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Sissons retires from news after 45 years
Peter Sissons, Britain’s longest-serving national news presenter, is to retire in the summer - ending his 45-year career whilst he is “still on top of his game”.
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NewsSky bags Madonna tour
Sky has signed an exclusive deal to broadcast Madonna and Girls Aloud’s most recent tours: Sticky and Sweet and Out of Control respectively.
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RatingsTotally Saturday draws just 2.9m
The situation of BBC1’s Totally Saturday went from bad to worse as the Graham Norton-fronted entertainment show could only bring in 2.9m viewers (17.4% share) at 7.30pm.
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NewsBBC faces £130m cut to licence fee
The Digital Britain report, due to be unveiled tomorrow, is expected to take the £130m digital switchover surplus from the BBC and use it to fund services on other broadcasters.
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RatingsAlan Carr chatshow draws 1.9m
Channel 4’s new chatshow Alan Carr: Chatty Man convinced a robust 1.9m viewers (11.5% share) last night at 10pm.
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NewsBBC1 asks again Who Do You Think You Are?
Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall, Big Brother presenter Davina McCall and Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles are to all feature in the new run of BBC1’s genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are?
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VIDEO: Digital Britain: Broadband
Ahead of tomorrow’s unveiling of the Digital Britain report, Stephen Carter spoke to Broadcast about universal broadband.
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NewsPat Younge named BBC Vision Productions boss
Pat Younge is to replace Peter Salmon as the new chief creative officer of BBC Vision Productions - arguably the biggest production job in UK broadcasting.
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NewsSetanta deal could kick-start Endemol Sport
Endemol could be about to kick-start its Endemol Sport division after it emerged as part of an investment consortium working towards a rescue deal for Setanta.
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RatingsBig Brother eviction seen by 2.7m
Sophia Brown was given the boot by Big Brother on Friday night in front of 2.7m viewers (12.5%) at 9pm - a million viewers less than the show’s performance this time last year.
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Disney XD to replace Jetix in UK
The Walt Disney Company is to call time on its Jetix brand, replacing it in the UK with Disney XD.
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VIDEO: Digital Britain: BBC Worldwide / Channel 4
Ahead of tomorrow’s unveiling of the Digital Britain report, Stephen Carter spoke to Broadcast about a potential tie-up between BBC Worldwide and Channel 4..
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VIDEO: Digital Britain: Local news
Ahead of tomorrow’s unveiling of the Digital Britain report, Stephen Carter spoke to Broadcast about local news.
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VIDEO: Digital Britain: Online piracy
Ahead of tomorrow’s unveiling of the Digital Britain report, Stephen Carter spoke to Broadcast about online piracy
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NewsPrimeval axed as ITV focuses on 9pm drama
ITV has axed Impossible Pictures’ dinosaur drama Primeval to focus on drama aired after 9pm.
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VideoVIDEO: Stephen Carter on Digital Britain
Ahead of the release of the Digital Britain report, Stephen Carter speaks to Broadcast about universal broadband, online piracy, local news and a potential tie-up between BBC Worldwide and Channel 4.
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Ten Alps up despite economic slump
Ten Alps, the factual indie owned by Bob Geldof, has recorded a pre-tax profit of £3.3m for the financial year to 31 March - an increase of 5%.
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STV and ITV see legal teams over disputed £22m fee
ITV is considering legal action against its Scottish licence holder STV Group, after accusing it of failing to pay a £22m fee for being part of the ITV network.
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NewsPremier League looks to sell Setanta matches
The Premier League has announced it will sell off Setanta’s 46 live matches for the next season, if the Irish pay TV company does not make it’s payment to organisation by next Friday.
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NewsBBC and STV may share resources
The BBC and STV could share their archives, news footage and production technology, under the latest in the corporation’s partnership initiatives.