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NewsWright quits as BBC pundit over ‘jester' role
Ian Wright has quit as a BBC football pundit, attacking the corporation for the stuffy style of its coverage and claiming he was forced into the role of a “comedy jester”.
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NewsSofia's Diary makes first web-to-TV leap
Teen drama Sofia's Diary will become the first major web show to air on British television after being snapped up by Five in a ground-breaking deal.
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NewsDCD and Boomerang merger talks collapse at last minute
DCD Media's merger with Welsh producer Boomerang Plus has been called off at the 11th hour after months of talks.
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NewsDCD and Boomerang merger talks collapse at last minute
DCD Media's merger with Welsh producer Boomerang Plus has been called off at the 11th hour after months of talks.
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NewsFirst United Agents victory in PFD tribunal
TV agent Duncan Hayes - whose clients include Ricky Gervais - has won his bitter tribunal battle against his former employers Peters, Fraser and Dunlop (PFD).
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NewsSky One orders Cole thrillers
Sky One will adapt two bestsellers by crime author Martina Cole as part of its multimillion pound investment in drama.
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ITN plans YouTube channels
ITN's multimedia division ITN On is launching two news channels on YouTube.
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Music drama for MySpace
The team behind Bebo drama Kate Modern is to create a series for rival social network MySpace.
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C4 to analyse educational content usage
Channel 4 has commissioned a pilot service to track how the web community views and uses its online education programming.
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NewsOld favourites keep pulling in viewers
Established dramas on BBC1 and ITV1 again proved they can bring in large audiences this week, but both channels struggled to hold on to viewers for new shows.
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NewsC4 Radio poaches 5 Live exec
Former Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has raided his former station to recruit a general manager for Channel 4 Radio.
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Henbest exit sees Pioneer restructure for overseas plan
Pioneer Productions co-founder Nigel Henbest is leaving the indie and has sold his 25% stake back to the company.
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Crane to retrace Britannia quest
Geography expert Nick Crane is to follow his Bafta-winning Great British Journeys with an epic 2,500-mile odyssey across Britain and Ireland for BBC2.
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NewsReal Crime back on ITV1 with Austin
ITV1 is reviving its Real Crime strand after a three-year gap and will feature ITV News anchor Mark Austin as its first ever presenter.
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NewsBBC ring fences£15m for kids multiplatform projects
The BBC has ring fenced£15m to pour into children's multimedia projects over the next five years.
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Sky Real Lives makes first series order
Sky Real Lives has made its first full series commission, ordering a factual show about extreme weight loss in contemporary Britain from indie ZKK.
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NewsC4 doc recreates Asian fashion sweat shop
Vanity Lair host Alexa Chung has turned sweat shop owner in a Channel 4 single doc that attempts to uncover the story behind cheap clothes.
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NewsSeptember gets Lali access for C4
September Films has secured worldwide exclusive access to the Indian baby born with a rare deformity who became a global news story earlier this month.
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Alchemy plans£15m Hur
London and LA-based drama distributor Alchemy Television is going into production on its first original mini-series, a£15m adaptation of the Biblical epic Ben Hur.
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NewsDino drama sold to Italy
Sci-fi thriller Primeval and BBC drama Life on Mars have been sold to Italian state broadcaster Rai Due by BBC Worldwide.