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NewsRatings drop at Sky One
Sky One has seen its audience drop year-on-year by almost 14% since coming off the Virgin Media platform.
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NewsHat Trick on the case with new ITV crime drama
Hat Trick Productions has signed a deal with ITV to develop a new crime drama populated by strong women in peril.
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NewsUnique producing R2 dance music series
Unique has won the contract to produce BBC Radio 2's second Summer of Love season to celebrate the 20th anniversary of UK dance music.
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NewsFiver acquires Hollywood series
Digital channel Fiver has secured two new ob doc series that shine the spotlight on the Hollywood lifestyles of Lindsay Lohan's family and Denise Richards.
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NewsBebo unveils new drama
Bebo has teamed up with indie Monkey Kingdom and Universal Music for its latest web drama.
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NewsBig Brother takes on China
Channel 4's reality show Big Brother had a battle on its hands yesterday as BBC2's popular Wild China gave it a run for its money with 3.1m viewers (13.3%).
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NewsTime Out calls for BBCW probe
Time Out is urging the Office of Fair Trading to launch a probe into BBC Worldwide's acquisition of travel guide publisher Lonely Planet.
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NewsC4 Livingstone doc cleared
Channel 4's controversial Dispatches investigation into Ken Livingstone has been cleared by Ofcom of allegations that it was biased.
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NewsKidnapped BBC journalist found dead
BBC journalist Abdul Samad Rohani was yesterday found dead in Afghanistan, one day after he was abducted from Laskar Gah in the southern province of Helmand. He had been shot in the head.
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NewsSubdued start to Euro 2008
Football's Euro 2008 tournament got off to something of a lacklustre start on BBC1 as just 3.5m viewers (27%) watched the opening game on Saturday, some way below the channel's slot average.
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NewsMykura appointed More4 chief
Channel 4 head of documentaries Hamish Mykura has expanded his role to become head of digital channel More4.
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NewsC4 spared after Simpsons swearing
Channel 4 has escaped censure after broadcasting the word 'wankers' twice during an episode of The Simpsons at 6pm.
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NewsTV critics 9 June '08
'... darned good TV.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on the weekend's TV.
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NewsRed Bee wins Olympics contract
Macquarie-owned Red Bee Media has been selected as the production partner for Chinese state television's coverage of this summer's Beijing Olympics.
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NewsThree more years for Theakston's Heart beat
Jamie Theakston will present the Heart 106.2 breakfast show until 2011 after signing a three-year extension to his current deal.
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NewsBob and Thomas get CGI makeover
Hit Entertainment has agreed deals to produce the next series of Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends in CGI.
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NewsOsbourne quits X Factor
Sharon Osbourne has quit as a judge on The X Factor, ITV has confirmed.
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NewsHowell: ITV budget is under threat
ITV's£1 billion programming budget is under intense pressure if Ofcom does not loosen certain regulations on the broadcaster, Rupert Howell has said.
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NewsHorrid Henry to become stage show
Novel Entertainment is to launch Horrid Henry as a stage show following ITV's decision to commission a second run.
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NewsDragons' Den competition launches
Twelve producers will go head-to-head for development cash in a version of Dragons' Den at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.