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NewsBBC slammed for paying Martin burglar
The BBC has been criticised for paying£4,500 for an exclusive interview with one of the men shot by Norfolk farmer Tony Martin.
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NewsTen Alps gets musical
Ten Alps, the indie co-founded by Sir Bob Geldof, is to launch a music events division and has poached a BBC Radio 1 executive to run it.
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NewsChristian body sues BBC
The BBC is being taken to court by a prominent Christian group over its decision to screen the controversial play Jerry Springer - The Opera.
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NewsBBC4 revives Quatermass Experiment
BBC4 has put a remake of 1950s classic live sci-fi drama The Quatermass Experimentat the heart of its summer season.
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NewsSpooks captures interactive Bafta
Spooks Interactivelast night won the top iTV accolade at the Bafta Interactive Awards. The red button offering picked up Bafta's Interactive TV award and was among three trophies that the BBC grabbed at the Café Royal, London.
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News5.5m tuck-in to Jamie's School Dinners
Channel 4's series Jamie's School Dinnerswent from strength to strength last night with the second episode hitting a peak of 5.5 million (24%) at the end.
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Bailiffs return in BBC1 factual slate
BBC1 has commissioned seven factual series, including a drama-doc about what would happen if Britain was beset by a meteor-ological disaster.
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Fox quits capital after 17 years
Capital Radio drivetime DJ Neil Fox has quit after 17 years and will be replaced by former Blue Peterpresenter Richard Bacon. Bacon, who has DJ experience on Capital-owned Xfm, BBC Radio Five Live and digital station BBC7, will take over the slot this spring. The move ...
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Strictly? format to net BBC over£20m
Strictly Come Dancingis set to net over£20m for the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, the corporation said this week.
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Fine Point and O21 buy into HD
Outside broadcast company 021 Television and hire company Fine Point Broadcast are committing£2m between them to cover high-definition sports and arts programming.
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Telefónica to float part of its stake in Endemol
Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica is looking to float a minority stake in its wholly owned production arm Endemol on a European stock market.
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C4 puts£3.5m more into event drama
Channel 4 is pumping an extra£13.5m into drama next year after freeing up cash from its expired cricket rights deal. C4 will now invest£22m over the next year in a bid to air one event drama a month. The first recipient of the new cash will be a two-parter about ...
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C4's sexy short rap
Channel 4 has been rapped by Ofcom for airing an animated film with sexual content before the watershed. Regulator Ofcom decided that the C4 short, His Passionate Bride, was inappropriate for its 7.55pm time slot last November as it contained 'clear indications of sexual acts'. The ...
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S4C shuts down commercial arm
S4C International is to be closed and its business put out to tender following the closure of the Welsh broadcaster's commercial division, S4C Masnachol (commercial).
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C4 to co-produce King Tut's curse
Channel 4 has signed on as a co-production partner for National Geographic Television International's new event special, King Tut's Curse. In the 90-minute documentary, which is currently being co-produced by France 5, explorers, scientists and Egyptologists analyse the tomb of King Tutankhamen to establish how he ...
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C4 spotlights sport of eating
Twofour Productions is making a documentary about the bizarre 'sport' of competitive eating for Channel 4.
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Channel 4 conceives Morning After Show
Popworldhost Simon Amstell is to front a new live magazine show for Channel 4 taking a comedic look at the week's events. The 6 x 60-minute series, The Morning After Show, will be produced by Talkback Thames and see Amstell and co-hosts Olivia Lee and Barunka ...
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C4 suffers Friday night slump
Channel 4 suffered its second worst peaktime performance on a Friday since 1992 as comedy Nathan Barleydrew an average of just 700,000 (3.3%) at 10pm.
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Industry to act on sound levels
The Advertising Producers Association (APA) has told broadcasters for the first time how they should operate with post-production companies on the problem of sound levels.
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FX lands Fat Actress for UK
Multichannel broadcaster FX has acquired exclusive UK rights to Cheersstar Kirstie Alley's much-hyped new comedy reality show, Fat Actress.