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RatingsAndy Murray Wimbledon final defeat nets 16.9m
Andy Murray’s historic Wimbledon final served up a peak audience of 16.92m for BBC1 – the tournament’s second biggest audience of all time.
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NewsCITV's Bookaboo set to return for third series
CITV show Bookaboo will return for a third series after producer Happy Films secured two deals in Canada.
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NewsBereaved families attack C4 doc Lifers
Channel 4 documentary Lifers has received complaints from two bereaved families who were not notified that the convicted murderers of their relatives would appear in the film.
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NewsWalker Books strengthens multiplatform business
Independent publisher Walker Books Group is creating a global multiplatform rights and development division to be headed by Helen McAleer, formerly UK managing director.
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RatingsSuperstar debuts with 3m
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new ITV1 musical talent show Superstar was beaten by a repeat of 1984 film Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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RatingsSinbad sets sail with 1m
Sky1’s new family drama Sinbad set sail with an audience three times bigger than the channel’s slot average.
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NewsKeith Lemon cleared by Ofcom following puppy complaints
Ofcom has cleared Keith Lemon’s Lemonaid of breaching its broadcasting code after it received 237 complaints about a puppy being awarded as a prize.
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NewsVirgin Media CEO writes to Vince Cable over pay TV movie probe
Virgin Media has written to business secretary Vince Cable to highlight the “irrational, unsound and highly speculative” conclusion of the Competition Commission’s pay TV movie findings.
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RatingsWallander returns with 6.41m
Wallander returned to BBC1 with its biggest audience on record.
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RatingsEpisodes bows out with 1m
The finale of Episodes posted the show’s highest ratings in three weeks, but remained well below last year’s figures.
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NewsRichard Hopkins memorial tickets still available
Tickets are still available for the memorial event celebrating the life of TV producer Richard Hopkins.
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NewsC4 News appoints Ben de Pear as editor
Ben de Pear has been appointed as editor of Channel 4 News with immediate effect.
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RatingsMillionaire returns with 3.9m
ITV1’s first non-celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in two years proved too strong for the second part of BBC1 drama Blackout, which lost 1.5m viewers.
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NewsRomany teenager lashes out at Thelma's Gypsy Girls
A Romany traveller who claimed Big Fat Gypsy Weddings was ruining his life has questioned the intentions behind spin-off show, Thelma’s Gypsy Girls.
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NewsITV axes Millionaire playalong app
ITV has ditched plans for a ground-breaking Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? mobile playalong app to accompany the show’s first full series in two years.
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NewsBBC mulls bid to manage local TV spectrum
The BBC could go head-to-head with the likes of Arqiva in a bid to run one of the key elements of Jeremy Hunt’s local TV vision.
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RatingsAdam Buxton's Bug launches to 64k
Sky Atlantic’s new comedy series featuring Adam Buxton put in a disappointing first outing attracting only half the slot average.
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NewsMyers sets up multiplatform rock music hub
John Myers, former chief executive of The Radio Academy and Guardian Media Group Radio, is establishing a multiplatform rock music resource.
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NewsKevin Bakhurst swaps BBC for RTÉ
BBC News Channel controller Kevin Bakhurst is leaving the corporation after 23 years to join Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
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NewsChris Moyles to leave Radio 1 breakfast show
Chris Moyles is to step down as host of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show in September.