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NewsBBC3’s Mongrels heads to US
BBC3 puppet comedy Mongrels is to be shown in the US for the first time through VoD site Hulu.
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RatingsTop dogs losing their bark
Viewing is again dominated by I’m A Celeb, X Factor and Strictly, but all three are down on last year.
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NewsPatten: sacking Clarkson would be dangerous precedent
Sacking Jeremy Clarkson for saying public sector strikers should be shot would set dangerous precedents, the chairman of the BBC Trust has said.
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RatingsViewers 'like' Facebook doc
This week’s channel overview considers Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror and BBC2’s interview with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg amongst others.
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RatingsScousewives cleans up
There’s a thin line between genius and madness, as Storyville depicted. E4’s Desperate Scousewives got off to a good start, while ITV2 is feeling an Xtra pinch.
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RatingsX Factor and Strictly: the final tussle
RATINGS ANALYSIS: ITV1 headed towards 2011 with a flourish, with The X Factor just squeezing out Strictly and a new drama trouncing BBC1, says Stephen Price
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A golden week for history docs
DIGITAL FOCUS: BBC4 and National Geographic both enjoyed success with their history output this week, says Stephen Price
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RatingsGambling on a big win
CHANNEL OVERVIEW: The allure of high-stakes gambling in many forms brought in the viewers last week, writes Stephen Price
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NewsSky Anytime+ ad banned
A high profile TV advert for BSkyB’s on-demand service Sky Anytime+ has been banned following a complaint from rival Virgin Media.
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NewsThompson turns table on tabloids over Frozen Planet
The BBC’s director general has turned the tables on tabloid reports of Frozen Planet fakery suggesting it has more to do with the corporation’s coverage of the Leveson inquiry than polar bears.
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NewsBBC: MPs "pushing on open door" over local radio
BBC bosses have indicated local radio could see some of the proposed budget cuts revoked, telling MPs that their campaigns to save services were “pushing at a partly open door”.
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RatingsHim & Her ends on 570k
TUESDAY: BBC3 comedy Him & Her ended on a low in the face of stiff competition.
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RatingsGypsy Christmas unwraps 5m
TUESDAY: Big Fat Gypsy Weddings returned to Channel 4 with a vengeance and paved the way for the successful comeback of Shane Meadows’ drama This Is England.
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NewsC4's Bank Job scores 1.7m plays
The online game to recruit players for Channel 4 game show The Bank Job has been played 1.7m times in a week.
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NewsSky 1's Spy gets second series
Sky 1 comedy Spy is to return for an extended second series next year.
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NewsC4 announces multiplatform tour
Channel 4 will hold 30 multiplatform events across the country in a drive to attract new ideas and has committed to a training scheme during 2012 - an initiative titled Fuel 4.
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NewsDRG secures Amazon sales
DRG has revived international interest in a Sky1 travel doc starring X Factor USA host Steve Jones.
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NewsLucky Day wins trio of orders
Lucky Day has secured three orders from the BBC and Channel 4, comprising one children’s series and two daytime shows.
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NewsBBC’s Accused heads to Australia
BBC1 crime drama Accused has been sold to broadcasters in Brazil, Africa and Australia on the back of a brace of new awards.
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NewsUK leads online TV consumption
TV audiences in the UK are more comfortable watching content online than viewers in some the world’s biggest economic powerhouses.