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Watch summons Objective magician
Psychological illusionist Katherine Mills is to perform mentalism and magic on Watch after the channel ordered an Objective Productions format.
Diane Coyle fails to make Trust shortlist
The acting chair of the BBC Trust, Diane Coyle, has failed to make the shortlist for the full-time position.
MTV returns to Ex On The Beach
MTV has renewed Whizz Kid’s dating series Ex on The Beach for a second series.
Plummer-Andrews preps 'smiley' emoticon series
The emoticon is to be transformed into a TV star after former CBBC chief Theresa Plummer-Andrews teamed up with French indie OuiDo Productions.
Celia Taylor lands Sky promotion
Sky head of factual Celia Taylor has had her role expanded to include responsibility for entertainment commissioning at the broadcaster.
Tulisa Contostavlos to reveal all in BBC3 film
Tulisa Contostavlos will open up about her Sun on Sunday sting in intimate detail for a BBC3 documentary next week.
ITVBe launch date revealed
ITV’s female-skewing, free-to-air channel ITVBe is to launch on 8 October.
C4 News digital head joins Newsbeat
Channel 4 News’ multiplatform head Anna Doble plans to take Radio 1 Newsbeat to the “next level” when she joins the BBC music station later this year.
Prince George doc travels the world
Prince George is to travel the world after DRG sold an ITN-produced documentary to a slew of international broadcasters.
Dharmash Mistry joins BBC board
The co-founder of beauty business Blow, Dharmash Mistry, has been hired as the BBC’s sixth non-executive director.
Netflix eyes local indie relationships
Netflix is to increase its focus on local producer relationships as it continues with its international expansion plans.
Bectu to meet Danny Cohen over BBC Prods proposal
Bectu is to meet with BBC boss Danny Cohen next week following the broadcaster’s decision to scrap in-house programming quotas.
Sky lands Love in first indie deal
Sky has confirmed a deal to buy 70% of Love Productions and is understood to have the option to acquire the remainder of the company after a period of several years.
Appreciation for all BBC TV channels falls
The BBC’s main television channels have all posted declines in audience appreciation and reach as Delivering Quality First (DQF) began to bite, according to new figures.
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C4 Education orders youth-skewing slate
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BBC cuts payoffs to £25m
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Indies improve BBC WoCC performance
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Sky News' MH17 coverage receives 120 complaints
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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 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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BBC 'must do more for young and diverse audiences'
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Watch reveals Formats Lab pilots
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Surge in indie digital income
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Bectu seeks meeting with DG over BBC plans
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The Garden lands access double
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BBC in battle to avoid strike during Games
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Immigration to get Benefits Street treatment
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Amazon Prime to chase UK first-run acquisitions
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BBC3 brings back C4’s Fulfords for doc series
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Watch cleans up with Bin There, Dump That
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ITV's High Noon wins US gameshow
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BBC Store hunts boss ahead of Simon Danker exit
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Time Warner rejects $80bn Fox takeover
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BBC to quadruple disabled talent levels
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Trevor McDonald meets mafia for ITV
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Ofcom hits Discovery with £100k fine
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Comedy Central debuts Sky Living show
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Union strikes to disrupt BBC Commonweath Games coverage
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Danny Cohen signals major terms of trade shakeup
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BBC culture committee hearing
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Creative industries fund 300 BAME interns
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BBC rejects subscription model
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C4 orders classical music drink & drugs doc
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IWC Media hires formats boss
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Jeremy Dear sets up indie following Pioneer exit
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Simon Shaps exits Core Media
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Arqiva, Bauer & UTV team for DAB bid
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The Garden observes London dogs for C4
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BBC appoints director of audiences
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Silverkite eyes Canadian copros
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C4 forced to defend Utopia opener
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Done + Dusted preps Red Nose Day US
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Power to the Pixel deadline extended
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Ratings
Long Lost Family locates 4.6m
MONDAY: ITV’s Long Lost Family saw off competition from John Bishop’s Australia on BBC1 to win the 9pm slot, while Channel 4’s Royal Marines doc held steady.
TV Critics
TV Critics: Sir Chris Hoy: How to Win Gold; 100 Seconds to Beat the World; Hive Alive; The Mindy Project
“How to Win Gold was such a fascinating and well-made piece of television that it even had me hooked.”
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
BBC faces some tough questions
How the corporation tackles them could decide its future direction, says Chris Curtis
Podcast
Talking TV: BBC quotas & Secret Life of Students
This week Talking TV focuses on the BBC’s proposal to scrap its quota system - and goes behind the digital rig of Channel 4’s Secret Life Of Students.
