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NewsRajar: Nick Grimshaw show up 300k
Rajar: Nick Grimshaw’s BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show climbed by over 300,000 listeners year-on-year to reach an audience of 5.8m as Chris Evans’ rival show on Radio 2 dipped slightly.
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NewsRajar: DAB accounts for 250m hours in last quarter
Rajar: DAB radios accounted for 250m listening hours in the last three months as BBC 6Music grew to attract 2m listeners.
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NewsPolecam helps Red Bull with F1 pitstop analysis
Formula 1 team Infiniti Red Bull Racing has enlisted the help of Polecam and Live Motion Concept’s ultra-motion minicam, the Antelope Pico, for pitstop analysis (pictured).
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NewsGlobelynx hires Holliday in new operations role
Globelynx has appointed Bloomberg’s John Holliday to the newly created role of commercial operations director.
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NewsMolinare hires Splice colourist Chris Rodgers
Molinare has recruited Splice colourist Chris Rodgers.
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NewsVice News plans to boost engagement
Vice News is drawing up plans to help viewers actively become involved in the issues raised in its reports as it passes 1m YouTube subscribers.
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NewsScripps hires UK programming exec
Scripps Network UK, which operates the Food Network and Travel Channel, has hired former Discovery exec Katharina Feistauer as vice president of programming.
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NewsOSF boss labels natural history ‘tired’
The natural history genre has become “tired” and producers must work harder to convince broadcasters to invest in shows, according to Oxford Scientific Films boss Clare Birks.
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NewsAvid to re-list with Nasdaq by end of the year
Avid is now up to date with its financial reporting obligations and has applied for re-listing with the Nasdaq stock exchange, which it said could take place by the end of the year.
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NewsThe CW picks up The Flash and Jane The Virgin
Channel 4 and Sky acquisitions Jane The Virgin and The Flash have been picked up for full series by The CW in the US.
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NewsRTS allocates £60k student bursaries
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has revealed the 20 youngsters to receive funding as part of its inaugural undergraduate bursary scheme.
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News7 Wonder hires OSF exec
7 Wonder has stepped up its recruitment drive with the appointment of Oxford Scientific Films’ (OSF) Steve Condie as head of specialist factual.
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NewsTV3 strikes NBCU development deal
Irish broadcaster TV3 is hoping to launch unscripted hits as successful as Made In Chelsea and The Real Housewives franchise after striking a formats deal with NBC Universal.
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NewsSpun Gold makes poverty doc for C5
Channel 5 is to explore poverty through the eyes of children in a one-off documentary from Spun Gold.
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NewsFairhead indicates support for BBC3 online move
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has indicated that she supports the proposal to move BBC3 online to help the channel keep pace with the viewing habits of its audience.
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NewsRona Fairhead: licence fee does not need fixing
Newly-installed BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has argued that the licence fee is “not a problem that needs to be fixed” as the government prepares to consider all options for the corporation’s future funding during charter renewal.
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NewsFox UK opens Freak Show
The stars of a Venice Beach freak show are to feature on Fox UK after the broadcaster acquired a reality series from Endemol.
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NewsChannel 4 develops Isis drama
Channel 4 is developing a drama exploring the reasons some British-born Muslims are joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) with Liza Marshall’s fledgling indie Archery Pictures.
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NewsOrangutans swing onto Animal Planet
Animal Planet has ordered Meet The Orangutans, an eight-part follow up to its hit series Meet The Sloths.