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NewsDigital radio listening breaks 50% barrier
Rajar: The last three months have seen more than half of the UK’s adult population listen to radio via digital platforms for the first time, as 28m tuned in.
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NewsTravel Channel heads to Freeview
Travel Channel has launched a primetime programming block on Freeview to grow its reach to a further 23m homes.
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NewsC4's Run sprints to Hulu
Hulu has acquired London drama Run as it increases the number of UK series that it offers its subscribers.
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NewsITVS hires Impossible's Tim Haines
ITV Studios has hired Impossible Pictures’ creative director and Primeval co-creator Tim Haines to head up a new drama unit.
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NewsFirst-look competition heats up
Competition for British content is intensifying as global distributors put a greater focus on beating their UK counterparts to first-look deals with indies.
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NewsImagem sets up film and TV venture with ex-EMI exec
Music publisher Imagem is forming a joint venture focused on film and TV with former EMI Music Publishing executive vice-president Jonathan Channon.
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NewsVice hires Franses to become fully fledged indie
Vice has effectively become an indie after hiring Nutopia cofounder Laura Franses to ramp up its television business.
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NewsCineflix steps back from drama
Cineflix is gearing up for a new phase in which it eschews highcost drama programming for a focus on unscripted content.
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NewsCTV orders 4K-ready truck for England cricket on Sky
CTV has ordered a 4K-ready outside broadcast vehicle to cover England’s home cricket internationals for Sky Sports.
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NewsBBC to adapt The Great Escape
The BBC is developing a TV series based on iconic Steve McQueen film The Great Escape.
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NewsBT Sport to ramp up web presence after launch
BT Sport’s website will launch with a simple proposition before being ramped up to include innovative features such as multicamera streaming of events.
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NewsC4 ties in digital developers
Channel 4 has guaranteed digital agencies Numiko and Rckt £100,000 of business each in the next 12 months to improve its online programme support.
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NewsCohen scraps BBC4 controller
The role of BBC4 controller has been formally scrapped and will be replaced with a channel editor.
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NewsITV indie deals to yield £100m
ITV’s indie acquisition spree is set to boost its turnover by as much as £100m this year as it bids to become a serious global player in the production sector.
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NewsTwitter links up with Kantar to offer TV insight
Twitter has struck a partnership with audience measurement firm Kantar Media to provide broadcasters with information about how their shows are being talked about online.
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NewsChannel 5 calls in the RSPCA
Channel 5 has ordered a 10 x 30-minute documentary series from Middlechild Productions that follows a group of RSPCA workers who protect dogs from abusive owners and unscrupulous breeders.
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NewsSky in PSB talks over retransmission fees
BSkyB is hoping to hammer out commercial agreements with each of the public service broadcasters in a bid to defuse the row over retransmission fees.
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NewsUniversity makes strides in HDR development
IBC 2013: Researchers at Warwick University claim to have made a significant step in High Dynamic Range (HDR) by developing a £325,000 camera system comprising two DSLRs.
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NewsNick Grimshaw halts R1 breakfast show slide
Rajar: Nick Grimshaw halted his BBC Radio 1 breakfast show slide as Radio 4 pulled in a record 11m weekly listeners.
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NewsO'Connell adds 1.5m to Absolute ahead of sale
Rajar: Every national commercial radio breakfast show made gains over the past three months, with Absolute’s Christian O’Connell Show breaking 1.5m listeners for the first time.