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NewsOsbourne quits X Factor
Sharon Osbourne has quit as a judge on The X Factor, ITV has confirmed.
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NewsBBC Worldwide racks up deals
BBC Worldwide Americas has concluded deals for more than 100 hours of drama and natural history titles with Hallmark Latin America and US Hispanic network Galavision, as well as four new sales in Latin America for Planet Earth.
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NewsBob and Thomas get CGI makeover
Hit Entertainment has agreed deals to produce the next series of Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends in CGI.
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NewsThree more years for Theakston's Heart beat
Jamie Theakston will present the Heart 106.2 breakfast show until 2011 after signing a three-year extension to his current deal.
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NewsRed Bee wins Olympics contract
Macquarie-owned Red Bee Media has been selected as the production partner for Chinese state television's coverage of this summer's Beijing Olympics.
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NewsTV critics 9 June '08
'... darned good TV.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on the weekend's TV.
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NewsC4 spared after Simpsons swearing
Channel 4 has escaped censure after broadcasting the word 'wankers' twice during an episode of The Simpsons at 6pm.
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NewsMykura appointed More4 chief
Channel 4 head of documentaries Hamish Mykura has expanded his role to become head of digital channel More4.
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NewsSubdued start to Euro 2008
Football's Euro 2008 tournament got off to something of a lacklustre start on BBC1 as just 3.5m viewers (27%) watched the opening game on Saturday, some way below the channel's slot average.
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NewsKidnapped BBC journalist found dead
BBC journalist Abdul Samad Rohani was yesterday found dead in Afghanistan, one day after he was abducted from Laskar Gah in the southern province of Helmand. He had been shot in the head.
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NewsC4 Livingstone doc cleared
Channel 4's controversial Dispatches investigation into Ken Livingstone has been cleared by Ofcom of allegations that it was biased.
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NewsTime Out calls for BBCW probe
Time Out is urging the Office of Fair Trading to launch a probe into BBC Worldwide's acquisition of travel guide publisher Lonely Planet.
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NewsBig Brother takes on China
Channel 4's reality show Big Brother had a battle on its hands yesterday as BBC2's popular Wild China gave it a run for its money with 3.1m viewers (13.3%).
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NewsBebo unveils new drama
Bebo has teamed up with indie Monkey Kingdom and Universal Music for its latest web drama.
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NewsUnique producing R2 dance music series
Unique has won the contract to produce BBC Radio 2's second Summer of Love season to celebrate the 20th anniversary of UK dance music.
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NewsHat Trick on the case with new ITV crime drama
Hat Trick Productions has signed a deal with ITV to develop a new crime drama populated by strong women in peril.
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NewsRatings drop at Sky One
Sky One has seen its audience drop year-on-year by almost 14% since coming off the Virgin Media platform.
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Redundancies as Blue and PFL merge
Blue and Prime Focus London (PFL) have merged resulting in a restructure of the companies and a number of redundancies.
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Roll to Record builds new gallery for BB9
Outside broadcast facilities provider Roll to Record has invested more than£250,000 in a new gallery installation for the ninth series of Big Brother.
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Th1ng creates TV idents division
Animation studio Th1ng has created a new department to work on television idents.