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Inbetweeners surges ahead
The return of E4's teenage comedy The Inbetweeners got off to a flying start.
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Peers call for contestable PSB funding
The BBC could face a loss of licence fee revenue to other broadcasters if the government heeds a plea from the House of Lords communications committee to use it to solve the PSB funding crisis.
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Shine to head down under
Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Group has hired Fremantle Media Australia chiefs Mark and Carl Fennessy to head up a new Australian division.
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Viewers to help decide sporting 'crown jewels'
The government is inviting viewers to tell them which national sporting events they want to see on free-to-air TV from today.
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ITV to air fewer acquisitions
ITV has revealed it will show fewer internationally produced shows in the coming years as director of acquisitions Jay Kandola prepares to leave the broadcaster in June.
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BBC2 suffers peaktime collapse
A series of new BBC2 shows failed to bring in the viewers last night as the channel suffered its second worst peaktime performance since at least 2001.
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BBC Mobile appoints ex-Kangaroo exec
Mark Kortekaas, the former CBS executive who oversaw the technology behind the abolished Project Kangaroo, has taken up a new role heading up BBC mobile output.
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Man United help ITV1 to become champions
Manchester United's Champions League quarter-final was a sizeable attraction last night, peaking with 7.6m viewers (30.7%) at 9.15pm for 15 minutes.
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Tennant: final Doctor Who scripts made me cry
Outgoing Doctor Who actor David Tennant has admitted he cried when he read the scripts for his final episodes as the Timelord.
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Chorion in sale talks with Coolabi
Agatha Christie-owner Chorion is poised to split in two after entering sale talks with listed kids producer Coolabi.
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MoMedia joins Lions' Tour
Digital producer and distributor MoMedia International has won the mobile and online rights to rugby sporting event the British and Irish Lions' South African Tour.
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Britain's Got Talent undergoes online overhaul
Britain's Got Talent's website has undergone a revamp in a bid to increase interactivity with the ITV show.
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Sky beats BBC2 and Five with Chelsea victory
The Champions League quarter-final clash between Liverpool and Chelsea was a popular choice with the viewers last night as the entire coverage from 7pm averaged 1.5m (7.6%), a bigger audience than either BBC2 or Five at the time.
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BBC2 to adapt Amis' Money
BBC2 is to revisit the 1980s era of unbridled capitalism in a two-part adaptation of Martin Amis' novel Money.
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Heartbeat and The Royal secures tourism deal
Fears that resting production on iconic Yorkshire-based programmes Heartbeat and The Royal will harm tourism could be allayed thanks to a new commercial deal.
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Huggers discusses iPlayer 3.0
BBC future media and technology director Erik Huggers has promised a new look and feel for the iPlayer and vowed to boost its number of users.
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Apprentice wins extra million
BBC1's business reality show was back on form with viewers last night with an audience of 7.4m (30.9%), a million more than last week.
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Disney exec joins Chorion
Chorion, the rights owner behind the Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie titles, has hired former Playhouse Disney executive Paula Rosenthal as senior vice president of creative.
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ITV confirms Iacono exit
ITV president and managing director of global entertainment, Peter Iacono has left the broadcaster after just over a year in the post, the broadcaster has confirmed.
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Talent beats Doctor in Easter ratings battle
The start of the third series of Britain's Got Talent got off to a strong start on Saturday with an impressive average audience of 10.3m (45%), nearly double that of BBC1's Robin Hood.