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NewsBBC lands the best job in the world
BBC1 has ordered a doc on the search for a caretaker for an Australian tropical island - widely billed as “the best job in the world”.
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NewsNBC swaps around channels on EPG
NBC Universal Global Networks is to move around some of its digital channels on Sky’s EPG, moving Hallmark next to Sci Fi.
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NewsBig Brother 10 underway
The 10th series of Big Brother launched on Channel 4 last night marking the start of a 13-week run across the summer.
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NewsITV regulation may be relaxed
The government has hinted that ITV will have its regulatory burden dramatically reduced by the Digital Britain report.
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NewsiCarly takes Nickelodeon top spot
Interactive teen comedy iCarly has become a big hit for Nickelodeon UK with its iGo to Japan special becoming the channel’s most watched show of the year so far.
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NewsBBC1 to follow stay-at-home Brits
BBC1 will investigate how the recession will prompt millions of Brits to stay at home this summer in a series from Crackit Productions.
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NewsFive's Beast put down
US cable network A&E has cancelled the Patrick Swayze crime drama Beast, which was acquired by Five earlier this year, according to reports.
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NewsBig Brother housemates set for gruelling start
Channel 4 is promising the “most diverse and cosmopolitan” Big Brother line-up for the 10th series of the reality show.
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NewsBBC Trust calls for more info on Project Canvas
The BBC Trust has given the Project Canvas team the green light to launch a charm offensive after it called on the BBC executive to put more details about the project into the public domain.
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NewsSweden to adapt I'm a Celebrity...
ITV Studios has sold I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! to Scandinavian broadcaster TV4.
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NewsBBC Trust under fire over pay scrutiny
A government report into BBC radio production efficiencies has been overshadowed by a spat with the BBC Trust over whether presenters’ salaries should be made public.
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NewsAnderson questions ‘safe’ TV
Question Time executive producer Steve Anderson has questioned whether the show would be commissioned in today’s compliance-heavy TV environment.
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C4 tells disabled people How to Look Good Naked
Channel 4 has ordered a three-part run of How to Look Good Naked featuring people with disabilities.
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Jack the Ripper heads Five’s Revealed strand
Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie will investigate the relationship between Jack the Ripper and the press in one of six films for Five’s Revealed strand.
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BBC goes for Gold in Worst team’s Olympics spoof
The BBC is lining up a mockumentary about the 2012 Olympic Games from the writers of The Worst Week of My Life.
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CBeebies quick to reorder Waybuloo
CBeebies has commissioned RDF Media Group subsidiary The Foundation to produce 50 more episodes of Waybuloo just weeks after the first 100 shows began airing.
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NewsUKTV Eden buys as Off The Fence gets global deals
Off The Fence (OTF) has completed a flurry of sales to broadcasters across Europe and Asia, including several to UKTV’s recently rebranded Eden.
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NewsGovernment launches review into kids on TV
The government is preparing a major public consultation on the use of children in TV shows such as Britain’s Got Talent, which last week saw 10-year-old semi-finalist Hollie Steel break down on live TV.
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NewsMacDonald takes creative lead at IWC
Former ITV controller of daytime Adam MacDonald has joined RDF Media as creative director of its Scottish subsidiary, IWC Media.