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NewsGreenlight round-up: Hacking, spies and Ab Fab
The BBC and Sky have commissioned comedy specials that will satirise the hacking scandal and the British crime genre while re-commissioning several successful series
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News4oD iPhone app launches
Channel 4 has launched a 4oD iPhone app that will allow users to catch-up on the broadcaster’s content.
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NewsDawn Porter tries luck with C4
Dawn Porter is to front a new Channel 4 series examining the nature of luck and people’s perception of it.
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NewsITV lines-up Loose Women revamp
Loose Women is to be revamped for its new series in a bid to keep the ITV daytime show fresh.
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NewsITVS picks up drama rejected by BBC
ITV Studios has optioned a Cornish crime drama previously rejected by the BBC.
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NewsChorion IP to be sold
Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Mr Men and The Octonauts are set to be sold to individual bidders, as Chorion’s backers attempt to minimise their losses.
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NewsC5 to follow funfair workers
Channel 5 has ordered an ob doc series which will meet the often secretive families who run funfairs across the country.
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NewsKelvin Mackenzie unveils new sports channel
Former Live TV boss Kelvin Mackenzie is returning to broadcasting with the launch of an online sports channel on Freeview.
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NewsC4 to revisit Japanese Tsunami
New amateur footage of the Japanese tsunami is to feature in a new documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsCNBC launches connected TV stocks app
Business and financial news broadcaster CNBC has launched an internet connected TV app across a range of platforms including Samsung TVS and Virgin Media’s Tivo.
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NewsE4 launches autumn season
E4 has unveiled a bumper slate of programming for the autumn as the digital channel works to fill the gap left by Friends.
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NewsKermode named Daybreak boss
5 News editor and former BBC Breakfast boss David Kermode has been appointed the new editor of Daybreak.
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NewsProtestors disrupt BBC Proms
Classical music fans tuning into last night’s BBC Proms found themselves listening to a recording instead of the live performance by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, after protestors disrupted the evening’s event.
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NewsGoogle opens talks over UK VoD deals
Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has revealed that talks have kicked off with UK broadcasters ahead of the rollout of Google TV early next year.
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NewsMillion Pound Drop to find all players online
Channel 4 is to recruit all of its contestants for the forthcoming series of interactive gameshow The Million Pound Drop via the internet.
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NewsSurvey reveals reluctance to adopt 3D technology
Broadcasters, production firms and facilities companies appear reluctant to invest in 3D technology, according to the results of Broadcast’s Technology Survey 2011.
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NewsBBC S&PP appoints new chairman
The BBC’s director of policy and strategy, John Tate, has been appointed chairman of BBC Studios and Post Production.
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NewsApplause Store LA-bound for X Factor
The Applause Store is setting up a base in Los Angeles to run the audience ticketing operation for the US version of The X Factor.
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NewsConvergence tops IBC agenda
Web and TV convergence looks set to dominate this year’s IBC, with the likes of TV app development company Easel TV exhibiting at the show for the first time.
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NewsFilmlight to launch upgrade for Baselight
Filmlight will launch a new version of its flagship grading system at IBC, including a “major” upgrade to its stereoscopic toolset.