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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 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.
The Walking Dead resurrected by C5
Channel 5 is to resurrect The Walking Dead after successful lobbying from fans of the zombie drama.
Amazon to pilot Spotnitz drama
Amazon is piloting an adaptation of Philip K Dick’s novel The Man In The High Castle from Greenbird-backed UK indie Big Light Productions.
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.
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.
Unions demand BBC News external recruitment freeze
Bectu, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Unite have called on BBC News to only consider internal candidates for the latest crop of vacancies to counter the impact of imminent redundancies.
Cake buys back majority stake
Kids producer Cake Entertainment has bought back the majority stake in the business acquired by Spanish indie Zinkia.
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”.
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.
Wish-lists: ITV execs reveal priorities
ITV commissioners Richard Klein, Elaine Bedell, Helen Warner, Paul Mortimer and Steve November revealed their wish-lists at ITV’s annual Producers’ Forum earlier this week.
MTV UK trials Tunepics app for Geordie Shore
MTV UK is trialling fledgling mobile social network Tunepics for the current series of Geordie Shore.
Barcroft sets sights on MCN
Barcroft Media will invest hundreds of thousands of pounds into developing a premium multichannel network (MCN) after commissioning its first presenter-led YouTube series.
BBC First eyes scripted drama
BBC Worldwide chief executive Tim Davie has revealed that global drama channel BBC First will offer UK indies major scripted opportunities after its launch this summer.
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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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MCN Videojug eyes comedy
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S4C sport show to integrate Blurrt Twitter data
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Broadcast Awards 2015 - open for entries
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BBCW faces production challenge
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BBC Productions eyes ‘creative headroom’
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BBC to meet C4 to discuss technology proposals
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BSkyB sells ITV stake to Liberty Global for £481m
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Trust: BBC3 lags behind online rivals
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BBC News to cut 415 jobs
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Ratings
Secret Life of Students pulls 500k
THURSDAY: Channel 4’s The Secret Life of Students and Channel 5’s Black Market Britain endured disappointing climaxes as the Commonwealth Games grabbed the lion’s share of the peak time audience.
TV Critics
TV Critics: Diamond Geezers and Gold Dealers; The Honourable Woman; Penguin Post Office
“A film that was little more than a space-filler.”
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
Be flexible to retain talent
TV can do more to stop talented women leaving the industry just when they reach their creative peak, says Kate Beal
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
