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NewsTinopolis buys US indie Magical Elves
Tinopolis has beaten off competition from rivals including ITV to acquire Magical Elves, the US producer of food format Top Chef.
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NewsSky lands Danish drama The Legacy
Sky Arts has snapped up The Legacy (Arvingerne), the latest Danish drama from the makers of The Killing and Borgen.
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NewsLondon Live orders drag queen doc
Local TV operator London Live has ordered an eight part series about the capital’s drag scene from multiplatform producer The Connected Set.
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NewsRadioCentre appoints chief executive
Commercial radio trade body RadioCentre has appointed Siobhan Kenny as chief executive and issued a call for entries for its 19th awards.
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NewsSomethin' Else targets branded content
Production company Somethin’ Else has handed equity stakes to two advertising agency execs as it tightens its focus on branded content.
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NewsBBC editorial values course open to indies
The BBC Academy is to launch a crash course on the corporation’s editorial values that will also be available to ndependent producers and freelancers.
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NewsBT Sport adds 500,000 subscribers
BT Sport piled on half a million customers in the final three months of 2013 as its subscription base grew to 2.5m.
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NewsBBC World Service commercial plans progress
The BBC looks set to push ahead with plans to further commercialise the World Service despite concern among MPs that it could jeopardise the independence of the unit’s output.
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NewsTax break brings £150m to UK
The high-end drama tax breaks have helped attract £150m of foreign investment in the UK industry, according to the latest figures from the British Film Institute.
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NewsArri unveils Amira price and spec
Arri has announced pricing details for its documentary-style camera the Amira.
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NewsFremantleMedia in All3Media takeover talks
FremantleMedia is understood to be in takeover talks to buy rival super-indie All3Media for in excess of £500m.
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NewsSky renews HBO deal as operating profits dip 8%
Sky has forged a coproduction deal with HBO to develop new drama series and the businesses have renewed their UK exclusivity deal for a further five years.
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NewsNew Media Partners to evaluate DPP performance
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has appointed consultancy firm New Media Partners to assess the cross-broadcaster group’s performance.
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NewsSony launches pay-as-you-go licensing deals
Sony has launched pay-as-you-go software licensing agreements for a selection of its cameras for the first time.
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NewsCPL developing controversial dating format for C4
Channel 4 is in the early stages of developing a controversial Danish dating format in which strangers get married after meeting each other for the first time.
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NewsStill Open All Hours secures BBC1 series
BBC1 is to keep Still Open All Hours in business, committing to a full series after the successful update of the 1970s comedy at Christmas.
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NewsBBC Arabic ‘civil war’ runs up £65,000 bill
The BBC has spent more than £65,000 on legal wrangles with staff at BBC Arabic, according to figures seen by Broadcast.
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NewsCDN puts diversity pledges to test
The Creative Diversity Network (CDN) is on the brink of unveiling a monitoring service that will assess how the major broadcasters’ are performing against their diversity targets – and compared with each other – for the first time.
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NewsBBCW reaches out to digital start-ups
BBC Worldwide has kicked off its third annual Labs initiative, designed to forge ties with emerging digital start-ups.
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NewsITV reveals major Sky channel
ITV’s deal with Sky to launch drama channel Encore represents its most significant move in the pay- TV space in more than a decade.