All News articles – Page 1889
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NewsBroadcasters told: ‘Be braver on green issues’
UK broadcasters must be “braver” in tackling climate change issues and communicating commissioning opportunities for environmental programming more clearly, according to a report.
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NewsDazed & Confused sets up online video strand
Publisher Dazed & Confused is kicking off a year-long online video strand, Visionaries, featuring content from the likes of actor and director James Franco, photographer Rankin and Warp Records.
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NewsBaldwin gets Dragon backing
Dan Baldwin is to establish a production company with Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones after his departure from Talkback was revealed last week.
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NewsSplash Media sinks into administration
Splash Media, the indie run by Strictly Come Dancing commissioner Jane Lush, has fallen into administration after failing to win enough commissions.
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NewsITV shoots for Rising Star
ITV is buying Israeli musical talent competition Rising Star as its next big entertainment show.
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NewsFormer Daybreak editor returns to ITN
Former ITV News At Ten programme editor Ian Rumsey has returned to ITN to become head of topical programmes at the company’s production arm.
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NewsLynda La Plante’s UK indie shuts
Prime Suspect creator Lynda La Plante has shut down her UK production company La Plante Productions.
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NewsBBC2 orders canine gameshow for Sport Relief
BBC2 has commissioned a canine gameshow for next year’s Sport Relief.
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NewsVM boss backs VoD and fibre
Virgin Media chief executive Tom Mockridge has restated that high-speed broadband is at the heart of the business and revealed plans to ramp up VoD services.
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NewsC5 to launch free-to-air repeats channel 5 Later
Channel 5 is preparing to launch a free-to-air channel repeating shows from the main channel – similar to Channel 4’s 4Seven.
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NewsTV and film fail on diversity
BBC commissioning editor for religion Aaqil Ahmed has said the UK TV and film industries should be “ashamed” of the decline in BAME representation across the creative media.
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NewsBBC2 to tell story of Messiah
BBC2 has commissioned a drama documentary from Reef Television about Handel’s Messiah.
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NewsJohn McCririck loses C4 tribunal
Racing pundit John McCririck has lost his £3m age discrimination tribunal against Channel 4 and IMG Media - but the judgement heavily criticised evidence given by Jay Hunt.
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NewsUnions threaten to strike over BBC bullying
The BBC unions have threatened to ballot for strike action after claiming that staff have “little or no confidence” in the way the corporation is tackling bullying.
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NewsCohen calls for more diverse workforce
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has called for the TV industry to become more diverse in a number of areas.
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NewsITV launches I'm a Celeb... companion site
ITV is to launch a companion site featuring real-time polls to support the 13th I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! series.
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NewsITV's The Day Kennedy Died goes global
ITV documentary The Day Kennedy Died has been sold around the world by Cineflix Rights.
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NewsSky 1 postpones final Moaning of Life
Sky1 has postponed the final episode of Karl Pilkington’s travel series The Moaning of Life as a result of the Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
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NewsAd agencies count cost of ITV and Sky's football loss
ITV and Sky are set to lose around £40m and £10m respectively in annual advertising revenue following their loss of UEFA rights to BT - with execs warning that ITV4 could be hit particularly hard.
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NewsEndemol invests £25m in online channels
Endemol is to invest £25m in multi-channel network (MCN) Endemol Beyond as it ramps up its international online video operations.