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  • UKTV to launch new Drama channel on Freeview and YouView

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    UKTV, the owners of Gold, Really and Dave, are to launch a new drama themed channel on Freeview and YouView. Named Drama, the channel will go live on 8 July 2013 and offer modern and classic British drama including Tipping the Velvet, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Cranford and Lark Rise to Candleford. The channel is expected…

  • BBC sells Lonely Planet for £80m loss

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    The BBC’s commercial arm has sold its Lonely Planet travel publishing guide for £51.5m, £80m less than it paid for company. BBC Worldwide bought 75% of Lonely Planet in 2007 for £88.1m and four years later paid a further £42.17m for the remaining 25%. The acquisition was hugely controversial with rival publishers as the company…

  • Madness to headline BBC Four’s tribute to BBC Television Centre

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    BBC Four is to broadcast an hour-long Madness concert as part of a night of programming celebrating BBC Television Centre’s 53 year history. The broadcaster is in the process of vacating the iconic West London site which it has sold to property developers. BBC Worldwide and BBC Studios and Post Production will retain a small…

  • Yes, Prime Minister – clip

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    The brand new series of Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn’s Yes, Prime Minister debuts on Gold tomorrow with David Haig taking over the role of Prime Minister Jim Hacker. The six-part series sees Hacker back in office as PM and leading a coalition government confronting the greatest economic crisis in a generation. As always, his…

  • BBC adds Doctor Who: Worlds in Time to games communities

    BBC adds Doctor Who: Worlds in Time to games communities

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    BBC Worldwide has added online game Doctor Who: Worlds in Time to three gaming communities. The game, which launched this spring, is now available on Kongregate, Armor Games and Newgrounds.com. BBCWW says more distribution deals will be announced at a future date. Adding Worlds in Time to existing platforms has already delivered “a sizable bump…

  • UKTV gains fourth Freeview slot

    UKTV gains fourth Freeview slot

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    UKTV, the owners of Gold, Really and Dave, has secured a fourth channel slot on Freeview. The firm’s Really, Dave and Yesterday already air on Freeview while channels Watch, GOLD and Eden are currently available only on pay-TV platforms. From January Dave Ja Vu, the +1 version of Dave, will fill the new slot on…