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    Viewers set to increase spend on digital content

    2015-05-07T07:09:00Z

    The average UK household spends £30-35 a year on digital television and movies, with 30% expecting to “significantly increase” their spending over the next two years, according to a study by OC&C Strategy Consultants.

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    BBC Brit car series to air in UK

    2015-05-07T07:08:00Z

    BBC Brit’s first original commission, car format Mud, Sweat And Gears, is to air in the UK after BBC Worldwide closed a deal with pay-TV broadcaster History.

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    DNI takes a step into drama

    2015-05-07T07:06:00Z

    Discovery Networks International (DNI) is moving into drama for the first time and is hoping it can rival the BBC and Netflix with its latest natural history push.

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    ITNP set to take on sports players as it inks C5 deal

    2015-05-07T07:04:00Z

    ITN Productions (ITNP) will attempt to “disrupt” the dominant players in the sports production market with technological innovation following its deal to provide Football League footage for Channel 5.

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    C4 and Love back on Benefits

    2015-05-07T07:03:00Z

    Channel 4 and Love Productions have hit back at claims that the second series of Benefits Street is being made for “entertainment” and that parts of the show are “contrived”.

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    BBC3 still ‘open for business’

    2015-05-07T07:03:00Z

    BBC3 controller Damian Kavanagh reassured producers at a BBC3 factual briefing last week that the channel is still open for business and is “desperately” seeking thought-provoking series.

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    BBC factual in state of flux

    2015-05-07T07:01:00Z

    BBC factual is in a state of flux as controller Emma Swain begins a year-long secondment to help shape the corporation’s approach to commissioning over the next five years.

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    ITV staff to strike during AGM

    2015-05-06T15:13:00Z

    More than 200 members of ITV staff have voted to strike on 14 May – the day of the broadcaster’s annual general meeting.

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    European Commission unveils digital content shake-up

    2015-05-06T13:15:00Z

    The European Commission (EC) has unveiled plans to create a Digital Single Market in a move that could have a significant impact on the way that TV series are sold across Europe and how online giants like Netflix and Amazon operate on the continent.

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    Head-to-head race for BBC drama controller

    2015-05-06T12:31:00Z

    Polly Hill and Faith Penhale are the frontrunners in the race to replace Ben Stephenson as the controller of BBC drama.

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    SNK Studios lends hand to DEC Nepal appeal

    2015-05-06T12:12:00Z

    SNK Studios has lent its voiceover studios, engineers and ISDN lines to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to help raise funds for the Nepal Earthquake Appeal.

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    John Sergeant to go barging again for ITV

    2015-05-06T11:56:00Z

    John Sergeant will be back barging around Britain after ITV ordered a second series of the Alaska-produced show.

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    Danny Cohen to open Media Summit

    2015-05-06T10:08:00Z

    BBC director of television Danny Cohen will open this year’s Creative Week as the keynote interview for the Media Summit on 1 June.

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    Developers submit plans for £135m studio in Scotland

    2015-05-06T10:07:00Z

    A six-stage, £135m TV and film production facility in Scotland could be open for business by early 2017 if plans submitted this week are given the go-ahead.  

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    Sky appoints three non-scripted commissioners

    2015-05-06T09:56:00Z

    Sky has hired three non-scripted commissioners from the independent production sector as it looks to grow its factual and entertainment output.

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    BBC2 teams up with Animal Planet on lion film

    2015-05-06T09:12:00Z

    BBC2 has teamed up with US cable network Animal Planet for an Icon Films-produced doc set in the Savute Game Reserve in Botswana.

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    Ofcom launches Top Gear ‘pikey’ investigation

    2015-05-05T11:40:00Z

    Ofcom is investigating the use of the word ‘pikey’ in Top Gear after a separate BBC Trust investigation in March cleared the show of causing offence.

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    ITN signs ‘transformative’ Football League deal

    2015-05-05T11:40:00Z

    ITN Productions has won a multi-million pound, three-year contract to record match footage for Channel 5’s Football League highlights programme, which will air at 9pm on Saturdays.

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    Killing creator's indie wins first order

    2015-05-05T11:19:00Z

    SAM Productions, the producer set up by The Killing creator Søren Sveistrup and Borgen creator Adam Price, has won its first commission.

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    ITV finalises Talpa deal

    2015-05-05T10:03:00Z

    ITV has completed the acquisition of John de Mol’s Talpa Media for an initial fee of £355m.