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NewsCurrent sells EPG slot
Current UK has hired Canis Media to handle the sale of its Sky entertainment EPG slot.
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NewsITV1 orders more of The Cube
Two more series of The Cube have been ordered for ITV1 and will include three celebrity specials.
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NewsC4 in life-changing pilot
Former Confused.com boss Carlton Hood will front a Channel 4 pilot offering families the opportunity to change their lives.
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NewsBBC Sport signs six-year cricket deal
Live radio coverage of England’s international cricket games will continue to be broadcast on the BBC until 2019 following a renewed deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board.
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NewsDec: NTA could have gone to anyone on list
ITV golden boys Ant & Dec made National TV Award history last night by collecting their 11th presenting award - but still expressed their surprise at winning.
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NewsX Factor beats Strictly to NTA
The X Factor outmanoeuvred Strictly Come Dancing to be crowned best entertainment show at the National Television Awards.
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NewsRihanna to hunt fashion talent for Sky Living
What’s My Name? singer Rihanna is to turn her talents to exec producing with a new Sky Living series in which she will hunt for the next wave of British fashion designers.
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NewsNBCU to close DivaTV
NBC Universal is to close DivaTV, the UK home of The Oprah Winfrey Show and Queer Eye For A Straight Guy, as it shifts its focus onto The Style Network.
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NewsPBS UK secures Clinton premiere
PBS UK has secured the world premiere of a new doc series about former US president Bill Clinton.
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NewsFilms of Record to put life at Cern on YouTube
Films of Record is poised to start making content for the Cern YouTube channel, which will ultimately lead to a feature-length documentary similar in scale to Life In A Day, Broadcast understands.
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NewsBBC's Storyville benefits from DQF initiative
The BBC’s Delivering Quality First cost-cutting initiative has “smiled on” international film strand Storyville, opening up a regular late-night slot on BBC2.
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NewsBBC multiplatform chief joins Twofour
The BBC’s head of cross-platform productions is leaving to take up a new role at Twofour Digital.
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NewsITV moves back micropayment launch date
ITV’s much-anticipated micropayments system now looks set to launch as late as this summer.
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NewsNighty Night’s Davis to pen Sky Atlantic comedy
Nighty Night creator Julia Davis is to write and star alongside a cast of crones and hunchbacks in a gothic black comedy set in the 1800s for Sky Atlantic.
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NewsCPL on brink of Red Arrow deal
A League of Their Own producer CPL Productions is poised to become part of Red Arrow Entertainment.
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NewsWalking Dead app in watermarking first
FX UK is launching the first consumer-facing app to make use of audio watermarking to promote the forthcoming series of The Walking Dead.
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NewsSet-top box-maker IP Vision enters administration
IP Vision, the manufacturer of Fetch TV set-top boxes that offered access to linear Freeview, BBC iPlayer and IPTV service Sky Go, has gone into administration.
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NewsBBC faces £5.6m move bill
The BBC is facing a bill of up to £5.6m to cover the cost of redundancies and relocation packages for its exit from Birmingham.
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NewsDiscovery drives off with C5’s Fifth Gear
Discovery has poached Channel 5’s flagship series Fifth Gear in a move that will shift the motoring show exclusively to pay-TV after 10 years of airing on the PSB.
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NewsC5 acquires Once Upon A Time
Channel 5 has secured the first-run terrestrial rights to new US fantasy drama Once Upon A Time.