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Top Gear 'racial term' breaks Ofcom rules
Ofcom has found Top Gear in breach of its regulations for using a “pejorative racial term” in its Burma special episode.
BFI: high-end TV spend hits £395m
More than 40 TV productions with a total UK spend of almost £400m benefited from the high-end TV tax break in its first year.
Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones launch Endemol indie
Former Zeppotron managing director Annabel Jones has joined forces with long term collaborator Charlie Brooker to launch an Endemol-owned scripted indie.
BBC1 to explore childhood holidays with Raise The Roof
Glasgow-based indie Raise the Roof is to delve into celebrities’ childhood holiday memories for a BBC1 daytime series.
Fargo adaptation to return to C4
Channel 4 has acquired the second series of Fargo after the dark drama was renewed by US cable network FX.
VIDEO: ITV Drama trailer
ITV has unveiled its latest drama trailer with clips from forthcoming scripted series including Cilla, Chasing Shadows, Grantchester and The Great Fire.
Sky ups investment in virtual reality firm
BSkyB has increased its investment in Jaunt, a Silicon Valley business that enables virtual reality technology to be applied to live-action programming.
Sky Europe programming budget pegged at £4.6bn
BSkyB will collectively commission original content across Italy and Germany as part of the creation of Sky Europe with a total programming budget of £4.6 billion.
London Live bids to radically reduce local content
London Live wants to radically reduce its commitment to primetime local programming under plans submitted to Ofcom.
Sky completes Euro mega-merger
BSkyB has completed a deal to create Sky Europe, bringing together Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland in a multi-billion pound deal.
US reality television Code of Conduct proposed
A New York city councillor has appealed for broadcasters and production companies to adhere to a code of conduct to improve working conditions for reality television producers and writers.
Ten Alps secures £300k investment
Ten Alps’ shareholders have ploughed £300,000 into the company for “business development and general working capital requirements”.
Analyst: Sky Europe a takeover target
BSkyB’s creation of a pan-regional European pay-TV giant have increased the chances of the company being acquired by telcos such as Vodafone, according to analysts.
E4 draws record youth audience
E4 achieved its best-ever share of 16-34 year-old viewers over the first half of 2014 on the back of US imports and original shows, such as Made in Chelsea.
Cake buys back majority stake
Kids producer Cake Entertainment has bought back the majority stake in the business acquired by Spanish indie Zinkia.
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The Walking Dead resurrected by C5
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Amazon to pilot Spotnitz drama
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Unions demand BBC News external recruitment freeze
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Wish-lists: ITV execs reveal priorities
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MTV UK trials Tunepics app for Geordie Shore
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Barcroft sets sights on MCN
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BBC First eyes scripted drama
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ITV to poll indies over diversity
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E4 takes Bad Robots to series
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Jane Lush returns to TV with Bruce Forsyth
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ITV challenges indies to shoot for football gap
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King Bert eyes ent push following BBCW tie-up
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BBC3 vision being finalised
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Unions ready to fight BBC over news redundancies
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BBC to hire champion for disabled talent
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Love develops projects for new stakeholder Sky
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BBC distribution team to join Future Media
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MTV returns to Ex On The Beach
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BBC Savile costs swell to £7m
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Diane Coyle fails to make Trust shortlist
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The X Factor UK heads to Asia
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Rondo wins S4C sports magazine
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Love tackles local Immigration Street concerns
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BBC develops Sebastian Faulks screenplay
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Plummer-Andrews preps 'smiley' emoticon series
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Watch summons Objective magician
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Curtis Brown agent strikes Endemol indie deal
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Conroy joins ITV drama
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Sky Sports News revamps ahead of Premier League season
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Tulisa Contostavlos to reveal all in BBC3 film
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Dharmash Mistry joins BBC board
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Netflix eyes local indie relationships
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Bectu to meet Danny Cohen over BBC Prods proposal
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Celia Taylor lands Sky promotion
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ITVBe launch date revealed
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Prince George doc travels the world
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Video: Intruders
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C4 News digital head joins Newsbeat
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Miranda and David Walliams strike BBCW deal
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Challenge Fund: Skillset tells industry to ‘use it or lose it’
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Trust: BBC is back on its feet
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BBCW contributions to BBC rise £20m
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Barcroft preps debut YouTube show
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Newsnight names Evan Davis as Paxman replacement
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C4 Education orders youth-skewing slate
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Sky lands Love in first indie deal
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BBC cuts payoffs to £25m
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Appreciation for all BBC TV channels falls
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Indies improve BBC WoCC performance
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Sky News' MH17 coverage receives 120 complaints
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C4 launches Singer Takes It All app
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Sky Living ob-doc tracks billionaires
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BBCW scores Indian commissions
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Ofcom names Hollyoaks most violent soap
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Fremantle promotes Chris O'Dell
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BBC pay strike cancelled
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Amazon to remake Mad Dogs
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Sewing Bee heads to Denmark's TV2
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Robert Marsh to chair BCMA
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Microsoft to shut Xbox Entertainment Studios
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C4 orders fast turnaround on flight MH17 tragedy
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BBC in-house fallout continues
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BBC culls in-house Panorama team
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Broadcast Awards 2015 - open for entries
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S4C sport show to integrate Blurrt Twitter data
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Ratings
Red Arrows doc soars to 2.4m
SUNDAY: BBC2’s documentary about the Red Arrows transported 2.4m as Channel 4’s The Mill dipped by 200,000 from last week’s opener.
TV Critics
TV Critics: Tom’s Fantastic Floating Home; Child Genius; Red Arrows: Inside The Bubble
“He appeared to go through life as if constantly nibbling a giant Wonka bar”
BROADCAST INTERVIEW
Ben de Pear, Channel 4 News
The managing editor discusses increasing the number of women experts and leading the way on BAME representation.
The Editor
Podcast
Talking TV: BBC and Love Productions
The latest edition of Talking TV runs the rule over the BBC Trust’s television services review and Sky’s 70% stake in Love Productions.
Opinion
The uphill battle of targeting male viewers
The loss of more than 100 hours of football represents an immense problem for ITV
Digital Edition
Digital Edition: Broadcast TECH
The July/August issue contains a creative review masterclass, an interview with Quantel chief executive Ray Cross and a look at how the BBC is moving its radio stations to a centralised kit model
