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NewsBBC1 and ITV1 hit worst ever share
BBC1 and ITV1 both slumped to their worst ever audience shares of all time last week as Channel 4 pulled off a coup with a combination of the Big Brotherfinale, the debut of Lostand the nail-biting conclusion to the third test in ...
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NewsFive ups wildlife output
Five is to step up its commitment to wildlife programming by commissioning up to 25 hours of original shows.
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NewsMissing 1960s Potter drama discovered
A Dennis Potter television drama missing for almost 40 years has been discovered as part of a new campaign to hunt down missing ITV gems.
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NewsHoliday's over as ratings slip away
BBC1's flagship Holidayprogramme is facing the axe following disappointing ratings.
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Danan acts posh for Five's Celebrity Swap
Paul Danan, the former soap star whose excruciating antics on Celebrity Love Islandbecame one of this summer's unlikely talking points, has been signed up by Five.
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Friday nights on C4 get new look
Channel 4's Friday nights are being revamped with the emphasis moving from US sitcoms towards homegrown programming with a hint of magic.
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VH-1 set to air Celebrity Pop Star
US music broadcaster VH-1 is poised to pick up Granada USA's hybrid reality show I'm a Celebrity But I Want to be a Pop Starafter the ITV-owned producer could not strike a deal with NBC.
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Simon v Simon heads for court
The clash of Simons Cowell and Fuller is due to come to court this November, as the pair enter a court battle over the X-Factorformat.
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C4 acquisitions head makes first purchase
Channel 4's new head of acquisition, Jeff Ford, has struck his first deal, buying a cop thriller from the team behind Nip/Tuck.
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RDF mulls Radar buy
RDF Media is looking at buying out Radar TV, the indie behind Channel 4's Banzai.
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NewsBBC may pitch Norton against Ant & Dec
The BBC is considering using star signing Graham Norton to compete head to head with Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
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TMF airs first live show
MTV's Freeview channel The Music Factory (TMF) has commissioned its first live show, from Optimistic Entertainment, owner of TV channel Nation 217 and maker of Flipside TV.
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NewsNighty Night goes mobile
The BBC is launching its first experiment with mobile phone broadcasting, making clips of BBC3 comedy Nighty Nightavailable over videophones.
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NewsMakosi heads to Edinburgh
Big Brother 6's glamorous African Queen Makosi has been signed up by organisers of next week's Edinburgh TV Festival.
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NewsITV confirms kids channel plans
ITV has confirmed it is to launch commercial free-to-air kids' channel across all platforms including Freeview.
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NewsExtras recommissioned
Extras, the new comedy from The Officecreators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, has been given a second run by BBC2 controller Roly Keating.
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NewsBritney profile interests 1.8m
Channel 4's profile of US pop singer Britney Spears failed to reach the top of the charts last night with a relatively poor 1.8 million (10.5%).
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NewsCall for goverment to back rival to Sky
Pressure group The Voice of the Listener and Viewer has called on the government to back a new FreeSat rival to Sky.
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NewsFormer BBC news editor launches lifestyle channel
Two former executive newscasters are launching a lifestyle channel called New You.
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NewsBBC employee faked Wikipedia entry
Users of encyclopaedia website Wikipedia claim the site has been exploited for a viral marketing campaign for a BBC project.