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NewsMTV UK gives new look to news
MTV Networks UK will re-launch its MTV News service as part of its strategy to provide more youth-focused news.
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NewsBig Brother back with 5.4m
The ninth series of Channel 4's Big Brother kicked off last night at 9pm with a decent enough 5.4m viewers (24.8%), including its time-shifted channel.
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NewsTV critics 6 June '08
'The most butt-numbing hour of television this week.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsBBC2 orders pilot of BBC3 comedy
A second, studio-based pilot of advertising agency comedy The Scum Also Rises is being made for BBC2 after the show's first pilot went out on BBC3 last year.
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NewsC4 orders Snowdon doc
Channel 4 is to broadcast a “revisionist” documentary on Lord Snowdon and Princess Margaret's marriage next month.
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NewsDragons' Den competition launches
Twelve producers will go head-to-head for development cash in a version of Dragons' Den at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsHorrid Henry to become stage show
Novel Entertainment is to launch Horrid Henry as a stage show following ITV's decision to commission a second run.
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NewsHowell: ITV budget is under threat
ITV's£1 billion programming budget is under intense pressure if Ofcom does not loosen certain regulations on the broadcaster, Rupert Howell has said.
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NewsOsbourne quits X Factor
Sharon Osbourne has quit as a judge on The X Factor, ITV has confirmed.
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NewsBBC Worldwide racks up deals
BBC Worldwide Americas has concluded deals for more than 100 hours of drama and natural history titles with Hallmark Latin America and US Hispanic network Galavision, as well as four new sales in Latin America for Planet Earth.
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NewsBob and Thomas get CGI makeover
Hit Entertainment has agreed deals to produce the next series of Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends in CGI.
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NewsThree more years for Theakston's Heart beat
Jamie Theakston will present the Heart 106.2 breakfast show until 2011 after signing a three-year extension to his current deal.
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NewsRed Bee wins Olympics contract
Macquarie-owned Red Bee Media has been selected as the production partner for Chinese state television's coverage of this summer's Beijing Olympics.
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NewsTV critics 9 June '08
'... darned good TV.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on the weekend's TV.
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NewsC4 spared after Simpsons swearing
Channel 4 has escaped censure after broadcasting the word 'wankers' twice during an episode of The Simpsons at 6pm.
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NewsMykura appointed More4 chief
Channel 4 head of documentaries Hamish Mykura has expanded his role to become head of digital channel More4.
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NewsSubdued start to Euro 2008
Football's Euro 2008 tournament got off to something of a lacklustre start on BBC1 as just 3.5m viewers (27%) watched the opening game on Saturday, some way below the channel's slot average.
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NewsKidnapped BBC journalist found dead
BBC journalist Abdul Samad Rohani was yesterday found dead in Afghanistan, one day after he was abducted from Laskar Gah in the southern province of Helmand. He had been shot in the head.
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NewsC4 Livingstone doc cleared
Channel 4's controversial Dispatches investigation into Ken Livingstone has been cleared by Ofcom of allegations that it was biased.
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NewsTime Out calls for BBCW probe
Time Out is urging the Office of Fair Trading to launch a probe into BBC Worldwide's acquisition of travel guide publisher Lonely Planet.