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  • The Quizeum
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    Video Europe agrees deal for kit hire company Cruet

    2015-04-01T12:57:00Z

    Video Europe has agreed a deal to acquire broadcast kit hire and crewing firm Cruet.

  • Galapagos: Realm of Giant Sharks
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    TVF strikes 4K doc deals

    2015-04-01T12:56:00Z

    Japanese broadcaster NTT Plala has acquired a raft of 4K documentaries from UK distributor TVF International.

  • Let’s Go Gold
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    Thames hires head of development

    2015-04-01T12:49:00Z

    Fremantle Media UK indie Thames has hired Superhero Television founder Lucas Green as its new head of development.

  • Dan Chambers
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    Blink lands Korean doc deal

    2015-04-01T12:03:00Z

    Blink Films has struck a landmark partnership with Korean broadcaster EBS after working closely with Argonon-backed business enabler The Bridge.

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    ITV launches legal challenge to strike ballot

    2015-04-01T12:00:00Z

    ITV’s pay dispute with the unions is becoming increasingly bitter after the broadcaster legally challenged a strike ballot that could have disrupted its election day coverage.

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    BBCW strikes new Bake Off deal in Oz

    2015-04-01T09:49:00Z

    The Great British Bake Off has switched broadcasters in Australia after pay-TV network Lifestyle Food took over the format rights from terrestrial channel Nine Network.

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    BBC’s creative industries impact revealed

    2015-04-01T09:34:00Z

    BBC research has found that £450m (37%) of the corporation’s external investment in UK creative industries in 2013/14 went to companies with less than 49 employees.

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    DCMS kicks off retrans fees consultation

    2015-04-01T09:05:00Z

    The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has kicked off a consultation exploring the deregulation of the TV market – a move which could result in the PSB channels benefiting from retransmission fees but losing their EPG prominence.

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    Jacqui Oatley joins ITV

    2015-03-31T18:02:00Z

    BBC sports anchor Jacqui Oatley has joined ITV to front its coverage of sports including football and darts.

  • Top Gear Live
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    Top Gear Live gets greenlight

    2015-03-31T17:53:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has given the greenlight for Top Gear Live to continue following Jeremy Clarkson’s “fracas” - with the caveat that all BBC branding will be removed from the event.

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    Chart: All3Media indie turnover

    2015-03-31T17:04:00Z

    Following All3Media’s acquisition of Neal Street Productions, click to see where it ranks in the group based on each indie’s 2014 turnover.

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    Unions to meet BBC over 415 job cuts

    2015-03-31T15:27:00Z

    Bectu and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) will meet BBC bosses this week to discuss the threat of 415 newsroom job losses, while a 12-hour walkout of BBC Global News studio managers is due to take place tomorrow.

  • Left to right: Nicolas Brown, Caro Newling, Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris
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    All3Media acquires Neal Street

    2015-03-31T14:00:00Z

    All3Media has acquired Call The Midwife and Penny Dreadful producer Neal Street Productions.

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    Technicolor to close Pinewood Media Services division

    2015-03-31T13:15:00Z

    Technicolor is to close its Pinewood-based Media Services division, claiming that the sector of the industry it operates in has become “commoditised”.

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    Endemol Beyond opens online style channel

    2015-03-31T13:00:00Z

    Endemol Shine Group has partnered with YouTube star Michelle Phan to launch an online channel featuring an array of lifestyle content.

  • Laura Mansfield
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    Laura Mansfield appointed Pact Council vice chair

    2015-03-31T12:05:00Z

    Outline Productions managing director Laura Mansfield has been appointed vice chair of Pact Council.

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    Lime and Monkey win Bravo orders

    2015-03-31T12:01:00Z

    Lime Pictures and Monkey Kingdom have landed major orders from US cable network Bravo as part of the NBC Universal-owned broadcaster’s latest programming slate.

  • The House That £100k Built
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    BBC2 returns to £100k house formats

    2015-03-31T11:51:00Z

    BBC2 has ordered a third series of Remarkable Television series The House That £100k Built.

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    BBC2 orders Stephen Poliakoff WW2 drama

    2015-03-31T10:31:00Z

    Stephen Poliakoff is to write and direct a six-part drama set in a bomb-damaged London hotel in the aftermath of World War II for BBC2.

  • Quantel HQ
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    Quantel and Snell overhaul sales structure

    2015-03-31T10:24:00Z

    Quantel and Snell have restructured their international sales operations under three newly-appointed regional heads who will each lead integrated Quantel and Snell sales teams.