Brian Frons leaves ABC Daytime

ABC‘s daytime president Brian Frons is stepping down and will be replaced by Vicki Dummer. Frons will remain with ABC until the end of his contract in January 2012 to ease the transition  from himself to Drummer. According to The Hollywood Reporter Dummer will take charge of a new integrated entertainment and programming division called Times Square Studios which will […]

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Thousands of Australians sign gay marriage petition

More than 140,000 thousand Australians have signed a petition calling for marriage equality. The petition has been handed to the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at the Labour Party’s annual conference. The petition calls on the Australian government to support marriage equality – a campaign that has gained considerable ground in the country in recent months. A video, It’s Time, […]

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Jeremy Clarkson complaints reach twenty thousand

{jcomments off}The BBC has received over 20,000 complaints over comments made by Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson on The One Show about public sector strikers. Clarkson appeared on the BBC magazine series to promote a DVD but when the topic of conversation turned to public sector workers who were on strike the presenter caused outrage with his comments. When asked […]

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Will.i.am joins The Voice UK

The BBC has announced that will.i.am has joined The Voice UK as its second coach – Jessie J was confirmed for the talent series earlier this year. The BBC revealed last month that Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates would present the series.

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Lionel Blair in Twitter Charades event

Former team captain of Charades based television game show Give Us A Clue is to take part in a festive special of the guessing game which is to be streamed live on the internet. Former team captain of Charades based television game show Give Us A Clue is to take part in a festive special of the guessing game which […]

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Channel 4 launches new weather service

Channel 4 is set to launch its new weather service today following the appointment of Channel 4 News‘ first ever Weather Presenter. Liam Dutton, (pictured, right) who joins from the BBC, will be the face of a brand new weather website, which goes live today. He is also responsible for blogs, news articles and social media engagement with viewers and […]

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Caroline Quentin gets Carol-A-Thon underway

Actress Caroline Quentin backs London’s Carol-A-Thon 2011. The competition to take part in the opening moment of the West End Christmas Carol-A-Thon on traffic free Oxford and Regent Street Is hotting up today as actress Caroline Quentin waded in to call on her namesakes to sing themselves silly for Kids Company. Taking place over Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 December […]

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