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Discovery's Freeview channel to launch in May
Discovery Networks UK has set the launch date for its first ever Freeview channel, Quest.
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Sky 1 to air Simpsons episode before US
Sky 1 will broadcast an episode of The Simpsons before it airs in the US - a first in the show's 20-year history.
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1 vs 100 to return
BBC1's The National Lottery: 1 vs 100 will move to Glasgow when the Initial show returns later this year.
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Auf Wiedersehen Pet sold to Germany
BBC Showcase: Classic ITV comedy Auf Wiedersehen Pet is to be screened in Germany for the first time after BBC Worldwide sold a significant package of programming to VoD service on T-Online.
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Kiwis join the Survivors
BBC Showcase: BBC Worldwide has sold its new post-apocalyptic drama Survivors to Prime TV in New Zealand.
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BBCW plans China Showcase
BBC Showcase: Steve Macallister, BBC Worldwide's managing director of sales and distribution, has told Broadcastnow he is planning to launch a Showcase-style event in China.
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Speech: Sir Michael Lyons 23-02-09
Sir Michael Lyons, BBC Chairman: Shaping a businesslike BBC. Speech to Cardiff Business Club on 23 February 2009.
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Lyons: Don't make BBC a 'convenient piggy bank'
The BBC must not be allowed to become “the Lloyds Bank of the media world,” BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons has warned.
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Yesterday to launch in March
UKTV History has set the launch date for its rebrand as the 'more accessible' Yesterday.
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University Challenge final scores 5.3m
BBC2's University Challenge benefitted from the fame of Gail Trimble as the final of the quiz show gained 5.3m viewers (20.8%), the show's highest audience since at least 2001.
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Law & Order arrests 6.4m
The UK version of Law & Order at 9pm kept up ITV1's current run of strong Monday night dramas with 6.4m viewers (26.2%) at 9pm.
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Sneak peek at Quest
Video: The first look at Discovery's new Freeview channel, Quest, which launches on 14 May.
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Oscar revamp boosts US viewers
The US coverage of the glitz and the glamour of the Oscars attracted an average audience of 36 million viewers, a rise of 4 million on last year's lowest ever figures.
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Carter hits back at critics
Communications minister Lord Carter has spoken out against critics of the Digital Britain report, saying he never expected to find a “digital nirvana” for the UK.
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Cutting Edge investigates surrogate mums
Channel 4 is to investigate serial surrogate mothers in a Cutting Edge documentary from True North Productions.
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Corrie goes digital in the US
Long-running ITV1 soap Coronation Street is making its US debut today following a deal ITV Global Entertainment struck with Amazon Video On Demand.
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US network buys Beautiful People
BBC Showcase: BBC Worldwide has sold series one and two of its new BBC2 comedy Beautiful People to US gay and lesbian network Logo.
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Dubbing suite for Two Tall Men
Two Tall Men has added a new 5.1 surround-sound dubbing suite to its Fitzrovia finishing house and is about to start work on a Cutting Edge doc about pubs in Britain.
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NBC Universal adds new promo workflow
Reseller Altered Images has completed installation of an end-to-end promo production and post set-up for NBC Universal Global Networks, the broadcaster behind the Sci Fi channel.
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First Post North set for April return
Skillset is running its First Post trainee scheme in the North of England for a second time this April.