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    Motors TV signs up to Arqiva's Connect TV service

    2014-03-03T11:11:00Z

    Motors TV has joined Arqiva’s Connect TV service, which enables broadcasters to combine content delivered on the terrestrial broadcast network alongside IP-delivered content and present it on a single channel number in the Freeview EPG.

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    Claire McGrane to head up digital team at Company 3

    2014-03-03T11:10:00Z

    Company 3 has hired former Framestore producer Claire McGrane to head up its digital intermediary team.

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    Susanna Reid joins revamped ITV breakfast show

    2014-03-03T10:47:00Z

    ITV has confirmed that Susanna Reid will join the broadcaster to host a revamped breakfast show titled Good Morning Britain.

  • Richard Desmond
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    Discovery and Viacom bid for C5

    2014-03-03T10:12:00Z

    Discovery, MTV-owner Viacom and UKTV-backer Scripps Network are among the companies battling to acquire Channel 5.

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    Dave reads more Crackanory

    2014-03-03T09:01:00Z

    Dave is set for another batch of quirky storytelling after it recommissioned Tiger Aspect’s Crackanory.

  • Cesar 911
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    US writers union blasts ITV Studios

    2014-02-28T17:20:00Z

    The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) has accused ITV Studios America of depriving around 150 writers and producers of up to $30,000 a year in overtime pay on its unscripted programmes including National Geographic’s Cesar 911 and A&E’s The First 48.

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    C5 snaps up Ironside

    2014-02-28T16:57:00Z

    Channel 5 has acquired the cancelled Blair Underwood-fronted reboot of cop drama Ironside.

  • Doreen Lawrence
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    Doreen Lawrence praises broadcasters

    2014-02-28T16:47:00Z

    Baroness Doreen Lawrence has given her blessing to the way in which broadcasters have handled their coverage of her son Stephen’s murder over the last 20 years.  

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    BBC to open Top Gear talks

    2014-02-28T13:33:00Z

    The BBC is poised to open talks with hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May over another long-term deal for Top Gear.

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    C4 hunts for Ultimate Dealer

    2014-02-28T13:08:00Z

    Channel 4 is searching for the ultimate wheeler dealer with its latest commission, a 15-part daytime series from IWC Media.

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    Sky drops BBC retransmission fees

    2014-02-28T12:49:00Z

    Sky is to drop the retransmission fees it charges the BBC and ITV after agreeing fresh terms with both broadcasters.

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    Matt Lucas indie makes senior hires

    2014-02-28T12:46:00Z

    The Voice UK production executive Roz Pound and Maverick Television development executive Phil Tredinnick have been hired by Matt Lucas’ John Stanley Productions.

  • Jane Garvey
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    Radio 4 leads BPG nominations

    2014-02-28T12:45:00Z

    BBC Radio 4 has dominated the 40th Broadcasting Press Guild Awards with four nominations for best radio programme.

  • Baroness Floella Benjamin
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    NFTS 2014 gala to focus on diversity

    2014-02-28T12:45:00Z

    The National Film and Television School’s 2014 fundraising Gala will attempt to improve diversity in the film, TV and gaming industries.

  • Pind og Holdt i USA
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    ITV buys Danish indie United

    2014-02-28T10:31:00Z

    ITV has acquired Danish indie United as it continues to snap up global production companies.

  • George Dixon
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    Dixon departs RTE for BBCW

    2014-02-28T10:09:00Z

    George Dixon is to join BBC Worldwide to oversee commissioning across its international channels after leaving Irish public broadcaster RTÉ.

  • David Walliams
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    BBC signs Agatha Christie deal

    2014-02-28T09:40:00Z

    The BBC has signed a deal with the Agatha Christie estate to return the author to the “pantheon of truly great British writers” on the 125th anniversary of her birth through a range of new dramas.

  • Gary Lineker
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    Cohen: Match of the Day must be more diverse

    2014-02-28T09:00:00Z

    BBC director of television Danny Cohen is set to make Match of the Day the next target of his diversity mission after banning all-male comedy panel shows.

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    BBC Store gets greenlight from Trust

    2014-02-27T18:03:00Z

    The BBC’s plans to launch a download-to-own portal for archive programming have taken a step forward after being approved by the BBC Trust.

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    BBC charter renewal talks set for 2015

    2014-02-27T15:37:00Z

    Formal charter renewal negotiations are unlikely to begin in earnest until after the general election in 2015, it has emerged.