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  • Tony Hall
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    Tony Hall to stand up for entertainment

    2015-07-14T00:01:00Z

    BBC director general Tony Hall will stress that entertainment shows should remain at the heart of the BBC and that the public’s voice should be heard during charter renewal negotiations, as he unveils the annual report.

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    NEP adds Dutch facilities firm to ever-expanding group

    2015-07-13T18:27:00Z

    The NEP Group has agreed a deal to acquire Consolidated Media Industries (CMI), the Netherlands-based media group which includes the DutchView and Infostrada Creative Technology brands.

  • Car Share
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    BBC working on radical commissioning overhaul

    2015-07-13T14:59:00Z

    The BBC is giving serious consideration to one of the most radical changes in its 93-year history: scrapping specific TV, radio and online commissioning teams and installing what has been dubbed internally as “genre commissioning”.

  • Don't Tell The Bride
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    BBC WoCC figures reveal impact of indie consolidation

    2015-07-13T14:10:00Z

    The Endemol Shine Group mega-merger and All3Media’s sale meant that qualifying indies won just 13% of business in the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC), according to adjusted BBC figures.

  • Midsomer Murders
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    Bentley wins supernatural ITV drama

    2015-07-13T13:46:00Z

    Bentley Productions has landed its first non-Midsomer Murders drama for ITV since Ultimate Force – a two-hour special based on Neil Spring’s The Ghost Hunter novel.

  • The Voice
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    Ofcom probes The Voice

    2015-07-13T13:08:00Z

    Ofcom has launched an investigation into the use of strobe-lighting during the final of The Voice UK.

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    Are you backing the BBC?

    2015-07-13T10:35:00Z

    A raft of controversial proposals, such as the BBC stepping away from popular programming, are set to be floated in a government green paper this week – which will also give the industry the chance to share its views. 

  • Dan Fahy
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    Turner hires UKTV commercial chief

    2015-07-13T10:22:00Z

    UKTV commercial and business development director Dan Fahy is to join Turner to lead its UK commercial strategy across its kids and entertainment channels.

  • Strictly
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    Wayne Garvie slams Vardanis' Strictly Come Dancing claims

    2015-07-13T09:33:00Z

    A row has broken out over the creation of entertainment juggernaut Strictly Come Dancing, with former BBC exec Wayne Garvie rubbishing claims by Fenia Vardanis that she was responsible for the success of the format.

  • BBC
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    Government advisory group to guide BBC charter renewal

    2015-07-13T08:05:00Z

    The government has appointed eight creative industry executives to support the BBC’s charter renewal process, which will begin formally on Thursday with a green paper.

  • Ben Weinberger
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    Sling TV's Weinberger joins T3Media board

    2015-07-10T13:55:00Z

    T3Media has appointed Sling TV senior vice president and chief product officer Ben Weinberger to its board of directors.

  • Guy Martin
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    Guy Martin attempts land speed record for C4

    2015-07-10T13:04:00Z

    North One Television will track Guy Martin’s attempt to break the two-wheel land speed record in a documentary for Channel 4.

  • James Heath
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    BBC: funding will fall 10% in real terms

    2015-07-10T13:03:00Z

    BBC director of policy James Heath has admitted that the BBC’s funding deal will mean that the corporation’s funding falls 10% in real terms.

  • Paralympics
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    C4 warms up for Rio 2016 with para-sports coverage

    2015-07-10T12:53:00Z

    Channel 4 will broadcast 30 hours of para-sport events in the run-up to its coverage of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.

  • Humans
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    C4 in talks over second run of Humans

    2015-07-10T12:28:00Z

    Channel 4 is in talks over a second series of Humans after the Kudos show became its best-rated drama in more than 20 years.

  • John Edwards
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    Soho post veteran John Edwards dies

    2015-07-10T11:35:00Z

    Former Ravensdale and The House managing director John Edwards died aged 66 on Friday 3 July.

  • charlie-hanson
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    Extras exec steers talent from BBC3

    2015-07-10T11:29:00Z

    Veteran comedy producer Charlie Hanson has claimed that BBC3 is no longer his first port of call for pitching new comedy ideas and urged talent to produce and distribute work themselves.

  • Wild-things
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    GroupM Entertainment grows by 50%

    2015-07-10T10:15:00Z

    GroupM Entertainment’s (GME) business grew by nearly 50% last year, driven by a raft of entertainment and drama co-productions.

  • Secrets-and-Lies
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    Watch picks up Secrets and Lies

    2015-07-10T10:04:00Z

    Watch has acquired Ryan Phillippe and Juliette Lewis-fronted US drama Secrets and Lies.

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    C4 pilots budget holiday format

    2015-07-10T09:57:00Z

    Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners indie Betty will task two thrifty families to put together the cheapest holiday package in a pilot for Channel 4.