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NewsRenovation, renovation, renovation on C4
Property Ladder creator John Silver and host Sarah Beeny are joining forces again for a Channel 4 series that will renovate homes beset by serious problems such as subsidence or pests.
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NewsPortillo takes trains back in time for BBC2 daytime
Former Tory cabinet minister Michael Portillo will embark on a series of epic British rail journeys as part of a stripped daytime series for BBC2.
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Guinness serves up music in Done and Dusted deal
DCD Media’s Done and Dusted will produce six hours of live programming on 24 September that will be broadcast direct to pubs and music venues to celebrate Guinness’ 250th anniversary.
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NewsRoss up against US rivals as chat show goes global
Jonathan Ross’ chat show will be available in more than 64 million US homes after BBC America picked up the programme.
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C4 tells disabled people How to Look Good Naked
Channel 4 has ordered a three-part run of How to Look Good Naked featuring people with disabilities.
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NewsUKTV Eden buys as Off The Fence gets global deals
Off The Fence (OTF) has completed a flurry of sales to broadcasters across Europe and Asia, including several to UKTV’s recently rebranded Eden.
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RatingsFinal ratings hit for ER
The last-ever episode of ER ended on a high for More 4 as the medical drama equalled the channel’s highest audience of the year so far.
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RatingsBBC2 holds off the BGT effect
All eyes may have been focused on ITV1 and Britain’s Got Talent but BBC2 weathered the ratings storm largely intact.
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RatingsThe week Britain got BGT fever
ITV1’s entertainment juggernaut has been a huge hit - and the key to a successful ratings strategy.
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NewsHollyoaks tackles drink online
An online Hollyoaks spin-off is taking centre stage in a government strategy to use web drama to get youth-oriented campaigns to their target audience.
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NewsMultiplatform briefs 5 June 2009
Multiplatform news in briefs from Broadcast dated 5 June 2009 including Windfall Films, Possitive, Tern Digital and 4iP
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NewsBlue and PFL staff agree to take pay cut
More than 80% of staff at Blue and Prime Focus London have agreed to take a pay cut as an alternative to a programme of redundancies.
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Technology briefs 5 June 2009
Technology news in brief from Broadcast magazine dated 5 June 2009 including Erik Huggers, Panasonic, Grass Valley and Amberfin.
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NewsIndustry split over 3DTV standardisation
The broadcast industry is divided over whether or not to standardise 3D TV, according to new research from the Digital Television Group (DTG).
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NewsBBC1 mobilises Land Girls for daytime drama push
BBC1 is stepping up its daytime drama push with a major period series about four women working in the Women’s Land Army during the Second World War.
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NewsAnderson questions ‘safe’ TV
Question Time executive producer Steve Anderson has questioned whether the show would be commissioned in today’s compliance-heavy TV environment.
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Alan Titchmarsh springs into ITV1 seasonal show
Alan Titchmarsh is to front an ITV1 series on the seasons and climate change for ITV1.
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RatingsBBC1 and C4 fall victim to ITV1’s ratings smash
Britain’s Got Talent and the Champions League final helped ITV1 to record ratings last week, as BBC1 and Channel 4 took a pounding.
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NewsBBC1 hunts pop factual docs with youth appeal
BBC1 controller Jay Hunt is looking for 10.35pm documentaries and popular factual series that will help skew the channel towards younger viewers.
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NewsMacDonald takes creative lead at IWC
Former ITV controller of daytime Adam MacDonald has joined RDF Media as creative director of its Scottish subsidiary, IWC Media.