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NewsBBC Weather gets PlayStation treatment
The BBC has turned to PlayStation-style technology to update its weather bulletins with a new 3D service that lets forecasters zoom around the country as if they were playing a computer game.
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NewsTiger moves into radio
Tiger Aspect, the independent production company behind Mr Bean and The Vicar of Dibley , has picked up its first radio commissions.
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News'Unfair' Today criticised by Ofcom
BBC Radio 4 flagship show Today has been rapped by Ofcom for being 'unfair'.
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NewsGalaxy re-signs Mobo deal
The Galaxy Network has secured live broadcast rights to the urban music Mobo Awards for the fifth year running.
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RatingsKelly Holmes' victory brings 8.6m to BBC1
BBC1's Olympics coverage once again proved to be an attraction for viewers as Kelly Holmes's triumph in the 800m final drew 8.6 million (43.7%) at 7pm.
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NewsSky One unveils autumn offensive
Sky One controller James Baker last night unveiled a new look and upmarket programme line-up in a bid to convince its diminishing audience that its days of simply offering 'The Simpsons and shagging' are behind it.
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News'Flash mob' opera headlines BBC3 autumn
BBC3 is to try its hand at opera for the first time when it stages a 60-minute live event from a mainline railway station in October, in one of the highlights of its autumn schedule.
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NewsC4 International teams up with Big Wave
Channel 4 International (C4I) has signed a two-year deal with regional indie Big Wave Productions to develop new high-end factual series and factual entertainment formats.
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RatingsNY-LON seduces 1.8m
C4's new romantic drama NY-LON suffered at the hands of BBC2's Olympics coverage as the heavily promoted series drew 1.8 million (10%) at 10pm.
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NewsBBC4 to feature atheism series
BBC4 unveiled an autumn schedule led by highbrow series on atheism and the power of light this morning (Wednesday).
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Vaughan pens sitcom for MTV
Johnny Vaughan has written a new sitcom about two small-time drug dealers that will mark MTV's first foray into comedy drama.
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NewsKeating boosts BBC2 docs
Documentaries on BBC2 are to get a 'significant' boost following the agreement of a new strategy for the genre by controller Roly Keating.
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Distraction on route for US
Channel 4 comedy gameshow Distraction is to be remade for US audiences complete with British host Jimmy Carr.
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E4 pits old comics against new
Endemol UK will attempt to see whether old-time comic heroes are better than the new breed with its first commission out of its new Bristol Studios offshoot.
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Olympic medal winners sign up for Superstars
Fresh from bringing home a gold medal as part of Britain's coxless four, Olympic rower James Cracknell has been handed a new challenge - winning BBC1's Superstars.
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Anderson quits ITV
ITV controller of current affairs, arts and religion Steve Anderson will leave the broadcaster next week after seven years, with no job to go to.
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NewsTalkback signs deal with Street producer
Talkback Thames has signed the latest in its talent partnership deals with John Chapman, producer of award-winning drama The Street.
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Watson uses drinking film to slate reality TV
Veteran documentary-maker Paul Watson is to make his first film for the BBC in a decade with a landmark special on binge drinking which he will also use as a retort to reality television.
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NewsBBC's ballroom dancers poised to battle Bart
The BBC is to pit a nightly spin-off of its popular Strictly Come Dancing series against The Simpsons when the animation transfers to Channel 4.
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NewsFive explores dark side of Richard & Judy
Five is to reveal the 'darker side' of rival Channel 4's biggest stars with exposés of daytime stars Richard and Judy and TV chef Gordon Ramsay.