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The Thick of It elected for BBC2 move
The Thick of It is to move from BBC4 to BBC2 for its third series.
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Details emerge of Criminal Justice sequel
The sequel to BBC1's Bafta-winning drama Criminal Justice will revolve around a woman charged with murder.
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C4 cleared over Big Brother bullying row
Ofcom has cleared Channel 4 over how it dealt with bullying allegations made during the last series of Big Brother, despite receiving nearly 5,000 complaints about the reality show.
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Strong return for Reggie Perrin with 5m viewers
The return of 1970s sitcom character Reggie Perrin, made famous by Leonard Rossiter, delivered 5m viewers and a 22% audience share for BBC1.
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Heartbeat leaves Baftas behind
ITV1's Heartbeat easily outstripped BBC1's coverage of the TV Baftas at 8pm last night, although the awards ceremony came back strongly to overtake Hell's Kitchen at 9pm.
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Britain's Got Talent on the rise
ITV1's talent show Britain's Got Talent went from strength-to-strength on Saturday with an enormous 12.2m viewers (52.3% share) at 8pm.
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BBC may share resources with local news services
The BBC is expected to unveil proposals for a deal with local news services that would see it share resources with newspapers, TV and radio stations for the first time.
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No direct replacement for Tranter at BBC
The BBC has abandoned its search for ‘a new Jane Tranter' and instead promoted its existing films and acquisitions chiefs to the BBC Fiction board.
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Gambaccini: Chris Moyles causes 'human suffering'
Veteran broadcaster Paul Gambaccini has renewed his criticism of BBC Radio 1 breakfast DJ Chris Moyles by branding him “a bully who causes human suffering”.
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FME plans US comedy push
British comedies such as Toyboize could be set for US remakes following Fremantle Media North America's move to create a new senior vice president for scripted comedy.
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BSkyB to launch on-demand ad service
BSkyB viewers will be given the option to watch extended commercials via their green button when the satellite giant launches an on-demand advertising service in June.
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Ashes to Ashes burns Hell's Kitchen finale
The final of ITV1's culinary reality show Hell's Kitchen ended strongly with 5.2m viewers (21.2%) at 9pm as Linda Evans became queen of the kitchen - but it was still outperformed by Ashes to Ashes.
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UBC predicts profits above market expectations
Radio content supplier UBC Media Group said this morning (28 April) it expected its full-year operating loss to be narrower than market estimates following improved trading in the last quarter.
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Henry VIII rules over BBC2/Five
Channel 4's historical documentary Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant ended its run with 1.7m viewers (7% share), comfortably more then either of its closest rivals.
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Channel M to cut 41 jobs
Manchester Evening News' local TV station Channel M is set to cut up to 41 jobs and scale back its schedule in a bid to reduce costs.
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Speech: Ed Richards on independently-funded news consortia
Speech given by Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards about independently-funded news consortia on 28 April 2009.
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ITV regional news replacement may cost£100m
Ofcom's proposed independently-funded news consortia replacements for ITV's regional news coverage could cost up to£100m, the regulator has calculated.
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Wurzer named new Living commissioning editor
Living has hired Target TV's head of development as a commissioning editor for the channel.