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NewsFremantle eyes digital future
Fremantle Media is focusing on a digital future and searching for long-term replacements for its bigticket entertainment formats as it moves on from the departure of international boss David Ellender.
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News‘Big picture’ needs women
Al Jazeera and CNN show that females can cover more than lifestyle issues, says Lis Howell
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NewsBBC Production’s Younge quits for ‘fresh challenge’
Pat Younge is stepping down from his role as chief creative officer of BBC in-house production.
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NewsBBC raises diversity targets
The BBC has set itself “stretching” new diversity targets and will ramp up the pressure on individual divisions to hit them, after falling short of its goals for 2012.
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NewsBase79 appoints content chief to lead expansion
Online video network Base79 will focus on international expansion, managing growth and brand relationships following YouTube executive Patrick Walker’s appointment as chief content officer.
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NewsCore Media stalks Scandi super-indie
Core Media, the owner of American Idol-producer 19 Entertainment, has joined the race to buy Scandinavian super-indie Nice Entertainment Group.
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NewsFreesat grows by 145,000 homes
Free-to-air satellite TV platform Freesat has added 145,000 customers in the last 12 months to take its total base to 1.8m homes.
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NewsNUJ slams ITV regional news cuts
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has launched a scathing attack on ITV’s plans to cut its regional news coverage - branding the move a “major blow to public broadcasting”.
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NewsCall The Midwife exec develops ABC drama
Call The Midwife producer Tara Cook has teamed up with Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes to develop a legal drama for US network ABC.
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NewsBBCW takes Prince Harry to China
Prince Harry is headed to China after Twofour Rights struck a deal with BBC Worldwide for Harry’s Mountain Heroes.
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NewsTalkTalk adds 160k YouView homes
TalkTalk has added 160,000 subscribers to its YouView service, taking its total TV base to just under 400,000.
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NewsYouTube revives Knightmare
Classic CITV show Knightmare is returning for a one-off online special as part of YouTube’s Geek Week.
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NewsBBC baby coverage draws complaints
The BBC’s coverage of the royal baby’s birth riled nearly 380 viewers - with the majority complaining that there was too much of the news filling the airwaves.
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NewsRain Post duo sentenced for film tax fraud
The former chief operating officer of defunct facility Rain Post has been jailed for his part in a £5m film tax fraud.
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NewsTurner builds Lego bridge
Cartoon Network and The Lego Group have forged a partnership to produce a series of animated shorts, mobile game and building toy.
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NewsSky loses three execs in factual commissioning shake-up
Sky has completed the second stage of its factual and factual entertainment commissioning restructure, resulting in the departure of three execs including Clare Handford.
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NewsTLC adopts scripted with Surviving The In-Laws
US network TLC is moving into scripted content for the first time with the order of Surviving The In-Laws.
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NewsBBC America boards Atlantis
BBC America is to air Atlantis, the fantasy drama from the creators of Merlin and Misfits.
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NewsWhale doc Blackfish surfaces on Netflix
Killer whale documentary Blackfish has been picked up in the UK by Netflix after it struck a deal with distributor Doogwoof.
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NewsPBS buys more Mr Selfridge
US public broadcaster PBS has picked up the second series of British period drama Mr Selfridge.