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NewsSophie Turner Laing to leave Sky
Sophie Turner Laing, managing director of content at Sky, is to leave the pay-TV broadcaster later this year.
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NewsC4 gets graphic with animal mating doc
Channel 4 and US network PBS are to study animal reproduction in graphic detail in a four-part series produced by Windfall Films.
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NewsUKTV remakes Storage Hunters
UKTV has ordered a UK version of hit factual entertainment series Storage Hunters from All3Media-owned indie North One Television.
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NewsLion hires BBC development exec
Emma Lorenz, the BBC head of channel development behind BBC3’s Life and Death Row and forthcoming BBC1 doc The Met, is to join Lion Television as director of development.
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NewsComic Relief bans controversial investments
Comic Relief has banned indirect investments in alcohol, arms and tobacco companies following a review prompted by a Panorama documentary last year.
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NewsFirst RTS Scotland nominees revealed
BBC Scotland leads the pack of nominees in the first RTS Scotland Awards, designed to honour excellence in all forms of TV production.
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NewsSky promotes comedy exec Boyer
Sky’s Ben Boyer has been promoted to commissioning editor of comedy to replace the ITV-bound Saskia Schuster.
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NewsDiversify to offer practical tips to producers
TV execs will benefit from a series of tips about how to improve the diversity of their production teams at a Diversify event to be held next week as part of Creative Week.
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NewsBBC’s Samantha Anstiss returns to production
BBC documentaries commissioner Samantha Anstiss is returning to programme making to set up a creative label within the corporation’s in-house production arm.
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NewsMaverick boss: get talent to use Twitter
Getting talent to tweet about their programming can help significantly boost VoD views but does not provide a silver bullet for ratings success, according to Maverick Television digital boss Dan Jones.
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NewsUkip to petition Ofcom for major party status
Ukip has pledged to “campaign hard” to convince Ofcom its major party status should be extended for the 2015 general election.
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NewsYouView to add personal touch
YouView is working towards delivering a more personalised service that will recommend TV shows and offer viewers the ability to create VoD playlists.
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NewsITV snares Sky’s Schuster to head up comedy
ITV has hired Yonderland commissioner Saskia Schuster to lead its continued push into original comedy.
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NewsBectu urges ITV to act on US freelancer conditions
Bectu has added to growing pressure on ITV to engage with American trade unions over conditions for non-fiction freelancers in the US.
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NewsShine Now VoD launches on Roku set-top boxes
Shine Group wants to give more international consumers direct access to its content on a variety of digital platforms after launching VoD service Shine Now.
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NewsLA Screenings: Talent talks
Broadcast talk to the creators and executive producers of hot shows from the screenings
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NewsRaw TV lifts the lid on digital rig
Raw TV is planning to roll out an innovative digital rig it used to monitor calls and text messages for an upcoming Channel 4 documentary on other shows, according to development boss Tim Wardle.
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NewsCreative Week to weigh up 4K pros and cons
A panel of industry experts will discuss the merits of moving beyond HD during next week’s Creative Week.
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NewsC4 shores up comedy team
Channel 4 has beefed up its comedy commissioning team in an effort to improve indie relations by “significantly” reducing pitch response times.
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NewsHope for film rights as Sparke lets go of Mercury
Tim Sparke is hopeful that a new distributor will help represent Mercury Media’s catalogue of documentaries after he was forced to close his company due to illness.