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  • Ratings

    Inbetweeners surges ahead

    2009-04-08T08:56:23Z

    The return of E4's teenage comedy The Inbetweeners got off to a flying start.

  • News

    Peers call for contestable PSB funding

    2009-04-08T09:16:40Z

    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.

  • News

    Shine to head down under

    2009-04-08T10:44:06Z

    Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Group has hired Fremantle Media Australia chiefs Mark and Carl Fennessy to head up a new Australian division.

  • News

    Viewers to help decide sporting 'crown jewels'

    2009-04-08T11:09:37Z

    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

    2009-04-08T11:54:08Z

    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.

  • Ratings

    BBC2 suffers peaktime collapse

    2009-04-08T12:14:37Z

    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.

  • News

    BBC Mobile appoints ex-Kangaroo exec

    2009-04-08T12:50:33Z

    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.

  • Ratings

    Man United help ITV1 to become champions

    2009-04-08T12:51:04Z

    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.

  • News

    Tennant: final Doctor Who scripts made me cry

    2009-04-08T17:06:04Z

    Outgoing Doctor Who actor David Tennant has admitted he cried when he read the scripts for his final episodes as the Timelord.

  • News

    Chorion in sale talks with Coolabi

    2009-04-08T19:41:27Z

    Agatha Christie-owner Chorion is poised to split in two after entering sale talks with listed kids producer Coolabi.

  • News

    MoMedia joins Lions' Tour

    2009-04-09T09:56:48Z

    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.

  • News

    Britain's Got Talent undergoes online overhaul

    2009-04-09T10:17:48Z

    Britain's Got Talent's website has undergone a revamp in a bid to increase interactivity with the ITV show.

  • Ratings

    Sky beats BBC2 and Five with Chelsea victory

    2009-04-09T10:57:14Z

    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.

  • News

    BBC2 to adapt Amis' Money

    2009-04-09T10:57:58Z

    BBC2 is to revisit the 1980s era of unbridled capitalism in a two-part adaptation of Martin Amis' novel Money.

  • News

    Heartbeat and The Royal secures tourism deal

    2009-04-09T11:08:25Z

    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.

  • News

    Huggers discusses iPlayer 3.0

    2009-04-09T11:22:03Z

    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.

  • Ratings

    Apprentice wins extra million

    2009-04-09T11:28:49Z

    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.

  • News

    Disney exec joins Chorion

    2009-04-09T11:35:46Z

    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.

  • News

    ITV confirms Iacono exit

    2009-04-14T00:09:20Z

    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.

  • Ratings

    Talent beats Doctor in Easter ratings battle

    2009-04-14T09:05:06Z

    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.