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Morph creator Tony Hart dies
Tony Hart, one of Britain's best loved children's television presenters and the creator of Morph, has died aged 83.
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Setanta to offer football on demand
Setanta Sports has launched a VoD service that will make its Premier League matches available for up to a week after they are played.
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C4 and Five clash over merger plan
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has claimed a merger with Five would be 'a tragedy' - but RTL Group boss Gerhard Zeiler has insisted it would help secure the future of public service broadcasting.
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BBC1's Hunter withstands ITV1 pressure
BBC1's Five Days spin-off Hunter got off to a solid start last night, with 5.4m (20.9% share) tuning in at 9pm.
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BBC kicks off director of sport search
Interviews to find the new director of BBC Sport are set to begin this week, firing the starting gun on what appears to be a genuinely open competition.
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ITV suffers ad revenue downgrade
ITV's 2009 advertising revenue will fall by as much as 13%, rather than the expected 7% slump, Standard & Poor's has predicted.
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ITV closes Britannia High
ITV will not recommission its teen musical drama Britannia High, despite investing heavily in the franchise, after the first season was a ratings flop.
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Endemol buys Australia's Southern Star
Endemol has expanded its drama catalogue with the acquisition of Australia's largest TV production and distribution company, Southern Star Group.
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UKTV agrees Lonely Planet tie-up
UKTV has inked a deal for BBC Worldwide-owned travel publisher Lonely Planet to sponsor the Adventure & Exploration strand on its soon-to-launch factual channel Eden.
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Calon plans animation with Osmonds singer
Calon TV, the indie behind Five and S4C children's show Hana's Helpline, is developing an animated project with the lead singer of The Osmonds.
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Virgin Media mulls UK listing
Virgin Media is considering de-listing from New York's NASDAQ stock exchange and switching to the FTSE in London.
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Sky Arts plans backstage opera simulcast
Sky Arts has teamed up with the English National Opera to simulcast Puccini's classic opera La bohème from both sides of the curtain.
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Sony ready for BVE showcase
Sony will use Broadcast Video Expo (BVE) to launch a compact point-of-view HD camera and to show off its latest tapeless and hybrid camcorders.
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NewsBBC delays voluntary redundancy letters
The BBC will not speak to staff until divisions have met with the unions.
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Blog: Generals at War - a new kind of CGI
How Leesa Rumley, producer/director of Generals at War, used CGI and digital cut out characters to bring World War Two to life.
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C4's Big Chef attracts a tasty 3.1m
Channel 4's Big Chef Takes On Little Chef served up a ratings treat last night at 9pm, as 3.1m viewers (12.8%) tuned in.
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Brooke leaves Discovery UK
Discovery Networks UK managing director Dan Brooke is leaving the broadcaster after four years.
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NewsBBC streams Electric Proms
BBC Radio will provide video streaming of the Electric Proms and the London Jazz Festival in the next month.
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BBC foreign news overspend hits£1.2m
The BBC's foreign news overspend has climbed to£1.2m because of the struggling pound and a continuing spate of major news stories overseas.
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DS Nitris editor joins The Joint
The Joint has recruited editor Jeffrey May to drive its Avid DS Nitris Suite.