Television news from 10 February 2009

BBC 'mimicked' Sky News after 7/7 (Media Guardian)
BBC News rewrote its policy on breaking news coverage after the 7/7 London bombings in 2005 to mimic Sky News, the head of the satellite broadcaster's new service said last night. more

Chelsea Set Deadline For New Boss (Sky News)
Chelsea FC are expected to name Luiz Felipe Scolari's successor within the next 24 hours, Sky News understands. more

Setanta reaches out for more live matches (Media Guardian)
Setanta is believed to be seeking an urgent meeting with the Premier League in the hope it will help broker a deal to regain the rights it lost in last week's record-breaking TV auction. more

Viewers hooked on Jack the Ripper show (Media Guardian)
Modern-day Jack the Ripper drama Whitechapel continued to go great guns for ITV1 last night, Monday 9 February, with more than 7 million viewers tuning in.The drama, which stars former Spooks actor Rupert Penry-Jones, attracted 7. more

Ant and Dec may not commit to ITV (Media Guardian)
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have said they may not sign a new golden handcuffs deal with ITV so they can work for other broadcasters again, as the prospect of a pay cut looms due to the recession. more

Last night's TV (Media Guardian)
On the face of it, The Princess and the Gangster, which opens Channel 4's "Toffs and Crims" season, is a pretty crap documentary. It's based on a rumour that two people, both dead, had an affair a long time ago, so there isn't really much to see, or to care about. more

Katharine Everett (Media Guardian)
Katharine Everett, who has died aged 56 of cancer, managed to pack a huge range of careers and achievements - from award-winning programme-maker to channel controller and new media pioneer - into her lifetime's work for the BBC. more

ITV revives wartime drama Foyle's War (Media Guardian)
ITV has confirmed the return of 1940s detective drama Foyle's War, reversing the decision by former director of programmes Simon Shaps to axe the series last year. more

C4 catch-up TV coming to the web soon (Media Guardian)
Picking up the detritus of the Kangaroo blockade, Channel 4 is preparing to launch its new strategy for free online TV catch-up toward the end of March, writes product manager Andy Pipes. Unlike its 4oD TV download app, the broadcaster's shows from the last 30 days will appear directly on Channel4. more

BBC urged to act as Newsround slumps 40% in a year (Press Gazette)
The BBC must act to address a long-term decline in audience figures at Newsround, its flagship children's news programme, the BBC Trust said today. more