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Waybuloo creator teams up with Hit
Waybuloo creator Dan Good is working on a new preschool series with intellectual property company Hit Entertainment.
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Gold to reopen Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers star and co-writer Connie Booth is to break her 30 year silence on the BBC1 sitcom in one of two specials for UKTV channel Gold.
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STV takes stake in start-up indie
STV and Scottish Enterprise have both taken stakes in a start-up indie run by a former Firefly executive producer.
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DCD enjoys jump in first half revenue
DCD saw a 23% uplift in revenue in the first six months of its current financial year but warned that it will make cost savings to help weather the downturn.
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Living plans Jade tribute
Living will kick off a two-part tribute to Jade Goody this Thursday at 9pm.
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Burnham demands more TV coverage of women's sport
Media secretary Andy Burnham has called for more TV coverage of women's sport and suggested new targets for governing bodies could make them tougher when negotiating with broadcasters.
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New Knight Rider revs up for Sci Fi UK
The revival of Knight Rider and Dollhouse, the latest show from Buffy creator Joss Whedon, will air on Sci Fi in the UK.
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Heart launches 12 new stations
Global Radio-owned Heart will today (23 March) complete the second phase of its national roll-out by launching 12 new stations across the south west.
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ITN slams BBC web super-funding
ITN has accused the BBC of aiming to “destroy the business models of competitors” after it upped its online budget by 26%.
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Sky to appeal ITV stake decision - again
The saga of BSkyB's controversial 17.9% stake in ITV is set to rumble on after the satellite broadcaster was cleared to make another appeal against being forced to dramatically reduce its holding.
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Discovery Shed launches
Discovery Shed, the channel aimed at “men who like to get their hands dirty”, launched on satellite and cable today.
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BBC Trust approves extra£30m for online
The BBC Trust has lifted the bbc.co.uk budget freeze after 10 months and released£30.7m new of cash for online over the next three years.
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Fremantle US faces ex-staff lawsuit
FremantleMedia North America is facing a lawsuit from former employees who claim they were forced to work up to twenty hours a day with no statutory breaks or overtime.
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Scottish Parliament lobbies for national channel
The Scottish Parliament is to put pressure on the UK government to greenlight a proposed dedicated digital TV channel for the nation.
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ITV: viewers need clarity about online viewing
ITV has called on the industry to ensure consumers are fully aware of the nature of online content before they or their children watch it.
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Henry to be Horrid in Sweden
Novel Entertainment has secured a number of new deals for its CITV kids series Horrid Henry, including a sale to Swedish terrestrial channel SVT1.
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TV charity gets£1m donation
Industry charity Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund has received a£1m cash injection from the Albert R. Broccoli and Dana Broccoli Foundation.
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Primeval to get the Twitter treatment
ITV is planning to engage the ‘Twitterati' in a mass live conversation about Primeval for the duration of the first episode of the drama's third series.
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Being Human gets one-off special
BBC3 is to screen a Being Human special next week, offering a behind the scenes look at the hit comedy drama.
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Cohen: Make catch-up TV pay-per-view
On-demand services should introduce ‘micropayments' from 5p to£2 for catch-up views of big shows to recoup money lost through falling TV advertising revenues, FremantleMedia chief executive Tony Cohen has proposed.