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NewsBBC HD makes Euro debut
BBC Worldwide Channels is expanding into Scandinavia with the launch of four thematic stations.
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NewsBBC4 doubles audience under Hadlow
BBC4 has seen its audience effectively double under the outgoing controller Janice Hadlow.
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NewsBBC adapts Jacqueline Wilson for Christmas
Juliet Stevenson is to star in a BBC film adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's teen novel Dustbin Baby, about a girl whose life is a blur of social workers and care homes.
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ITV1 to chart singing priests' rise to fame
Three singing priests from rural Northern Ireland who landed a£1m recording contract with Sony BMG will star in a one-off documentary for ITV1 in the run-up to Christmas.
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C4 orders more Wogan
Channel 4 has ordered 60 episodes of daytime quiz show Wogan's Perfect Recall following a four-week pilot.
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NewsProperty special for C4
Channel 4 has ordered a feature-length credit crunch special of IWC Media's property series Location, Location, Location.
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NewsKaren Taylor set for German makeover
BBC3 sketch show Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor is to be remade for Germany's largest broadcaster, RTL, after a successful pilot broadcast last month.
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NewsCosgrove Hall boss quits
Cosgrove Hall Films managing director Anthony Utley has resigned to pursue “a new challenge”.
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NewsT4 contract up for grabs
Channel 4 is putting the multimillion pound contract for youth strand T4 out to tender for the first time in six years as part of its efficiency drive.
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HBO vampire drama heads to FX UK
Fox-owned digital channel FX has strengthened its relationship with HBO by buying the UK rights to two more dramas from the US cable channel behind The Wire.
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NewsHeart and Galaxy handed new programming heads
Global Radio has handed Luis Clark and Mike Cass the top programming jobs across the Heart and Galaxy networks respectively and has named Jonathan Richards as head of news across the company's entire portfolio.
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RDF Rights sells two docs to the US
Virgin 1 series Caribbean Cops and an upcoming C4 documentary about the right to bear arms have been picked up for broadcast in the US.
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Rebranding for Capital
Capital Radio has undergone its fifth rebranding in under three years and will now be known as 95.8 Capital FM - London's Number 1 Hit Music Station.
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BBC orders kids radio
BBC Radio 7 has ordered a long-running radio spin-off of CBeebies TV series Harry and Toto. Harry and Toto Radio is a 42 x 10-minute preschool show by children's indie Handle and Spout.
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Whale drops Talk claim
Ex-Talk Sport presenter James Whale has dropped his legal action over his dismissal from the broadcaster earlier this year. Whale, whose contract was terminated after he urged listeners to vote for Boris Johnson in the London mayoral election, said he did not have the money to pursue the unfair dismissal ...
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NewsTarget the US, Shed urges UK indie sector
Shed Media chief executive Eileen Gallagher has urged UK indies to make inroads in the US after the super-indie generated more than a third of its£12.6m gross profit in the first half of the year from US broadcasters.
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NewsSeptember's US star rises with£5m double order
September Films will follow a family-run pest control business in America's deep south after winning a company record of $8.8m (£4.9m) worth of business from two US networks.
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Corrie's alternative murders to air online
ITV.com will release two alternative versions of how Coronation Street love rat Liam Connor dies later this month, as part of the broadcaster's enhanced commitment to 360-degree content.
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Century's Tim Wardle in BBC move
The BBC has hired Century Films head of development Tim Wardle to head its in-house documentary development slate.
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NewsIllumina Digital seals deal for V Good Films
Multiplatform specialist Illumina Digital has bucked the industry trend by buying a traditional TV production company, V Good Films.