Reality TV show 'Big Brother' will stay on TV screens until the end of 2014.

Celebrity Big Brother is returning to television for the second time this year, it was reported today.

The Voice is a big hit here, but will the British version outstrip the X Factor in the ratings wars? Ed Power on another John de Mol creation.

Two of the Premier League’s top three clubs are being lined up for a revamped Dublin Super Cup next August, it has emerged.

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has insisted that that the Dublin Super Cup will survive - despite confirming the withdrawal of tournament broadcasters, Endemol Sport.

RORY MCILROY has ended a glorious year with another prize after being awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List.

IT was in Dublin and there was a cup at the end of it but only the most impressionable would describe it as super.

Davina McCall thinks Brian Belo should be the next 'Big Brother' presenter.

LIMERICK have welcomed the decision of the High Court to appoint an arbitrator in their dispute with the FAI over last summer’s cancelled friendly game against Barcelona.

Jonathan Ross is to host a magic show this Christmas.

Jonathan Ross said he is “beyond excited” after joining forces with the company behind 'Big Brother' to make new television shows.

EUROPEAN champions Inter Milan will provide the headline act for the inauguration of a new four-team tournament at the Aviva Stadium next July, following the announcement yesterday of a joint venture between the FAI and Endemol Sport, the international multi-media programming agency.

Comedian Harry Enfield has revealed how he feared Ricky Gervais had killed off his TV career.

Brian Dowling was crowned 'Ultimate Big Brother' winner as the long-running reality television show said goodbye to Channel 4.

Irish contestant Brian Dowling is the bookies' favourite to take the 'Ultimate Big Brother' crown tonight as Channel 4 waves goodbye to the long-running reality show.

FOR a television show that is being put out to pasture, it was apt that one of the people auditioning for the final season of Big Brother yesterday arrived dressed as a cow.

Producers of 'Big Brother' defended themselves against accusations of trying to take advantage of wounded soldiers by asking them to take part in the show.

Presenter Richard Hammond has been nominated for a Bafta for his Blast Lab children’s TV show.

Sophie Reade is tipped to win tonight’s Big Brother final, in what promises to be a poignant show following the announcement that Channel 4 will axe the programme.

'Big Brother' is to be axed after one more series next year, Channel 4 said today.

'Big Brother' is facing the chop, it has been claimed.

Sports broadcaster Setanta faces a day of reckoning today as it struggles to negotiate a rescue deal while fighting off a Premier League threat to pull a major contract.

THE holding company which runs the Premier League in England has put the English transmission rights for Premiership football matches still controlled by Setanta out to tender.

Sports broadcaster Setanta began taking subscriptions from new customers again today as rescue hopes grew for the struggling business.

ENDEMOL, the Dutch television production company best known for creating the Big Brother reality show franchise, has emerged as one of the likely additional investors necessary to keep ailing sports broadcaster Setanta from going out of business.

'Celebrity Big Brother' returns to screens tonight, with Ulrika Jonsson among those tipped to enter the house.

The race row surrounding the last series of 'Celebrity Big Brother' will not lead to the show being “sanitised” this year, Channel 4 said today.

The London market took a pounding today as banks and other consumer-facing stocks suffered amid fading hopes for a quick cut in interest rates.

The London market dipped into the red today amid jitters on Wall Street and signs of energy market fallout from the conflict between Russia and Georgia.

ITV shares jumped by more than 9% today as traders continued to speculate over the possibility of a takeover approach from Dutch firm Endemol.

Housebuilding shares were the stand out performers today as the London market made strong gains amid further falls in oil prices.

Shares in broadcaster ITV jumped today after the boss of Big Brother producer Endemol refused to rule out a possible takeover bid for the company.

Despite the hype that preceded it, this year’s Big Brother will be quickly forgotten.

CHANNEL 4 is axing next year’s series of Celebrity Big Brother, it announced yesterday.

A Dutch television show in which a terminally ill woman would supposedly donate her kidney to one of three contestants was revealed as a hoax.

A terminally ill Dutch woman will select a recipient for one of her kidneys in the latest production from Endemol, makers of Big Brother.

A consortium featuring former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi unveiled a £2.3bn (€3.4bn) swoop for Big Brother maker Endemol today.

Mediaset, the television empire founded by former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, is exploring a possible bid for Big Brother’s Dutch owner Endemol.

Celebrity Big Brother bosses were forced to apologise yesterday after a hitch in the previous night’s show left viewers confused about how to evict Shilpa.

Celebrity Big Brother bosses were forced to apologise today after a hitch in last night’s show left viewers confused about how to evict Shilpa.

Celebrity Big Brother has prompted nearly 10,000 viewer complaints about alleged racist bullying.

The rights to TV quiz show Who Wants To Be Millionaire? were sold today as part of a £106m (€156m) deal.

The Big Brother draw to select a new housemate breached prize promotion rules, the industry watchdog said today.

A new reality TV show is aiming to pull off the biggest hoax in TV history - by persuading a group of Britons that they have been blasted into space.