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Fiona Bruce closes indie as BBC changes talent contracts
Fiona Bruce is closing her production company as the BBC continues to overhaul the way it contracts some of its biggest stars.
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BBC Learning producer Katy Jones dies
BBC Learning executive producer, drama documentary maker and award-winning journalist Katy Jones has died suddenly at the age of 51.
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Simon Cowell cues up DJ format with Yahoo
Simon Cowell has teamed up with Done + Dusted to produce a DJ competition format for online portal Yahoo.
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Red Planet Pictures backs diversity indie
Diverse talent development company TriForce Creative Network has launched an indie backed by Tony Jordan’s Red Planet Pictures.
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ITV piloting Jonathan Ross cookery show
ITV is piloting a cookery panel show fronted by talk show host Jonathan Ross.
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BBC2 controller targets ‘gorgeous’ single docs
BBC2 controller Kim Shillinglaw has called on producers to pitch more stand-out single documentaries and current affairs investigations.
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ITV sends Davina McCall on extreme expedition
Davina McCall will explore how animals live in some of the Earth’s harshest conditions in a four-part series for ITV.
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BFI apppoints diversity manager
The BFI (British Film Institute) has appointed Deborah Williams to the new role of diversity manager.
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Former Culture Show editor wins 75-part Bloomberg arts series
An indie founded by former Culture Show editor Eddie Morgan has secured a three-year deal with Bloomberg TV to make a 75-part art series.
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World Media Rights wins American Heroes series
Discovery-owned US network American Heroes Channel has ordered a three-part World War II series from UK indie World Media Rights.
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ITV boosts writers’ pay by 5%
ITV has improved its minimum pay for writers by 5% as part of the broadcaster’s first rates increase in four years.
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Michel Roux Jr to front Fresh One Disney format
Michel Roux Jr will invite schools to turn their canteens into pop-up restaurants in a nine-part Fresh One cooking competition for the Disney Channel.
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Julian Fellowes adapts Anthony Trollope novel for ITV
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes will renew acquaintances with ITV by adapting 19th century novel Doctor Thorne.
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Penny Dreadful scoops three Bafta Craft awards
Penny Dreadful picked up three awards at the British Academy Television Craft Awards, with the Sky Atlantic drama triumphing in the Production Design, Make Up & Hair Design and Original Music categories.
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BT and Aspera to offer file transfer service
BT has partnered with Aspera to offer a new subscription-based file transfer service.
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Camera firms show kit for shooting live UHD content
NAB 2015: Manufacturers including Sony, Panasonic, Grass Valley and Canon launched kit for shooting live Ultra High Definition content at the NAB trade show in Las Vegas as the range of equipment suited to studio and sport productions begins to mature.
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Ericsson expands access services operation to US
NAB 2015: Ericsson has launched a closed captioning service in the United States.
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INFOGRAPHIC: ITVBe's impact on ITV2
Female-skewing channel takes viewers away from ITV2, but helps grow ITV’s overall audience.
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ITV committed to live Sound of Music event
ITV remains committed to celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music amid suggestions that it was originally eyeing an Easter TX date for the live extravaganza.
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Mentorn hires former Betty head of features
Mentorn Media has hired former Betty head of features David Emerson as head of formats and features, as well as making three other appointments.