Virgin Media Launch HD Trailer

Virgin Media has unveiled its first High Definition television advertising campaign. The new promos have been created to showcase Virgin Media’s growing HD line up, including BBC HD, ITV1 HD, ESPN HD, LIVING HD and, soon to launch, Film4 HD.     Currently Virgin Media has 12 HD TV channels broadcasting on its service as well as on demand HD […]

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ITV To Build Brands With Lygo

Kevin Lygo is switching to ‘The Brighter Side’ as he leaves Channel 4 for the ITV Network. The company announced that Lygo will join the 55-year-old channel as Managing Director of ITV Studios. Adam Crozier, Chief Executive of ITV, said: “A clear outcome of the ongoing strategy review is the importance of our in-house production arm to the future of ITV’s […]

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Another Coronation Street character axed

New producer of Coronation Street Phil Collinson has axed another character on the soap following last week’s announcement that Ashley [Steven Arnold] and Claire Peacock [Julia Haworth] had been dropped from the ITV Soap.       Phil Collinson, the new producer of Granada soap Coronation Street, has axed another character from the series. The latest character to be dropped […]

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Lacey Turner and Gillian Wright to leave EastEnders

The BBC EastEnders website reveals this morning that mother and daughter duo Jean and Stacey Slater – played by Gillian Wright and Lacey Turner respectively – are to depart the soap opera.   “I’ve had the most fantastic time at EastEnders… …Stacey has been such a brilliant role for me to play as has being part of the feisty Slater […]

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Browned Off

Sky News’ slogan is ‘first for breaking news’ and today they proved to be once again first when the channel was the inital broadcaster to pick up on Gordon Brown’s unguarded comments made about voter Gillian Duffy, following a walkabout in Rochdale.     Sky News producer Tami Hoffman, watching the footage from the Sky News Centre in West London, noticed a […]

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The Bill Fans Fight Back

The Bill Facebook fans have released a statement offering their view on the real reason the popular Thames drama has withered in the past decade.     “Like all the other fans, we are extremely annoyed and saddened by the fact that our beloved police drama has reached this point and we also find it extremely offensive that ITV are […]

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BBC reveal One Show stand ins

The BBC have revealed who will be standing in for One Show presenter Adrian Chiles after his final show on Friday 30th April.   Rouge Traders and Watchdog host Matt Allwright will be the main cover, with Have I Got News For You panelist Paul Merton covering when Allwright is presenting Watchdog.  The news comes after Chiles quit the BBC […]

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