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News2012 Olympic radio station scrapped
Plans to launch an Olympic radio station to cover London 2012 have been scrapped after a lack of interest in the project.
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NewsC4 ad sales to pass £1bn
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has issued a rallying cry for free-to-air TV and predicted the broadcaster will sell more than £1bn of airtime in 2011.
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NewsLiving TV orders paranormal special
Living TV has ordered a Halloween special from STV Productions that will see competing teams hunt for paranormal activity in a haunted location.
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NewsAlan Partridge returns in Fosters AFP
Foster’s has funded an online comedy series from indie Baby Cow that features Alan Partridge and is written by Armando Iannucci.
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NewsSalary cover up director to leave BBC
The BBC’s “reward director” who admitted trying to disguise the number of high earning staff at the corporation is leaving for a “less high profile and demanding role”.
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RatingsPhoneShop calls 270,000
THURSDAY: New E4 comedy PhoneShop answered the call to more than 270,000 viewers, as a new series of Sky1’s A League of Their Own kicked off with a strong audience.
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RatingsSong of Lunch plays to 1.3m
FRIDAY: One-off BBC2 drama The Song of Lunch, starring Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson, played to an audience of more than 1.3m.
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NewsBBC America link up for new Doctor Who
The Tardis will land in 1960s Utah for the opening episode of series six of the BBC favourite.
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NewsBBC Trust launches national radio review
The BBC Trust has launched a service review of the corporation’s national radio stations in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
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NewsTV licence staff complaint guidance revealed
TV licence fee staff have been issued with a manual advising that customers who use the words “idiots”, “shambles” or “useless” are likely to be making a complaint.
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NewsS4C programme budget facing £4m cut
The BBC wants to cut what it spends on making Welsh programmes for S4C by £4 million, it has been disclosed.
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RatingsLive X Factor draws 13m
SATURDAY: The X Factor live rounds sparked into action with a peak audience of more than 13 million, as Harry Hill and Piers Morgan returned with new series - completing a heavyweight Saturday night line-up on ITV1.
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NewsHarry Hill inks online series with AOL
TV comic Harry Hill is to launch a ten-part online series with AOL later this month.
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Banksy defaces The Simpsons
The Simpsons has had its title sequence defaced by graffiti artist Banksy.
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NewsGordon Ramsay heads to India
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is to be seen by new audiences in India, following sales of some of his biggest series by Optomen International.
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RatingsDavid Tennant drama raises 5m
SUNDAY: BBC1’s new drama Single Father, starring David Tennant, failed to raise as large an audience as ITV’s period drama Downton Abbey.
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NewsChorion linked to £440m Thomas deal
Children’s media group Chorion is believed to have made a move to acquire the intellectual property for Thomas the Tank Engine from distributor Hit Entertainment.
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NewsLiving TV rapped over Brit Cops
Living TV Group has been rapped by Ofcom after a scene in its reality police show Brit Cops: Zero Tolerance contained an image of an “offensive” poster.
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RatingsSky pulls 400,000 with Thorne
SUNDAY: Sky1’s new detective drama starring David Morrissey drew an above average performance on its debut - as ITV2 smashed its usual audience figures with new reality series The Only Way is Essex.
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NewsMediaCityUK preps offices for smaller firms
MediaCityUK developer Peel Media has submitted plans to convert a three-storey building next to its Pie Factory sound stages into a range of office suites for small creative companies.