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NewsNetflix tests pay-per-user pricing
Netflix is testing a new pricing model which allows multiple users to login simultaneously to a single account from a variety of devices.
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NewsBBC hints at commissioning quota overhaul
The BBC has hinted at a shake-up of its commissioning quotas as it bids to keep pace with changes in the UK production industry.
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NewsGovernment amends rules governing kids on TV
Broadcasters and indies have welcomed an update to a 50-year-old law that will make it simpler for children to appear in TV shows.
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NewsDesmond mulls Channel 5 sale
Northern & Shell is considering a sale of Channel 5, as owner Richard Desmond mulls cashing in on the broadcaster’s turnaround.
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NewsFive stories you may have missed at Christmas
Broadcast’s round-up of some of the television stories you may have missed over the Christmas period.
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NewsOpen Mike's Addison Cresswell dies
Open Mike Productions owner and influential comedy agent Addison Cresswell has died at the age of 53.
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NewsBroadcast Top 20 of 2013
Stories about Channel 4 were among the most-read of the year. Click through to see what else proved popular in 2013.
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NewsBroadcast Top 10 Features
Broadchurch, Educating Yorkshire, Steven Moffat and Jimmy Mulville. Click through to read the pick of the year’s Behind the Scenes and The Broadcast Interview.
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NewsXbox to investigate mass burial of ET videogame
Man on Wire producer Simon Chinn is excavating a landfill site containing millions of unsold Atari videogames in a documentary for Xbox.
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NewsYellow House strikes CCTV deal
Kids producer Yellow House English has secured a deal with Chinese broadcaster CCTV to air its animated TV series Baby Beetles across the country.
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NewsThe Dales cancelled by ITV
ITV’s Adrian Edmondson-fronted factual brand The Dales will not return for a fourth series.
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NewsThe 10 most read technology & facilities stories of 2013
From SIS Live’s exit from the OB market to BBC S&PP’s decision to pull out of central London, closures top our list of this year’s most-read stories
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NewsAnimal Planet joins C4 on Nile walk
Discovery Networks’ Animal Planet has partnered with Channel 4 on its ambitious documentary Walking The Nile.
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NewsCBBC debuts first show on iPlayer
BBC iPlayer requests in November were up by over a quarter year-on-year - as CBBC revealed plans to debut comedy drama series 4 O’Clock Club via the VoD service.
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NewsThe Office opens in the Czech Republic
Ricky Gervais comedy The Office is poised for its latest remake - this time in the Czech Republic.
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NewsBBC DMI bosses collected £18,000 in bonuses
The BBC paid senior managers overseeing the failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI) £18,000 in bonuses, it has emerged.
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NewsR4 political chief slams BBC portrayals of disability
BBC Radio 4’s chief political correspondent Gary O’Donoghue has criticised the corporation’s drama output for allowing actors to effectively “black up” to play people with disabilities.
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NewsDynamo heads to BBC1
BBC1 has snapped up the rights to air some of the first series of Watch’s hit magic show Dynamo: Magician Impossible.