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NewsUnions ready to fight BBC over news redundancies
The BBC may have averted a strike during the opening of the Commonwealth Games this week – but it faces a fresh threat of industrial action over job cuts in its news division.
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NewsBBC to hire champion for disabled talent
The BBC will recruit its first disability champion to its commissioning team as it prepares a two-pronged plan to improve opportunities for disabled talent.
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NewsKing Bert eyes ent push following BBCW tie-up
King Bert Productions, the indie established by former BBC comedy boss Jo Sargent and comedians Miranda Hart and David Walliams, is eyeing a push into entertainment formats after striking a first-look deal with BBC Worldwide.
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NewsVideo Europe merges with GLP to boost market share
Video Europe is to merge with frame-rate conversion kit supplier Galaxy Light and Power (GLP).
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NewsITV to poll indies over diversity
ITV will survey indies to gain a better understanding of working conditions and diversity in its programming supply chain as it bids to better reflect UK society.
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NewsBBC First eyes scripted drama
BBC Worldwide chief executive Tim Davie has revealed that global drama channel BBC First will offer UK indies major scripted opportunities after its launch this summer.
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NewsBarcroft sets sights on MCN
Barcroft Media will invest hundreds of thousands of pounds into developing a premium multichannel network (MCN) after commissioning its first presenter-led YouTube series.
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NewsMTV UK trials Tunepics app for Geordie Shore
MTV UK is trialling fledgling mobile social network Tunepics for the current series of Geordie Shore.
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NewsLove develops projects for new stakeholder Sky
Love Productions is understood to have up to two major projects in development with Sky after the pay-TV broadcaster acquired a 70% stake in The Great British Bake Off indie this week.
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NewsE4 takes Bad Robots to series
E4 has strengthened its comedy slate with a hidden-camera series in which people are pranked by machines such as photo booths and electronic road signs.
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NewsBBC3 vision being finalised
BBC daytime boss Damian Kavanagh to present formal plans to the Trust in a ‘few weeks’
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NewsITV challenges indies to shoot for football gap
ITV has challenged indies to create up to four major male-skewing brands as it races to replace more than 100 hours of European and domestic football.
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NewsJane Lush returns to TV with Bruce Forsyth
Strictly Come Dancing commissioner and former Splash Media managing director Jane Lush is back in production with a Bruce Forsyth fronted BBC1 variety show.
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NewsLove tackles local Immigration Street concerns
Love Productions will meet with Channel 4 to discuss the future of Immigration Street after some Southampton residents lobbied the indie to stop filming of the series.
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NewsSky Sports News revamps ahead of Premier League season
Sky Sports News is to jump up the EPG following a relaunch in which it will move to an upgraded studio and increase its focus on a revamped suite of apps and its social media.
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NewsRondo wins S4C sports magazine
Welsh indie Rondo Media is to produce a Grandstand-style Sunday sports magazine show for S4C.
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NewsConroy joins ITV drama
ITV has appointed Sarah Conroy as commissioning editor for drama to cover the maternity leave of Charlie Hampton.
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NewsThe X Factor UK heads to Asia
The UK version of The X Factor is to air overseas for the first time after RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network struck a deal with sister firm Fremantle Media.
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NewsBBC develops Sebastian Faulks screenplay
The BBC is developing Sebastian Faulks’ first self-penned screenplay, On Green Dolphin Street, after Eleventh Hour Films picked up the rights to the book.
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NewsCurtis Brown agent strikes Endemol indie deal
Former Curtis Brown agent Tally Garner has set up an indie and struck a distribution partnership with Endemol.