Small MPU – Page 444
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NewsComedy Awards snub for Ant and Dec
Ant and Dec have failed to pick up a single nomination for the British Comedy Awards for the first time in five years.
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NewsTV Critics 6 November 2007
TV critics' verdict on programmes - including the start of Gunther Von Hagen's new series on Channel 4 - broadcast on 6 November 2007
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NewsVirgin Media adds customers
Cable operator Virgin Media has defied analysts’ expectations with a return to customer growth in the third quarter, adding 13,000 net new customers.
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NewsDCD eyes more acquisitions
DCD Media, which completed a£19m triple indie deal this summer, is eyeing the US and European markets for further acquisitions.
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NewsClements under investigation
Police are investigating the alleged theft of emails involving former IWC creative director Alan Clements following last week’s court hearing.
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NewsVon Hagens back with 612,000
The return of controversial anatomist Gunther von Hagens attracted 612,000 viewers (7.7%) to Channel 4 last night.
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NewsUK imports fall foul of writers’ strike
Channel 4 and UKTV Gold acquisitions Back to You and The New Adventures of Old Christine have become the first scripted drama casualties of the US writers’ strike.
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Voting application launch
Mobile development consultancy Future Platforms has launched a downloadable mobile application to enable real-time audience voting and participation in gameshows.
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Blinkx to offer anime films
Video search engine Blinkx has partnered with Japanese on-demand animation network Gong to offer its anime content.
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Orange IPTV imminent
Orange’s IPTV service is set to launch before the end of the year and the telecommunications company is planning to offer a hybrid VoD and Freeview package.
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Babelgum to air Encounters
Online TV network Babelgum is to screen films shown as part of Bristol’s Encounters short film festival this month.
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NewsSkinkers secures venture funding
Live video streaming specialist Skinkers is gearing up to launch its latest platform, which will offer linear TV programming online, after securing $16m (£8m) in funding.
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NewsC4 and Kew plan online cures guide
Channel 4 has teamed up with Kew Gardens to build an online repository of alternative medicines and folklore cures to accompany its upcoming documentary Medicine Men.
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NewsC4’s First Cut airs new talent
Channel 4 is lining up films from Raw Television, Century Films, Talkback Thames, Renegade Pictures and Eleven Films for its new primetime documentary strand for up-and-coming directors.
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NewsBBC Horizon explores execution
Former Conservative MP Michael Portillo is to hunt for a humane method of execution in an edition of the BBC’s science strand Horizon.
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NewsBewitched set for UK remake
Cult US 1960s sitcom Bewitched is set for a British makeover by My Hero creator Paul Mendelson.
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NewsSouthern Africa channel launch
Southern Africa Direct, a new free-to-air lifestyle TV channel, is planning its first round of commissioning in the new year.
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NewsITV to celebrate Friday Night Live
ITV is to mark the 20th anniversary of the Channel 4 Saturday/Friday Night Live shows with a one-off production.
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NewsMcLoughlin to star in Xmas show as part of ITV deal
Coleen McLoughlin will make her first appearance since signing a presenting deal with ITV on Star Traders: the Christmas Challenge.
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NewsRight to Reply-style strand returns to C4
Viewers will be able to put questions to Channel 4 from next month in a successor to Right to Reply fronted by Krishnan Guru-Murthy.