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NewsBen Elton: BBC too 'scared' to tell Muslim jokes
Comedian Ben Elton has lambasted the BBC for being too “scared” to allow jokes about Islam.
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NewsElvis Costello to host live music series
Elvis Costello is to front a new live music show featuring living legends and rising stars that will be produced by Elton John's Rocket Pictures and aired on Channel 4.
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NewsCommissioners on hunt for contemporary drama
The elusive, returning contemporary series remains top of drama commissioners' wish lists, according to execs at Broadcast's TV Drama Forum.
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NewsBabylon back for a fourth
BBC1 has commissioned Hotel Babylon for a fourth 8 x 60-minute series.
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Llewellyn to host new How?
Red Dwarf star Robert Llewellyn is to present indie Wag TV's How Do They Do It? for the second time.
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NewsDAB, costs and local shows head Global's GCap agenda
Analysts expect Global Radio chairman Charles Allen to kick off a cost-cutting drive after the Heart 106.2 owner agreed to buy GCap Media for£375m.
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NewsFive to air 'petrol head' cop show
Five will join police officers chasing criminals at 140mph in an ob-doc series from Raw Cut TV.
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C4 in Christian follow-up to Muslim doc
Six volunteers will attempt to live by strict Christian principles in Channel 4's follow-up series to last year's Make Me a Muslim.
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ITV aims to bolster online views with Corrie e-zine
ITV is attempting to drive more traffic to itv.com by sending a weekly Coronation Street round-up to 500,000 viewers.
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NewsSen and Craig join forces to start Furnace
Oxford Scientific Films producer Paul Sen and Brook Lapping joint head of programmes Phil Craig have joined forces to create their own specialist factual indie, Furnace.
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24-hr music channel launch
IPTV company Global Digital Broadcast is to launch a 24-hour music channel featuring live concert programming from US company Baeble Music.
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AIME sets up guidelines
AIME has produced a best practice guide for broadcasters and producers to deliver mobile, red button and online interactive content.
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Call for child privacy code
A voluntary code of practice for social networks to help protect young users is among the recommendations of the government's review of child internet safety.
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Kudos adds spin-off game
Kudos is to follow up its online game for Spooks with another format to support BBC3 spin-off show Spooks: Code 9.
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NewsITV facility invests in Cinegy system
ITV-owned facility Post @ The London Studios has gone live with a new£1m Cinegy tapeless workflow and desktop editing system.
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NewsCBBC panel to judge value of kids shows
CBBC is using weekly feedback from a panel of 1,000 children to help it measure its shows' success based on value, instead of ratings or share.
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Les Dennis to front home video show for Challenge
Challenge has hired gameshow legend Les Dennis to present a primetime home video howlers series.
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NewsFinishing Post chairman in hunt for buyer
The chairman of Nottingham- based facility Finishing Post Creative, John Russell, is looking to sell his 70% share in the business, as well as the company's premises, Giltbrook Studios, for in excess of£1m.
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Omni HD truck planned for June
Barcud Derwen's outside broadcast subsidiary, Omni, is back on track to build its first HD truck.