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NewsShiver hires fact-ent and daytime boss
ITV Studios indie Shiver has strengthened its executive team after hiring the BBC’s Richard Hastings as its third creative director.
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NewsRomesh Ranganathan goes back to his roots for BBC3
BBC3 has commissioned a series from Rumpus Media following comedian Romesh Ranganathan as he learns more about his Sri Lankan roots.
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NewsDirector bodies establish charitable trust
Directors UK, the Directors Guild Trust and Stage Directors UK have joined forces to create a charitable trust.
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NewsOfcom investigating BGT dog-swap
Britain’s Got Talent’s live final will be investigated by Ofcom to see whether voters were misled by the winning act.
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NewsGovernment denies licence fee freeze ‘almost inevitable’
The government has denied making any decisions about the future of the licence fee after a report at the weekend claimed the BBC will be hit by another freeze to its funding.
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NewsC4 hires entertainment editor
Channel 4 has hired CPL’s Game of Thrones – Thronecast exec Sarah Lazenby as entertainment editor.
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NewsSugar Films bolsters executive team
Sugar Films, the fledgling indie co-founded by Pat Younge, has drafted in Cilla producer Kwadjo Dajan and former Channel 4 commissioner Nav Raman to equip it with drama and factual entertainment expertise.
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NewsBack In Time For Dinner to return with a twist
BBC2 is to follow up hit factual format Back In Time For Dinner with a fresh series examining how family pastimes have changed over the past 65 years.
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NewsBBC Studios company established without approval
The BBC has incorporated a company for BBC Studios without yet having formal clearance to push ahead with plans to commercialise the in-house production division.
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NewsRavensbourne students get ready for end-of-year awards
Three students from Ravensbourne’s undergraduate Broadcast Engineering course have been nominated for the 2015 Broadcast TECH Award.
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NewsIndies achieve Albert+ certification
Raise the Roof, Buccaneer Media, CPL Productions and So TV have been awarded Bafta Albert+ certification after creating sustainable productions.
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NewsIn brief: DAB trial; Distrify Media
60 local DAB stations are to launch as part of an Ofcom trial, while Glasgow-based VoD firm Distrify Media opens a China office.
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NewsTriForce winner lands ITV development
A young screenwriter has won a paid development commission with ITV after winning the WriterSlam competition set up by talent development firm TriForce Creative Network (TCN).
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NewsKatie Hopkins show produced by Dapper Laughs creator & Question Time indie
The co-creators of controversial ITV2 series Dapper Laughs On The Pull have partnered with Question Time indie Mentorn Media on a Katie Hopkins-fronted panel show for TLC.
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NewsBBC Trust to review statistics reporting
The BBC Trust has launched a year-long review of how the corporation’s news and current affairs shows report statistics.
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NewsRupert Murdoch to 'step down as Fox chief executive'
Rupert Murdoch is preparing to step down as chief executive officer of 21st Century Fox, according to numerous reports in the US.
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NewsBBC warned over efforts to access tax breaks
The BBC Trust has reminded the BBC that it must safeguard its financial reputation after failing to let the governing body know it was setting up companies to secure tax breaks.
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NewsLabour to fight for licence fee increase
The Labour Party will fight for the BBC to secure some form of increase in licence fee funding during charter renewal, according to the shadow culture secretary.
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NewsCresswell steps down as Arqiva chief exec
Arqiva chief executive John Cresswell is to step down from his role with the broadcast infrastructure and facilities firm.
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NewsNick Jr acquires Teletubbies for US
US kids broadcaster Nickelodeon has acquired the remake of the Teletubbies after it struck a deal with distributor DHX Media.