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NewsFremantleMedia buys Dutch indie
FremantleMedia has acquired Dutch indie FourOne Media, expanding its line-up of drama and sitcoms.
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NewsElection debate seen by 50,000 online
Last night’s Election debate generated ITV’s biggest ever live online audience for a non-sporting event.
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NewsMark Gray to leave FME
Mark Gray is to step down from his senior role at FremantleMedia Enterprises after more than six years at the distribution giant.
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NewsRTÉ to co-produce Brendan Bracken doc
Irish broadcaster RTÉ is to co-produce a new documentary about Winston Churchill’s right-hand man who was also rumoured to be his secret son.
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RatingsGot Talent peaks with 12.2m
Britain’s Got Talent was welcomed back to ITV1’s Saturday night schedule with a peak audience of 12.2m (49%), but less than a quarter of these viewers stuck around for the end of blockbuster drama The Prisoner.
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RatingsCountryfile trumps Survival's return
Iconic wildlife strand Survival returned to ITV1 after 14 years last night with just 2.3m (10.8%) – with BBC1 picking up almost three times as many viewers.
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NewsPinewood lodges development appeal
Pinewood Studios has stepped up the battle to win planning permission for its live/work development, Project Pinewood, claiming it will help create jobs in an area where unemployment is increasingly rapidly.
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NewsHit writes $500m off value; strikes credit deal
Hit Entertainment, the owner of Thomas the Tank Engine and Angelina Ballerina, has written off $500m (£325m) of its value but has secured an agreement with its lenders to bring its finances back in order.
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NewsCBBC acquires £8m Jungle Book
The BBC has picked up an £8m reworking of The Jungle Book made in 3D.
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NewsChiles signs four-year ITV deal
BBC presenter Adrian Chiles has signed an exclusive four-year deal with ITV to anchor its World Cup coverage and host GMTV.
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NewsRace begins for Channel of the Year
The race for the Channel of the Year Awards 2010 begins today, with more children’s stations in the running than ever before.
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NewsVolcano causes Moyles to miss show
Chris Moyles was forced to miss his Radio 1 breakfast show this morning after finding himself unable to return from New York because of the air travel chaos.
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NewsBBCW signs co-pro partners for Great Barrier Reef
BBC Worldwide has secured major co-production partners in the US and Australia for upcoming natural history series Great Barrier Reef.
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NewsChris Moyles hosts show from New York
DJ Chris Moyles is to beat the air chaos and return to the airwaves by hosting his show from New York.
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NewsDermot O'Leary to quiz party leaders
X Factor host Dermot O’Leary is to throw the spotlight on Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg by quizzing them on first-time voters’ concerns.
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NewsITV1 lines up live coverage of movie awards
The National Movie Awards will be broadcast live when the event returns to ITV1 next month.
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NewsRussell T Davies pens CBBC special
The new series of CBBC’s The Sarah Jane Adventures will feature former Doctor Who star Jo Grant (Katy Manning), while the current Doctor (Matt Smith) will appear in a special edition.
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NewsAsh cloud sparks record BBC News traffic
BBC News online has had its biggest ever weekend for global traffic as people logged on for information about the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud.
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NewsLynne Frank to leave ESPN
Lynne Frank, the exec who led ESPN’s emergence as a serious player in UK sports broadcasting, is to leave the company.
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RatingsBlitz Street blasts off with 1.8m
Channel 4’s new factual series Blitz Street landed with a total audience of 1.8m last night, but was eclipsed by the unstoppable rise of US high school musical drama Glee on sister channel E4.