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NewsAl Jazeera boss replaced by Qatar royal
Al Jazeera’s director general Wadah Khanfar is stepping down after eight years to be replaced by Shaikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, a member of the Qatar royal family.
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NewsIndia to remake Money Drop
Channel 4 game show The Million Pound Drop is to be adapted for audiences in India, Egypt, Malaysia and Taiwan.
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NewsC4 orders rap choir short
A Channel 4 online commission is to be made into a short film for new arts strand Random Acts.
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NewsITV1 details Exposure strand
ITV1 is to reveal how Colonel Gaddafi armed the IRA and will expose a damagingly polluted city in Europe for its new investigative journalism strand.
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NewsCherry Healey goes global
BBC3 documentaries fronted by Cherry Healey have been sold around the world by DRG.
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NewsCoolabi poised for £4.2m sale
Coolabi, the entertainment producer and rights management company, looks set to be taken over by its primary shareholder North Promotions in a deal worth £4.2m.
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NewsBennett-Jones: reveal extent of schedulers' influence
The founder of Tiger Aspect has called for broadcasters to shed light on the “huge and single minded influence” of schedulers within the commissioning process.
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NewsFilm4 records best ever figures
Film4 has recorded its best ever audience across a month, securing a 1.78% share of the audience in August.
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NewsBBCW taking legal action over dance format
BBC Worldwide is undertaking legal action in Italy over an alleged copy of its Dancing With the Stars format.
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NewsITV Player goes Downton
ITV Player crashed under the weight of users looking to catch up with period drama Downton Abbey on Sunday.
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NewsDownton Abbey triumphs at Emmys
ITV1 drama Downton Abbey has won four Emmy’s at the annual television awards in the US.
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NewsHat Trick reports £4.8m profit
Hat Trick Productions, the indie behind Have I Got News For You, has reported £4.8m pre-tax profit for the 18 months ending on 31 December 2010.
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NewsAlibi acquires online Murdoch
UKTVs crime channel Alibi has acquired an online spin-off series from detective show Murdoch Mysteries that it will air on TV ahead of the fifth run.
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NewsReuters ties with Dailymotion
Reuters has signed a deal with video site Dailymotion to distribute its live stream and on-demand bulletins.
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NewsHorror Channel nails Hammer season
Chello Zone’s Horror Channel has picked up 30 films from Studio Canal including Christopher Lee’s The Scars of Dracula to form a nostalgic Hammer Horror Halloween Season.
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NewsApproval ratings record for BBC1
Audience approval for BBC1 has hit an all time high but BBC4 has dropped across both internal metrics produced by the corporation.
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NewsAll3Media sale pulled
Permira has pulled the plug on the sale of All3Media after bidders failed to meet its asking price of up to £750m.
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NewsC4 News appoints first weather presenter
BBC weather presenter Liam Dutton is set to become Channel 4 News’ first ever weather presenter.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: C4 unveils autumn slate
Channel 4 has revealed a raft of new comedy, drama, entertainment and factual shows for its autumn line-up in a week that also included many other documentary commissions.