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Allen and McCulloch team for joint venture
Former ITV chief executive Charles Allen has teamed up with two of his former colleagues to create a new management consultancy specialising in restructuring media businesses.
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Champions League thriller brings 8.5m to ITV1
The thrilling 4-4 Champions League draw between Chelsea and Liverpool dominated peaktime last night with a match average of 8.5m viewers (35.2%).
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Turkish makeover for The Golden Girls
Classic US comedy The Golden Girls has been adapted for audiences in Turkey, following a deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN Television.
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Bell tolls for Dead Ringers
The BBC has called time on long-running radio and TV impressions show Dead Ringers.
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Ofcom investigates Corrie Christianity rant
Ofcom has received 23 complaints following Coronation Street's Easter special in which character Ken Barlow accused the Christian faith of targeting “vulnerable people”.
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BBC defends 'honest' horse slaughter scenes
The BBC has defended its decision to air footage of horses being slaughtered - claiming it wanted to show horsemen's lives “as honestly as possible”.
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Complaints mount over Britain's Got Talent stripper
The housewife who stripped to a basque and nipple tassles in the premiere of ITV1's variety quest Britain's Got Talent has sparked nearly 40 complaints to Ofcom.
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Bravo beats Five in race for US bike drama
Virgin Media TV's Bravo has beaten Five to pick up the UK premiere rights to critically acclaimed US motorcycle drama Sons of Anarchy.
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Five to soften Milkshake! with animation
Five's Milkshake! is to introduce a “softer touch” with a “whimsical” series of hand-drawn animated shorts, about a girl who is friends with a pig and a unicorn.
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BBC focuses on nations with lottery move
The BBC will make all of its National Lottery shows in Scotland and Northern Ireland from now on as part of the broadcaster's strategy to create more programmes outside of London.
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ITV poaches Red Bull races from C4
ITV has snatched the rights to this year's Red Bull Air Race World Championship from Channel 4.
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The most creative in-house producers
A run down of the most creative in-house production departments in the UK.
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BBC2 brings back Restoration
BBC2 has revived the Griff Rhys Jones-fronted architecture show Restoration for a one-off special, three years after it last aired.
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IWC expands development team with hires
IWC Media has hired Channel 4 editor Philippa Ransford and two BBC staffers to boost its development team.
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Shine looks to Oz in global growth drive
Shine Group has hinted at the scale of its international ambitions with the creation of Shine Australia on the heels of Shine Germany.
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All3Media poaches Granada Germany head
Granada Germany's managing director Stefan Oelze has left ITV after 12 years to join All3Media's MME Moviement.
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BBC2 rues the Tuesday blues
To say that BBC2's new-look Tuesday night is failing to engage viewers is something of an understatement. Last week's peaktime share dipped to its second worst performance on that day since at least 2001.
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Sky backs UK talent on 3D shoot
Sky is continuing its push into 3D following the recent live broadcast of a music gig with the stereoscopic recording of a ballet.
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BBC and ITV's Easter treat
BBC1's Doctor Who and ITV1's Britain's Got Talent predictably raked in the viewers over the Easter holiday, but the spin-offs from those shows also proved to be strong performers for their respective digital channels.
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North East decline drives staff exodus
A third of production staff in the north east of England have left the region to find work over the past 18 months, according to new figures from development agency Northern Film and Media.