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NewsDiscovery appoints international content boss
Discovery veteran Marjorie Kaplan is to become president of content for Discovery Networks International (DNI), overseeing the US giant’s international commissioning hub and working closely with its UK indies including All3Media.
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NewsT3Media rebrands to Wazee Digital
Content management and monetisation company T3Media has rebranded as Wazee Digital.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: The Great British Bake Off, BBC1
Click to see how well the opener of the Love Productions show fared.
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NewsITVS ties with Weinstein Company for USSR drama
ITV Studios and The Weinstein Company have boarded Archery Pictures’ big-budget drama set in the USSR.
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NewsHBO and Showtime eye global OTT launches
US broadcasters HBO and Showtime are to begin rolling out OTT services internationally.
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NewsPeel takes full ownership of Dock10
The Peel Group has taken full ownership of Dock10 having acquired SIS Limited’s 50% stake in the studios and post-production business.
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NewsSport and films drive TV spend to £6.4bn
Total broadcaster spend on UK content grew by 9% in 2014 to £6.4bn, with an 18% surge in film and sport responsible for the rise.
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NewsBBC breakfast DJs Evans & Grimshaw gain listeners
BBC Radio 1 & 2 breakfast hosts Nick Grimshaw and Chris Evans grew their audiences over the past three months, according to the latest set of Rajar figures.
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NewsJoanna Lumley explores Elvis for ITV
Joanna Lumley is to travel to Graceland to explore the life of Elvis Presley in a one-off documentary for ITV.
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NewsClear Cut bolsters sales team
Clear Cut Pictures has added Julia Veidt to its company sales team as business development manager.
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NewsThe Farm to exit Soho Square for larger central London site
Post-production firm The Farm Group is relocating from its Soho Square headquarters to a new 33,000 sq ft building in central London.
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NewsDPP publishes reports on Ultra HD and IP
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has published its first reports since it became a not-for-profit company in April.
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NewsUS networks reveal plans at Critics tour
The Television Critics Association (TCA) summer tour being held this week in Los Angeles is the US equivalent of the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsTop Gear’s new boss in spotlight
Top Gear will be in safe hands with former Porsche 911 driver Lisa Clark at the wheel with her old friend Chris Evans, according to her former colleagues.
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NewsHow Amazon secured the Top Gear team
Producer Andy Wilman’s full interview, which reveals the promise of a big budget and creative freedom sealed the deal for the SVoD service
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NewsC5 plans Lip Sync litmus test
Channel 5 will use buzzy, karaoke-style format Lip Sync Battle as a litmus test for its entertainment strategy next year.
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NewsC4 confident of public future
Channel 4 is quietly confident of staving off privatisation despite chancellor George Osborne lining up a £32bn sell-off of public assets.
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NewsLiberty Global boss: ITV a content 'case study'
Liberty Global chief executive Mike Fries has revealed that the cable giant is using its ITV investment as a “case study” for its content strategy and underlined it had “no intention” of launching a full takeover.
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NewsProcam rebrands US hire facility
HotCam New York has been rebranded as Procam New York, following the latter’s purchase of the US hire facility in March.