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RatingsCougar Town captures 250,300
Cougar Town was welcomed back by 250,300 viewers (1.1% share) for the second series on Sky Living last night.
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RatingsGypsy Weddings invites 8.2m
TUESDAY: Big Fat Gypsy Weddings continued its sparkling form for Channel 4, adding more than 1m viewers on last week and thrashing BBC1’s sci-fi drama Outcasts.
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NewsOn Sight adds board members
On Sight has promoted two of its senior staff to its board of directors.
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News3D royal wedding ruled out
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding will not be broadcast in 3D, St James’ Palace has confirmed.
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NewsBBC wins Paralympics radio rights
The BBC has won the rights to provide radio coverage of the 2012 Paralympic Games on BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra.
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NewsYouView delayed until 2012
Much-delayed connected TV service YouView will not launch until 2012 due to its “scale and complexity.”
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NewsSchofield brands Ofcom complaints 'crazy'
Presenter Phillip Schofield has branded complaints about the spat between Jason Gardiner and Karen Barber on Dancing On Ice “crazy”.
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NewsFourth wave of cuts hits BBC in-house
BBC Vision Productions is to axe one in seven jobs from its Bristol- and Birmingham-based factual divisions.
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NewsCBBC orders Horrible Histories spin-off
Award-winning CBBC series Horrible Histories is to get its own spin-off quiz show.
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NewsEnfield drafted in to direct E4 sitcom pilot
Harry Enfield has been drafted in as the director for new E4 sitcom Sex and the Chippy after the original director Ben Palmer left the show.
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NewsYounge talks tough as axe falls on BBC factual staff
Pat Younge has charged his team with aggressively growing BBC Vision Productions to safeguard its future after another 47 redundancies were revealed this week.
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NewsC5 relaunch puts lesbians centre stage
Channel 5 is to lift the lid on the lives and loves of lesbians in Candy Bar Girls (working title), a new flagship series marking the relaunch of the channel under Richard Desmond.
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NewsAl-Jazeera English to up original content by 25%
Al-Jazeera English is upping the number of original hours of content it orders by more than 25% this year as it increases its number of dedicated seasons.
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UK indie wins daily music show in China
A daily music show – Eye Tube - has been commissioned by Chinese broadcaster Channel Young. The programme has been developed by Paul Thompson and David Hopkins of Izon Music/Izon audio visual, with Steve Benham as producer.
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NewsBectu blames BBC top brass for in-house cuts
Broadcasting union Bectu has placed the blame for the redundancies being made at BBC Vision Productions squarely at the feet of senior managers.
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NewsBBC earmarks digital cash for select dozen
Just 12 BBC programmes a year will receive investment to create bespoke digital projects as part of the broadcaster’s new online strategy for Vision.
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NewsKeo hopeful for Fish Fight sequel after site success
Keo Digital is hoping to help secure a return to TV screens for the sustainable fishing season Fish Fight after around 20% of viewers visited the website.
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NewsIonoco pilots two AR gameshows
Broadcast technology firm Ionoco is working on two gameshow pilots that centre on the use of augmented reality.
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NewsProduction Wizard launches with new features
TV and film recruitment website Production Wizard has launched with the aim of signing up 100,000 users.
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NewsLoft opens US base for 3D work
London facility Loft has opened a base in Los Angeles in a bid to snare some of the US market for 2D to 3D conversion.