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NewsRTL pre-tax profits up 22%
Five parent company RTL Group saw pre-tax profits grow in Q3 by 22% helped by higher profits from its UK subsidiary.
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NewsBBC restricting drama writers, claims Poliakoff
“Kafkaesque” committees at the BBC are artificially restricting writers and endangering television drama, Stephen Poliakoff has claimed.
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NewsC4 to follow fight for Harrow scholarships
Channel 4 is to lift the curtain on the fight for scholarships to Harrow School, after Boomerang Plus secured behind the scenes access.
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News'No comment' on cricket TV plans
The Government has refused to comment on suggestions that Test cricket could soon make a return to terrestrial television.
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NewsC4 technical problems anger viewers
Technical problems dominated C4’s complaints log last month, with 300 viewers contacting the broadcaster over disruption to Hollywood movie America’s Sweethearts and HBO import True Blood.
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NewsJedward save sparks 3,000 complaints
ITV has been bombarded with thousands of complaints following Simon Cowell’s move to save twins Jedward over Welsh crooner Lucie Jones in The X Factor on Sunday [8 Nov].
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NewsProduct placement consulation underway
The government’s consultation into the introduction of product placement in UK programmes has launched, with ITV boss Michael Grade stating it will put broadcasters on a “level playing field” with international rivals.
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NewsIanucci wins Bafta Scotland awards
Armando Ianucci and Peter Capaldi picked up a hat trick of awards at the Bafta Scotland Awards for political satire In the Loop, on a night that also saw prizes awarded to BBC drama New Town and actor Robert Carlyle.
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NewsTop Gear rapped over gory "suicide"
Ofcom has rapped Top Gear over the bloodiness of a sketch that portrayed a man committing suicide, sparking 50 viewer complaints.
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NewsOfcom bows to BBC over Pedigree Dogs ruling
Ofcom has held off publishing rulings about BBC1’s Pedigree Dogs Exposed documentary after sparking “unprecedented” anger from the corporation.
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NewsRestaurants in Turkish living rooms
Viewers in Turkey and Scandinavia will soon be feasting on local versions of Virgin 1 culinary series Restaurant in our Living Room, following fresh sales by Target Entertainment.
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NewsPopular factual commissioners outline wishlists
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Popular factual commissioners at the BBC, Channel 4 and Five have outlined their wishlists for the coming year.
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NewsSky 1 hunts new factual talent
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Sky 1 plans to use the 8pm slot that was previously home to The Simpsons to break new popular factual presenting talent.
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NewsSpecialist factual feels the pinch in peak
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Channel 4 has to “raise its game” in specialist factual and deliver more “polarising” programming if it is to compete in peaktime, according to commissioning exec Ralph Lee.
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NewsBroadcasters outline doc wishlists
Sheffield Doc/Fest: ITV1 is looking to commission several blue-chip documentary singles from top-end film-makers for 9pm.
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NewsStoryville doc scoops green award
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Henry Singer, the documentary maker best known for 9/11 documentary Falling Man, has won an environmental award for his latest project.
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NewsGregory novel set for ITV1
Philippa Gregory’s novel The Little House is set to be adapted for a “atmospheric and chilling” two-part drama on ITV1.
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NewsSky 1 to send Ross Kemp to Israel and Gaza
Sky 1 is sending Ross Kemp to the Middle East for a two-part documentary looking at the ongoing tensions in Israel and Gaza.
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NewsTax relief heads up doc makers' demands on MPs
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Documentary producers are to lobby politicians to offer tax relief for public service programming as part of a shortlist of demands to bolster factual output.
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NewsThompson to urge BBC stars not to lose nerve
BBC director general Mark Thompson is to rally the troops by telling stars that recent “political correctness” rows should not stifle their creativity.