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NewsYou Are What You Eat special piles on 4.6m
A special edition of Channel 4's You Are What You Eatbrought a peak audience of 4.6 million (23%) at 8.50pm as the broadcaster's successful peaktime line-up gave it a share of 15.5%.
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OFT turns up heat under BBC
The Office of Fair Trading has called for more power to be given to Ofcom to enforce anti-competition rules on the BBC.
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It's time for the Lords to step in...
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport's green paper on BBC Charter review is simply a superficial decorative job that does little to address the real issues facing public service broadcasting across the whole industry or embrace change, says John Hambley
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Robinson move sets off reshuffle
A round of musical chairs is set to kick off among TV political reporters after the BBC this week poached ITV political editor Nick Robinson.
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Rayner takes helm of ITV News Channel
Ben Rayner, the new editor of ITV News Channel, said this week he planned to secure better cross-promotion from other ITV channels to help it compete with rivals.
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Sky in PC package
BSkyB plans to allow its top-tier customers to download sports and movies onto their PCs. Set to launch later this year, Sky Movies Via Broadband on Your PC will offer around 200 movies and related content while Sky Sports Via Broadband on Your PC will offer match highlights, news and ...
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Pinewood warning
Pinewood Shepperton, the film and TV studio chaired by BBC chairman Michael Grade, this week issued a profit warning - its second in three months. The company, which has played host to blockbusters including many of the James Bond as well as Harry Potter films, blamed uncertainty over the government's ...
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Filmflex adds hits
Movie-on-demand service FilmFlex has landed rights to a host of box office hits including Catwomanand Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanas part of a content deal with Hollywood studio Warner Bros. Backed by Sony Pictures Television International, Walt Disney Television International ...
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UKTV hires PR head
UKTV has hired Mary Collins as head of media and public relations for the network. She joins on 11 July from BBC Worldwide where she is responsible for international communications and will head a nine-strong team. She replaces Elaine Robertson who is leaving to take up a new role at ...
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Sky lines up goals
Sky One has commissioned Ten Alps TV to make two 120-minute football specials looking at Premiership stars Manchester United.
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Trouble takes students to US
Flextech's youth channel Trouble is giving five Brits the chance to live like American university students in a new reality series from Princess Productions.
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BBC3 tearaways show gets second run
Family advice series The House of Tiny Tearawayshas been greenlit for a second run on BBC3. The programme, in which clinical psychologist Dr Tanya Byron attempts to improve the behaviour of disruptive kids at a special 'toddler sanctuary', will return in the autumn for a six-episode ...
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BBC3 shoots live nude art in Newcastle
BBC3 is to film several hundred naked people as they take part in a live art event at the Newcastle Gateshead cultural centre. The event is the work of Spencer Tunick, the New York artist whose gatherings of naked people have appeared everywhere, from London to Chile (pictured). The live ...
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Corrie killer starts a new life in Africa
Lucy-Jo Hudson, who played Coronation Streetkiller Katy Harris, is to star in a six-part ITV1 drama following a family's attempts to build a new life in Africa. The series, which is called Wild at Heartand also stars Amanda Holden and Stephen Tompkinson, ...
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North One boosts factual with two executives
north One Television has appointed two executive producers to its fledgling factual and formats department and bagged a host of new orders.
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RDF takes on Simon Rockell
RDF Media has hired Twenty Twenty head of development Simon Rockell, the man behind That'll Teach 'Emand Bad Lads' Army.
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Celeb Island's vital statistics
So it's over. The celebs have touched up their tans and departed Love Island to sell their stories, leaving ITV to decide whether there will ever be a return to Love Island. So based on the ratings, was the show buff or duff?.
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R1 conquers US
BBC Radio 1 is to be broadcast across the US, in an unprecedented deal for the corporation. Satellite radio company Sirius will begin broadcasting the station this summer - the first time the BBC has sold a station in its entirety. Sirius - the subscription-only service which recently signed shock-jock ...
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Female face at Bafta
Tightrope Pictures joint director Hilary Bevan Jones has become the first woman to be appointed deputy chairman of Bafta. Bevan Jones, who runs the indie with Shamelesswriter Paul Abbott, has been involved with Bafta for six years. The deputy is generally promoted to chairman after a ...
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FX gives second airing to C4 drama
Channel 4's Bafta-winning dramas North Squareand Buried- both controversially ditched after only one series - have found a new multichannel home on FX.