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NewsC4's Underwood to step into Whitehead's shoes
Channel 4 director of audience technologies and insight Gill Whitehead will have her maternity leave covered by director of strategy Keith Underwood.
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RatingsTOWIE premiere dips below 1m
The sixth series of The Only Way is Essex returned with less than a million viewers – the lowest debut of the programme since the first series.
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RatingsHollow Crown ends with 700k
BBC2’s epic run of William Shakespeare adaptations bowed out with its second lowest overnight audience on record.
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NewsBGT striptease cleared by Ofcom
ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent has been cleared by Ofcom on several fronts including the failure of its voting app and the performance of a burlesque dancer.
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NewsAmazon to open London digital development centre
Amazon is opening an eight-floor digital media development centre near London’s Barbican to focus on the creation of interactive digital services.
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NewsDreamWorks acquires Classic Media for £100m
DreamWorks Animation is acquiring Classic Media giving it access to a host of kids characters including Noddy, Postman Pat, Rupert the Bear and Basil Brush in a deal worth $155m (£99.86m).
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NewsVirgin Media hits 1m Tivo subs
Virgin Media has reached a million subscribers to its connected-TV Tivo service after adding a further 260,000 users in the last three months.
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RatingsEastEnders Olympic torch sprint draws 7.3m
A live appearance from the Olympic torch failed to lift EastEnders to a notable high, but helped BBC1 demolish competition from ITV1’s Superstar.
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NewsCharity criticises C4's Beauty and the Beast
A facial disfigurement charity has called on Channel 4 to stop ordering programmes with ‘sensational titles which justify their existence by pretending to explore a social theme’, following the second series of Beauty and the Beast.
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NewsBBC slams 'misleading' tax reports
The BBC has slammed “inaccurate” newspaper reports that it is railroading presenters and freelancers into being paid through limited companies.
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RatingsBBC4 Winehouse doc draws 500k
A new documentary about late singer Amy Winehouse boosted usual audience figures for BBC4.
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NewsUK Screen appoints Mackey as chief exec
The board of trade body UK Screen Association has appointed Sarah Mackey as chief executive.
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NewsBT Vision boost subscribers ahead of YouView launch
BT has added a further 21,000 customers to its BT Vision TV service in the quarter as it prepares to roll-out its YouView boxes this autumn.
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NewsAutodesk inks mobile app deal
Autodesk has signed a deal to acquire mobile video capture and sharing app Socialcam for £38.5m ($60m).
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NewsBlackmagic seals deal for Cintel
Blackmagic Design has acquired Cintel International’s portfolio of products.
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NewsEntertainment One revenues up 16%
Peppa Pig distributor Entertainment One has seen revenue grow by 16% from 1 April until this month.
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NewsDownton indie to produce Dracula drama for Sky and NBC
Downton Abbey indie Carnival Films is to produce a new version of classic vampire story Dracula for Sky Living and US network NBC.
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NewsNetflix moots HBO partnership
Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings has hinted at a partnership with HBO, according to Reuters.
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NewsUS talk show Dr Oz heads to UK
Discovery Networks UK has acquired a US talk show hosted by author and cardiac surgeon Dr Mehmet Oz.
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NewsBaxter leaves Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television’s long-time head of European distribution Stuart Baxter is leaving the company after nine years.