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NewsTennant's Hamlet coming to BBC2
David Tennant is to bring his acclaimed stage performance of Hamlet to BBC2.
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NewsFremantle’s FMX in global plan
FMX, the new media division of Fremantle Media, has created a trio of senior roles to spear-head its expansion into production and roll out online content internationally.
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NewsBSkyB bids for Virgin Media
Satellite broadcaster BSkyB is understood to have made a bid for a package of seven digital television channels owned by Virgin Media, apparently offering around 60% more than other interested bidders.
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NewsOFT advises change to ITV's CRR ad rules
ITV is significantly closer to a change in the CRR rules which govern how much it can charge for ads, after the Office of Fair Trading officially advised the Competition Commission to consider making changes.
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RatingsBritain’s Got Talent gets 12m
ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent dominated viewing last night as the fourth semi-final averaged 12.3m viewers (51.2% share) at 8.30pm.
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RatingsER ends on 1.1m
The very last episode of ER pulled in a bumper total audience of 1.1m viewers (5.1%) at 9pm last night on More 4, equalling the channel’s highest audience so far this year.
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NewsPhone-in scandal costs local station £15,000
Ofcom has issued a £15,000 fine to local station Lakeland Radio over an “unfair” phone-in competition.
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NewsDoctor Who selects new companion
Karen Gillan, a relatively unknown 21-year-old, will star alongside Matt Smith as Doctor Who’s new companion.
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GMS to open Afghan bureau
Global Media Services (GMS), the outside broadcast and transmission arm of The Associated Press, is to open a new bureau in Afghanistan ahead of the country’s general elections in August.
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Effects body to foster open standards
Seven of the post-production sector’s best known software companies have formed a new independent industry body that will develop and promote open standards within the visual effects community.
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Bob the Builder heads for Bubble
Bubble TV has won the contract to provide voice-recording facilities for the seventeenth and eighteenth series of Hit Entertainment’s animated children’s series Bob the Builder.
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NewsVirgin 1 gets Red-y for relaunch
Virgin 1 will relaunch with a new logo and idents next week – and with an impish character called Red as the face of the channel.
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RatingsBritain’s Got Talent triumphs with 19.2m
A huge peak audience of 19.2m viewers (72%) tuned in to see dance group Diversity crowned as the winners of ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent on Saturday night - beating favourite Susan Boyle.
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NewsBGT's Susan Boyle taken to clinic
Gordon Brown has made personal enquiries about Susan Boyle’s health after the Britain’s Got Talent star was rushed to a private hospital yesterday.
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NewsITV2 buys I'm A Celebrity US
ITV2 has acquired the UK premiere rights to the US version of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
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NewsPozzitive opens comedy vault
Rare photos and clips of comedians ranging from Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci to Robbie Coltrane and Simon Pegg feature in an online ‘comedy encyclopaedia’ launched today.
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NewsC4 hails Twitter experiment success
Channel 4 and Windfall Films are celebrating after interactive show The Operation: Surgery Live became the most popular topic on Twitter during its final episode.
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RatingsHouse builds 676,000 for Sky
Sky 1 lay some strong foundations for the start of the fifth series of hit US series House as the first episode at 9pm last night averaged 676,000 (3.3%).
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News'Disgusting' Monty Python nearly axed after first series
Monty Python’s Flying Circus was nearly taken off the air after just one series after BBC management lost patience with its “disgusting and nihilistic” humour, newly released documents have revealed.
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NewsBroadcast preview: On location: Miami SWAT
Exec producer Alastair Cook got up close and personal with the elite response unit for Miami SWAT.