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Endemol buys Australia's Southern Star
Endemol has expanded its drama catalogue with the acquisition of Australia's largest TV production and distribution company, Southern Star Group.
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ITV closes Britannia High
ITV will not recommission its teen musical drama Britannia High, despite investing heavily in the franchise, after the first season was a ratings flop.
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ITV suffers ad revenue downgrade
ITV's 2009 advertising revenue will fall by as much as 13%, rather than the expected 7% slump, Standard & Poor's has predicted.
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BBC kicks off director of sport search
Interviews to find the new director of BBC Sport are set to begin this week, firing the starting gun on what appears to be a genuinely open competition.
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C4 and Five clash over merger plan
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has claimed a merger with Five would be 'a tragedy' - but RTL Group boss Gerhard Zeiler has insisted it would help secure the future of public service broadcasting.
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Setanta to offer football on demand
Setanta Sports has launched a VoD service that will make its Premier League matches available for up to a week after they are played.
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Morph creator Tony Hart dies
Tony Hart, one of Britain's best loved children's television presenters and the creator of Morph, has died aged 83.
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BBC to serve up Murray's matches
The BBC has signed a deal to air all of Andy Murray's tennis matches on terrestrial TV during the forthcoming Australian Open.
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Ofcom hits ITV with regional quota fine
Ofcom has fined ITV£220,000 for failing to hit its regional quotas for flagship channel ITV1 in 2006 and 2007.
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Digital Britain: the key points
The main proposals from Stephen Carter’s Digital Britain report, according to the leak in the Financial Times.
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Sunset + Vine wins Euro Badminton contract
Sunset + Vine has won the contract to both produce and distribute the European Badminton Championships for the next two years.
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Leaked report points to C4 merger
Channel 4 is facing the prospect of being merged into a new, bigger broadcaster under plans drawn up for the government's Digital Britain review.
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BBCW mad for Oasis package
BBC Worldwide is offering broadcasters a package of rock group Oasis's TV appearances for the BBC, including their Top of the Pops debut.
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Dave to get Argumental again
Dave has ordered a second series of the John Sergeant-hosted panel show Argumental.
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Don't cut training, BBC urges industry
The BBC's training and development director Caroline Prendergast has urged the industry to continue to invest in educating staff despite the economic downturn.
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Emmerdale exec producer stands down
Emmerdale executive producer Keith Richardson is stepping down after 24 years.
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3DD signs IFC distribution deal
Producer and distributor, 3DD Entertainment has signed an exclusive distribution deal with American cable channel IFC.
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ITV: CRR changes could 'save' risky drama
Risky, expensive dramas like Lost in Austen and the cancelled A Passage To India could have a future at ITV if its CRR “straitjacket” is relaxed, the broadcaster has claimed.
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4iP launches community projects
Projects to help hospital patients and enable deprived communities to launch their own websites are among the first commissions from Channel 4's£50m online PSB fund 4iP.
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OFT: 'Relax ITV's CRR'
The Office of Fair Trading has recommended the relaxation of ITV's Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) undertakings which currently force it to compensate advertisers for falling audiences.