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RatingsMillions meet Middletons
Apparently, the future Queen is related to ordinary people; crikey, how did The Firm let that happen?
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RatingsThrone game out of blocks
There’s still time to create our own 2012 Olympic event. And after Monday, maybe it’s the Game Of Thrones, whatever the heck that is. Huge chair throwing perhaps?
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NewsDeverell to oversee BBC's W12 exit
Richard Deverell is stepping down from his role as chief operating officer of BBC North to take the reins of the corporation’s W12 project.
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NewsCohen: drop in talent pay 'creates conundrum'
The BBC’s commitment to reducing both on and off screen pay “creates a conundrum” when attempting to produce top-notch programming, the BBC1 controller has admitted.
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NewsITV and Sky Sports renew Champions League deal
ITV and Sky Sports have signed a deal with UEFA that will see them hang on to Champions League broadcast rights until 2015.
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RatingsGame of Thrones takes consolidated crown
Game of Thrones has made heroic start on Sky Atlantic, already becoming its highest rating show. Elsewhere Waking The Dead is laid to rest and a very modern family quietly makes itself at home.
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NewsITV orders Seinfeld’s Marriage Ref
Famous faces are to cast a guiding eye over nuptial disputes in a new ITV1 show based on Jerry Seinfeld’s US reality vehicle The Marriage Ref.
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NewsSky profits up by 24%
Sky’s HD user base has risen to 3.7m homes as the pay TV operator added 51,000 new subscribers in its third quarter.
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NewsSky HD subscriber base grows to 3.7 million
Sky added 189,000 customers to its HD user base during the last quarter, taking the total number of Sky HD viewers to 3.7 million.
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NewsObjective to pilot new gameshow for C4
Objective Productions, the indie behind gameshow The Cube, has been given the green light to pilot a gameshow for Channel 4 based on testing people’s reflexes.
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NewsCohen criticises number of crime dramas on TV
BBC1 controller Danny Cohen has criticised the amount of crime drama on TV as he admitted that the BBC risked having too many male-led detectives on screen.
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NewsRoyal Wedding satire pulled
The BBC has issued an eleventh hour contract revision to ABC, resulting in the Australian broadcaster cancelling its satirical commentary on the Royal Wedding.
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NewsDailymotion staffs up to expand into UK
Video-sharing site Dailymotion has appointed its first head of international content as part of a move to develop its presence including the UK.
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RatingsMasterChef bows out with record ratings
WEDNESDAY: The MasterChef final served up a record performance, but was still edged out by ITV’s Champions League coverage of Real Madrid v Barcelona.
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RatingsEssex wins biggest ever audience
WEDNESDAY: Constructed reality programme The Only Way is Essex reached dizzying heights clocking its biggest ever overnight audience.
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NewsGive auditors access to BBC books, says Hunt
Auditors should have “unfettered” access to the BBC’s accounts, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said today.
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NewsSky to shoot 3D Royal Wedding short
Sky has confirmed that it will shoot some aspects of the Royal Wedding in 3D, with five 3D rigs positioned outside Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: BBC2 serves up Raymond Blanc
The heady aroma of regional French cooking wafts over Greenlight as a new BBC2 series with chef Raymond Blanc tops this week’s new commissions.
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NewsEyeworks set to continue alone
Netherlands-based Eyeworks has removed itself from the market and decided to “continue on its own” after completing a strategic review.
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NewsArri's Allan Fyfe retires
Arri sales manager Allan Fyfe has retired from the camera manufacturer after 27 years with the company.