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NewsFive creates live online bingo show
Five is to stream a daily online bingo show in a bid to drive traffic to its web gaming operation.
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NewsC4 docs up for Rory Peck Awards
Channel 4’s Dispatches strand has scored a hat trick of nominations in this year’s Rory Peck Awards, recognising the best freelance cameramen and camerawomen in international news and current affairs.
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NewsMore than 100 BBC senior managers to go
The BBC is to axe more than 100 of its senior managers in a bid to slash its pay bill by a quarter over the next three and a half years.
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NewsMackie looking for medical dramas
ITV director of drama Laura Mackie has revealed she is on the look out for a medical series, and has a project in development from Wuthering Heights writer Peter Bowker.
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NewsX Factor’s £20m Xmas present to ITV
Twin win of ratings boom and huge revenues spells break in the clouds for cash-strapped ITV
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NewsVirgin Media posts record customer spend
Virgin Media added 8,100 net new cable households in the third quarter and pushed its average customer spend to a record high, while churn remained flat at 1.5% a month.
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NewsAbsolute passes 50% digital target
Q3 RAJARS: Absolute Radio has become the first radio group to hit the 50% national digital listening penetration target set out in earlier this year in the government’s Digital Britain report.
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NewsBBC archive could be decades away
The BBC is to launch an online catalogue of every programme it has broadcast by the end of next year - but could take decades to release a full online archive.
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NewsThompson restricts BNP to once a year
The BBC will give the BNP a platform on a range of political programmes - but no more than once a year, director general Mark Thompson has said.
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NewsBBC orders successor to The Street from new McGovern indie
The BBC has ordered the ‘spiritual successor’ to The Street from Jimmy McGovern’s new production company.
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NewsWogan still king of breakfast
Q3 RAJARS: Sir Terry Wogan has again been crowned the king of breakfast radio, extending his lead over rival Chris Moyles and attracting a weekly audience of 7.8m.
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NewsBeing Human to get American makeover
Being Human is to get an American makeover after Syfy greenlit a 13-part remake from RDF Media USA.
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NewsTalkback and FME set up web content unit
Talkback Thames has set up its first dedicated digital division, which will oversee all crossplatform support for shows, such as The X Factor and The Bill, as well developing bespoke advertiser-funded web content.
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Multiplatform news in brief 30 October
Multiplatform news in brief from Broadcast magazine dated 30 October featuring Skyworks, Blinkbox, ITV Studios and Sky.
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NewsEvolutions to launch commercials studio
Evolutions plans to spend £750,000 on a boutique commercials studio after tempting a Flame artist and two producers to join the company from Smoke and Mirrors.
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NewsAssimilate secures Scratch sales in Soho
Assimilate has secured two Soho sales for its Scratch system and appointed a UK reseller.
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NewsSky News in £4m deal with EVS
Sky News will replace the Quantel newsroom technology in its west London headquarters with servers from EVS after signing a deal thought to be worth £4m with the Belgian manufacturer.
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NewsHeart leapfrogs Capital to take second spot in London
Q3 RAJARS: Heart has leapfrogged sister station 95.8 Capital to become London’s second most popular radio station behind Magic.
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NewsOctober to make prefab house series for Home
Amanda Lamb will front an October Films series for Home that will see the presenter help people make prefabricated houses.
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NewsSilver River looks to scripted with ex-Endemol hiring
Silver River has hired former Endemol exec Shaun Parry to bolster its drive into scripted content, as its first-ever drama approaches TX in Scotland.