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NewsBBC Trust launches distribution consultation
The BBC Trust has launched an eight-week consultation into BBC content distribution across TV, radio and online.
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NewsFormer C4 boss argues for licence fee rise
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson has called for the licence fee to be increased and warned against the potential “dismemberment” of the BBC.
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NewsC5 supersizes 20 Moments That Rocked Britain
Channel 5 has ordered a full series of Crackit’s list show 20 Moments That Rocked Britain before the one-off special it originally commissioned has aired.
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NewsFiona 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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NewsBBC 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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NewsSimon 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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NewsRed 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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NewsITV piloting Jonathan Ross cookery show
ITV is piloting a cookery panel show fronted by talk show host Jonathan Ross.
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NewsBBC2 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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NewsITV 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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NewsBFI apppoints diversity manager
The BFI (British Film Institute) has appointed Deborah Williams to the new role of diversity manager.
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NewsFormer 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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NewsWorld 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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NewsITV 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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NewsMichel 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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NewsJulian 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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NewsPenny 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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NewsBT 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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NewsCamera 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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NewsEricsson expands access services operation to US
NAB 2015: Ericsson has launched a closed captioning service in the United States.