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NewsCritic to co-host 'live' Film 2010
Movie critic Danny Leigh is to co-host the new look Film 2010 with Claudia Winkleman, which will include live interviews for the first time in its 40-year history.
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NewsHollyoaks set for Top Model crossover
Channel 4 has lined up a special edition of Hollyoaks featuring contestants from this year’s series of Living’s reality show Britain’s Next Top Model.
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NewsBSkyB in legal bid over Skype name
Internet phone company Skype is facing a legal challenge from BSkyB over its right to use the word “Sky” in its name, it has been revealed.
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RatingsThe Deep sinks 500,000
The Deep’s audience plunged by nearly half a million viewers last night, as a shocking BBC1 doc about Swedish sisters who ran into motorway traffic delivered strong ratings later in the evening.
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NewsCNBC appoints Euro digital head
CNBC has hired the executive behind The Guardian’s iPhone and iPad apps to head up its European digital operations.
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NewsCanvas hunts tech firms for 2011 launch
Project Canvas has invited technology firms to help launch IPTV devices in 2011.
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NewsCast announced for Crimson Petal
Richard E Grant, Romola Garai and Gillian Anderson are to star in forthcoming BBC2 drama, The Crimson Petal & the White.
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NewsBroadcasters up for Emmy prizes
Al-Jazeera English, Sky News and a Channel 4 Dispatches programme have been short-listed for an International Emmy award.
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NewsITV reveals final Bill date
The last episode of long-running police drama The Bill will be shown this month.
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NewsBig Brother exec moves to Loose Women
Big Brother’s long-standing creative director has been hired by ITV Studios to executive produce Loose Women.
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RatingsEngland win draws 8m peak
England’s first game since their disastrous World Cup campaign drew a peak audience of nearly 8m to ITV last night, as BBC2’s The Normans recorded another strong performance.
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NewsAutism Radio UK prepares to launch
Staffordshire is set to become home to the UK’s first radio station run by people with autism.
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NewsDon’t demonise piracy, says IT Crowd creator
Graham Linehan, the writer behind comedy The IT Crowd, has said the entertainment industry is gambling with its future by “ignoring or criminalising” the issue of piracy.
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News6 Music gives audience control
Digital station 6 Music will hand control of its playlists over to its listeners later this month.
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NewsSyfy conjures up more Merlin
The new series of fantastical BBC drama Merlin has been picked up for broadcast in the US.
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NewsDarren Childs to head UKTV
Darren Childs, the managing director of BBC Worldwide channels, has been appointed the chief executive of UKTV.
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NewsBrownlow to replace Jackson at Capital FM
Global Radio exec Paul Jackson is leaving London station Capital FM to join an Australian radio group and will be replaced by James Brownlow.
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NewsFME to mine Thames archive with new hiring
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) is to mine Thames Television’s 24-year archive for classic programming, and has hired a former ITN exec to oversee the job.
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NewsCrozier: No charge for Coronation Street
Viewers will not be made to pay for Coronation Street as ITV seeks new ways of making money, chief executive Adam Crozier insisted today.
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NewsHugh Laurie top-paid US drama star
Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor in a US television drama, according to a survey published today.