, for it seems it’s able to flow uphill. Then, before their waters break, mums wish to misbehave, and large numbers wanted to watch them do so.
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NewsOfcom clears raunchy X Factor performances - just
Ofcom is to revise the rules governing family entertainment shows after ruling that The X Factor final performances by Rihanna and Christina Aguilera were “at the very margin of acceptability”.
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NewsTrust upholds just three Panorama complaints
The BBC Trust has upheld just three out of 51 complaints about an edition of Panorama examining the deadly storming of an aid flotilla by Israeli commandos.