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NewsITV3's Frost still has the Touch
ITV3 gained its best ever performance on a Thursday with a 2.5% of multichannel homes as a Touch of Frost repeat attracted 807,000 (3.98%) from 8pm.
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NewsGeorge Sampson gets online series
Bebo will go behind the scenes with Britain's Got Talent winner George Sampson in a special online series following the young street dancer.
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NewsCall for PSB contracts to be open to public bodies
Media Festival: Enabling public bodies to bid for PSB contracts would create a “step change” for underserved genres and open up opportunities for indies not seen since the creation of Channel 4 in 1982, the chief executive of the UK Film Council has declared.
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NewsOfcom rap ITV1 over transport plan ads
Ofcom has rapped ITV1 Granada over an ad for the Greater Manchester transport plan, finding it breached the TV advertising code.
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NewsCohen: There's still life in Phoo Action
Media Festival: BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has said the corporation may revive canned drama format Phoo Action - but that he could not justify spending£3m on taking it to a full series in its current state.
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NewsTV Critics 31 November ‘08
“The series still probably won't appeal to fans of Heartbeat, but if you fancy an undoubtedly classy antidote to the cosy cop show, you could do a lot worse.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsBritney boosts X Factor
The appearance of Britney Spears gave a significant boost to ITV1's The X Factor as the talent contest gained its highest audience of the current run with a huge audience of 11.9m (46% share) at 7.35pm.
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NewsBBC sweeps kids' Baftas
The CBBC channel scooped the top prize at last night's children's Bafta awards that also saw Ragdoll Productions win best indie.
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NewsAgents prove obstacle in online drama
Media Festival: Agents are the last hurdle in convincing talent to get involved in online dramas, according to Littleloud chief executive David Jacklin.
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NewsSEO to inform scheduling of the future
Media Festival: Search engine optimisation will become the new scheduling as more content is commissioned across different platforms, Channel 4 director of new media Jon Gisby has declared.
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NewsDCD results buck downturn
DCD Media reported a revenue increase of 27% to£34m in its final results published this morning.
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Video: Phil Redmond on the licence fee
Phil Redmond, founder of Mersey Television and creative director/vice chair of the Liverpool Culture Company, gives his thoughts on the licence fee at the Media Festival, Manchester.
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NewsWallander launches with 6.2m
BBC1's strongly promoted new drama series Wallander got off on the right foot at 9pm last night with 6.2m viewers (34%), but it wasn't enough to topple I'm a Celebrity... from the top spot.
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NewsDouglas breaks Sachsgate silence
Ex-BBC Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas has broken her silence and described the 'horrible' circumstances of her resignation following 'Sachsgate'.
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NewsMaverick defends 'privacy lapse' claims
Maverick Television has defended leaving documents containing sensitive personal information outside its London offices.
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NewsBBC's Bedell to join ITV
BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Elaine Bedell will replace outgoing ITV director of entertainment and comedy Paul Jackson as part of a wider shake up of the commercial broadcaster's commissioning team.
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At-a-glance: The Media Festival
An overview of coverage from this year’s Media Festival, including Stephen Carter’s keynote, Phil Redmond’s empassioned speech, Jana Bennett’s take on swearing and why Kelvin MacKenzie believes Jonathan Ross’ career is over.
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NewsJeff Anderson to report to Jermey
ITV controller of current affairs and documentaries Jeff Anderson will begin reporting to Michael Jermey as part of the commissioning shake up at ITV.
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NewsBBC Resources to axe 210 jobs
BBC Resources could cut as many as 210 jobs as part of a restructure at the corporation-owned facilities business.