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NewsITV1's Got Talent outperfoms rivals
ITV1 annihilated the competition last night as Britain's Got Talent pulled in an audience of nearly 11 million viewers.
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NewsLive super-HD TV to debut at IBC
The next generation of super-high-quality broadcast pictures and sound will be unveiled in live demonstrations by a consortium of broadcasters later this year.
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BBC project will let viewers 'direct' sport
A BBC-backed project that will allow viewers to 'direct' live broadcast events is being readied for the 2012 London Olympics.
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NewsSix Feet Under scribe developing US Bad Girls
US cable giant HBO has hired Alan Ball, the writer behind Six Feet Under and Oscar-winning American Beauty, to develop an American version of Shed Media's long-running drama Bad Girls.
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BT Podshow to feature four tiers of content
BT's new platform for short-form content, BT Podshow, will favour episodic content over the one-off shorts favoured by MySpace or YouTube.
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NewsBBC1 drops the C bomb pre-watershed
BBC1 has been reprimanded by Ofcom for airing bad language before the 9pm watershed, including the phrase 'Oi, you fat c***'.
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NewsZodiak mulls£109m takeover
Zodiak Television, the Swedish company that owns Diverse Productions, Lucky Day and Red House, is considering a takeover offer from Italian publisher De Agostini Communications.
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NewsSkunk Fu kicks into US
Animated series Skunk Fu! has been picked up for broadcast by Cartoon Network in the US.
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NewsCollege plans first DVB-T transmission
Arqiva will support Ravensbourne College students next week as they bid to make their first ever DTT television transmission.
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NewsGrammer to star in US Roman's Empire
Kelsey Grammer is to take the leading role in the US remake of BBC comedy Roman's Empire.
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NewsCelebs compete in 'conductor idol'
Newsreader Katie Derham and broadcaster Peter Snow will battle musicians, comedians and actors for the chance to conduct the BBC Concert Orchestra in Hyde Park for a BBC2 celebrity talent show.
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NewsC4 radio chief vows to beat BBC indie spend
Channel 4's new director of radio, Bob Shennan, has pledged to spend “significantly more” with radio indies than the BBC's 10% independent production quota.
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GCap chair Eyre savages radio websites
Outgoing GCap chairman Richard Eyre was among a host of senior figures to attack the quality of the commercial radio sector's online offering at Broadcast's Radio 3.0 conference.
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Radio ‘must look outwards'
Radio must be less introspective and understand its audience better to sell itself harder to advertisers, senior industry figures have urged.
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Campbell joins Bauer
GCap Media programme director Duncan Campbell will leave the group to become a regional director for Bauer Radio.
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NewsSIS OB truck gets audio upgrade
Systems integrator Megahertz has upgraded the audio capabilities of SIS Outside Broadcasts' Unit 10 truck.
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NewsComet adds to UGC options
Comet Technologies has introduced a new software product that makes it easier for TV newsrooms to work with non-professional reporters.
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NewsRed Bee gets new HD suites
ATG Broadcast is installing two new edit suites at playout and channel management service provider Red Bee Media.
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NewsGorillaz design BBC Olympic titles
The BBC's Olympic Games coverage will feature animated titles designed by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn, the creative team behind animated pop group Gorillaz.
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NewsBrand returning to Ponderland
Russell Brand is to give his unique take on pets, education and family in a second series of his Channel 4 show Ponderland.