All articles by Robin Parker – Page 67
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NewsiPlayer to link direct to rivals’ VoD services
After the failure of Project Kangaroo and the scrapped plans to share iPlayer technology, the BBC has found a third way to partner with other PSBs online - and has invited Sky to join the fray.
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NewsThe IT Crowd gets fifth series and new writers
The IT Crowd creator Graham Linehan plans to pull together a team of writers for a planned fifth series of the Channel 4 comedy.
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NewsMiralis named More4 head
Australian TV commissioner Anna Miralis is moving to the UK to join Channel 4 as editor of digital channel More4.
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NewsCrouch to front World Cup special
England footballer Peter Crouch is to make his presenting debut as part of BBC3’s World Cup season.
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News5 Live rapped over Islam Channel comments
A BBC Radio 5 Live discussion unfairly suggested that the Islam Channel helped to fuel radicalised Muslims, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsC4 censured for Big Brother 'retard' jibe
Ofcom has upheld complaints about the use of the word “retard” in a live edition of Celebrity Big Brother’s Big Mouth, overturning an earlier judgement that gave Channel 4 a pass on the incident.
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NewsC4 eyes new slot for Iron Chef UK
Channel 4 is hunting for a new home for Iron Chef UK after pulling it out of its 5pm slot mid-run due to poor ratings.
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RatingsNearly 7m reach end of the Rainbow
The sun took its toll on Saturday tea-time viewing this weekend, with ITV1 plunging below 2m - but audiences returned to TV for the climax of BBC1’s talent search Over the Rainbow, which enjoyed the best figures of its current run.
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NewsITV2 and Lime to make ‘living soap’ set in Essex
ITV2 is to take viewers inside the nail bars and nightclubs of Essex for what it hopes will be Britain’s answer to MTV’s The Hills.
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NewsC4 tackles attitudes to beauty in life-swap series from Betty
Society’s attitudes towards beauty are to be tested in Channel 4’s latest life-swap format.
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NewsConcorde doc takes off
The crash that ended supersonic air travel is to be explored in a 90-minute documentary charting the history of Concorde.
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NewsProducers accuse BBC of failing interactive media
Multiplatform producers have joined forces to call for the BBC to scrap plans to cut its £177m web spend by 25%
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NewsMTV UK signs up to promote Shed web soap
MTV UK has become the first broadcaster to partner with Shed Media’s forthcoming 20-part web soap opera Being Victor.
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RatingsNaked Office bares all to 400,000
Publicity for Virgin 1 series The Naked Office, with newspapers splashing on pictures of nudist commuters filmed on the tube, helped the channel to attract almost 400,000 viewers to the show last night.
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NewsFunny Or Die cuts UK ties
Funny or Die UK, the comedy website backed by Hat Trick Productions, is to close after 18 months.
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NewsBBC in new Queengate row
The BBC has become embroiled in another Queen-related gaffe after a local DJ told listeners that the monarch had died.
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RatingsBoy George drama brings 2.5m to BBC2
BBC2 drama Worried About the Boy took 2.5m (10.8%) on a 1980s nostalgia trip last night, leaving the channel second only to ITV1’s Lewis at 9pm.
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NewsBBC2 axes Bellamy's People
BBC2 has axed Bellamy’s People, the TV version of Radio 4 comedy Down the Line, after just one series.
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NewsChannel X and Baby Cow strike development deal
Comedy indies Channel X and Baby Cow Productions are to team up for joint developments after agreeing a three-year deal.
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NewsLime Pictures secures first US commission
Lime Pictures has won its first international commission, with Nickelodeon US ordering an English-language adaptation of a Belgian teen drama originally planned for CBBC.