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Yahoo's Linwood gets BBC CTO job
The BBC has appointment former Yahoo! senior vice president of engineering John Linwood as its new chief technology officer.
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Celebrity Juice back with 310,000
ITV2's comedy game show Celebrity Juice managed to tickle viewers' funny bone at 10pm with a respectable 310,000 (1.7%).
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Horrocks to lead BBC World Service
Head of the BBC multimedia newsroom Peter Horrocks has been named as director of the BBC World Service.
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Johnson rejects C4 merger with rivals
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has said he would rather see the channel fully privatised than suffer the “part privatisation by stealth” of a merger with a rival broadcaster.
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Electric Sky picks up Bourne doc
UK distributor Electric Sky has acquired the rights to a recent Channel 4 Cutting Edge documentary.
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Boomerang flies in the face of downturn
Boomerang Plus, the Welsh indie behind Channel 4 series Freesports on 4, posted a strong first-half profit of£754,000, up from£48,000 last year.
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Endemol preps US shows
Endemol's UK and US heads have co-devised three US network entertainment shows as part of a global strategy to pool resources for international formats.
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BBC orders more Great British Menu
Some of the UK's top chefs will cook for the country's war heroes in a fourth series of Optomen TV's Great British Menu.
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MasterChef stuffs its rivals
The final of BBC2's MasterChef proved a ratings feast last night with 5.2m viewers (21%) at 8pm, helping the channel's 9pm drama Margaret gain 2.6m (12%).
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Simpsons to make TV history
The Simpsons is set to enter its third decade on air with an order for two more seasons from US network Fox.
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UK indie to make Renaissance drama for Canal+
UK producer Helion Pictures is to work with the man behind HBO's prison drama Oz on a new historical drama for Canal+ in France.
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BBC dominates RTS TV Journalism Awards
The BBC’s coverage of the banking crisis helped the broadcaster to scoop nine of the fifteen awards at last night’s annual RTS Television Journalism Awards, including two for business editor Robert Peston.
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The Simpsons strikes Guinness deal
Homer will swap his Duff for a Guinness in a St Patrick's Day episode of The Simpsons, in time for the Irish stout's 250th birthday.
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Crufts to be streamed online
Crufts, the dog show dumped by the BBC over cruelty concerns, is to be streamed direct to viewers via its website.
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Piers to interview Jade for ITV1
Piers Morgan will interview Jade Goody in a one-off 60min programme for ITV1 next month.
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Canal+ acquires Jude Law doc
French broadcaster Canal+ has picked up the Jude Law-fronted political documentary The Day After Peace from distributor 3DD Entertainment.
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Video: Laura Mackie, ITV director of drama
ITV director of drama Laura Mackie talks to Broadcastnow about upcoming shows, axing long-running series such as Wire in the Blood and what to expect from the forthcoming remake of The Prisoner.
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Russell Brand returns to radio
TalkSport has signed Russell Brand to front a football show - his first since quitting Radio 2 in October.
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No rematch for University Challenge losers
The Manchester team that lost this year's University Challenge are taking their defeat in good grace despite an investigation by the BBC into claims that one of the winning team was ineligible to compete.