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Liberty Bell seeks Angry Young Men for Paramount
Liberty Bell is making a younger version of its Grumpy Old Men BBC format for Paramount Comedy Channel.
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BBC: NHU and features heads 'will not merge'
The BBC has pledged to keep the head of the Natural History Unit and the Bristol-based head of features jobs separate, despite fears among BBC staff that the roles will be merged.
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RDF gives 100 staff a stake in business
RDF Media Group is to hand 100 of its staff a stake in the business after it delisted from the stock exchange on Monday.
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Counting the cost of Kangaroo
BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV have spent two years and at least£25m on Project Kangaroo - but hopes for a one-stop-shop for on-demand TV are now dead in the water.
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Skins gets up to speed
Drama series usually suffer from a decline in ratings over the weeks, but if the second episode of E4's Skins is anything to go by, the teen show appears to be bucking that trend.
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A feast of viewers
Food - in one form or another - featured heavily in the schedules this week as BBC2 and Channel 4 served up a TV treat.
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CBeebies gets rights to Cosgrove series
Cosgrove Hall Films has received a shot in the arm with CBeebies picking up the UK broadcast rights to its new animated pre-school series Ruby to the Rescue.
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ITV Studios teams with Shine
ITV Studios and Shine Group have signed a deal to create daytime and entertainment formats for ITV.
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Minder so good for Five
Five's remake of TV classic Minder did the business for the broadcaster with an average audience of 2.4m (9.5%) at 9pm last night.
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Hunt defends Thatcher sacking
BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has defended sacking Carol Thatcher from The One Show for refusing to apologise for her use of “completely inappropriate and racist” language.
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Doctor Who goes HD
Doctor Who has made the move to high definition (HD), a year earlier than originally envisaged by executive producer Russell T Davies.
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Grade apologies for ITV football gaffe
Millions of football fans were left fuming last night as ITV cut away to adverts in the dying minutes of an FA Cup tie, missing the only goal, leading to more than 1,000 complaints.
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Switch to Minder, Five urges ITV1's football fans
Five attempted to hijack ITV1's coverage of the Everton v Liverpool FA Cup tie last night with guerrilla pitch-side advertising that implored TV viewers to turn over to watch its new version of Minder.
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Video: The launch of Sky News, 1989
Watch the opening moments of the first Sky News, 20 years after its launch on 5 February 1989.
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BBC announces new Knowledge structure
The BBC's Knowledge controller George Entwistle has announced a shake-up of the division's commissioning structure, focusing on genres.
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John Sergeant turns tourist guide
Strictly Come Dancing star John Sergeant is to try his hand at being a tourist guide for a three-part ITV series.
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BBC radio given a year to control costs
BBC radio shows cost 'significantly' more than its commercial rivals, mainly due to large salaries paid to its presenters, the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed.
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MasterChef serves up 4.4m
BBC2 cookery competition MasterChef continued to go from strength-to-strength last night with a tasty 4.4m viewers (17.4%).
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BBC Trust set to announce kids TV results
The BBC Trust will say on Tuesday whether the BBC needs new rules for the way it runs its children's services in light of the decline in kids programming.
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Torchwood trailer released
Video: The BBC has unveiled a sneak peek of sci-fi drama series Torchwood before it makes the transfer from BBC3 to BBC1 later this year.