All News articles – Page 1805
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NewsViacom set for £450m deal to buy C5
Viacom, owner of MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, is poised to announce the acquisition of Channel 5 for £450m.
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NewsBBC U-turn on bullying dispute mediation
The BBC is rethinking its approach to workplace bullying and harassment just a year after introducing a raft of measures aimed at tackling the issue.
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NewsKeo inks deal with Content for scripted slate
River Cottage producer Keo Films is moving into scripted production and has struck a first-look deal with distributor Content Television to sell its new content globally.
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NewsChannel 5 takes on Angry Britain
Channel 5 has ordered a six-part series which will make use of user-generated footage to show ordinary members of the public losing their temper.
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NewsBBC3 heads to Successville for hybrid show pilot
BBC3 is piloting a hybrid comedy entertainment murder mystery show where a celebrity must guess the identity of a killer in a fictional world.
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NewsFreelancers offered career shadowing opportunity
Television freelancers will be offered the opportunity to broaden their skillsets under a new BBC Academy scheme which opens for business today.
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NewsNew Eleventh Hour team wins ITV order
Eleventh Hour Films has won its first commission from ITV since expanding its senior creative team.
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NewsMeredith Chambers completes move to Electric Ray
Twenty Twenty creative director Meredith Chambers’ move to join Karl Warner at Electric Ray was completed this week as the fledgling indie revealed a host of paid developments.
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NewsIndies make inroads in China
UK indies believe China could quickly become a lucrative international market after Pact led a delegation to the first Sino-British Television Programme Innovation Management Summit in Xiamen on the south-east coast of China.
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NewsPrey writer to pen BBC1 1970s F1 drama
The writer of ITV thriller Prey has begun work on an ambitious Mad Men-esque BBC1 drama set in the world of Formula 1 in the 1970s.
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NewsFresh One reveals next phase of MCN masterplan
Fresh One Productions is eyeing the launch of a YouTube channel dedicated to nurturing new talent.
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NewsSimon Cowell targets online format
Syco Entertainment’s next major online project will be “bigger and better” than anything the company has produced for television.
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NewsC4 eyes co-pros with China
Channel 4 is to open its doors to international co-productions with Chinese broadcasters and producers for the first time.
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NewsBBC reveals digital plans for Newsbeat
Radio 1’s Newsbeat will be used to help provide digitally led news for young people if BBC3 moves online next year, according to James Harding.
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NewsOfcom criticises subtitling standards
The UK’s major broadcasters are failing to meet best practice guidelines when providing subtitles for the live programming.
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NewsEleven preps Jesus drama for Fox
UK indie Eleven Film has secured the writer of Gladiator for its first US project - a coming-of-age drama centred on Jesus.
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NewsTablets on par with PCs for iPlayer
BBC iPlayer viewing from tablets has equalled PC-based access for the first time – with both platforms generating over 70m monthly requests.
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NewsPact to return to China in 2015
The Pact-organised trade mission to China is set to become an annual event after the trade body agreed a deal to return to the country in 2015.
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NewsSequence Post adds two new recruits
Sequence Post has recruited Maggie Maciejczek as online editor and technical manager and Luke Gagin as post producer.
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NewsDunlop Goodrich teams up with Clear Cut
Creative agency Dunlop Goodrich has moved into the Bloomsbury offices of post-production company Clear Cut Pictures.