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ITV hunt book deals for key brands
ITV is hoping to boost its revenues by securing publishing deals around its primetime and daytime television series.
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C4 avoids rap over Christmas message
Channel 4's alternative Christmas message featuring Iran President Ahmadinejad has been cleared by Ofcom despite receiving 295 complaints.
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Piers Morgan's Life Stories delivers 4.5m
Piers Morgan's new chat show for ITV1, Life Stories, got off to a fine start last night with a solid audience of 4.5m (23.9%) at 10pm.
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Man on Wire team reveal next project
Fresh from their Oscar success for Man on Wire, indie Wall to Wall and director James Marsh are working on another original documentary collaboration - this time focusing on the world of dreams.
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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.