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Room 414 on hold as Ackerman parts with Predictable
Room 414 founder Richard Ackerman has left Sebastian Scott’s Predictable Media production hub.
Comic Relief hits the bullseye with Zeppotron
Charity event Comic Relief is to include pro-celebrity darts next year after the BBC ordered a tournament from Zeppotron.
Sky 1 orders kids debate contest
Sky 1 is to follow inner-city school debating teams for an eight-part documentary series from Educating Yorkshire producer Twofour.
Cineflix plans third-party content push
Cineflix Rights is planning to increase the amount of third-party content it distributes after acquiring two British-made series.
BBC expands BAME talent scheme
The BBC Academy has added extra dates to its Expert Voices: BAME Talent programme to extend its reach.
Creative Skillset launches bursary scheme
Around 900 professionals from a range of diverse backgrounds will receive training bursaries of up to £1,600 under Creative Skillset’s Diversity Fund.
Lord Coe out of BBC Trust race
Lord Sebastian Coe has ruled himself out of the race to become the next BBC Trust chair.
Gordon Ramsay's daughter fronts CBBC series
Gordon Ramsay’s daughter is to front a CBBC cookery series produced by the celebrity chef’s indie One Potato Two Potato.
Passion brings in BBCW formats chief
BBC Worldwide exec Elin Thomas has joined Passion Distribution as global head of sales.
Bal Samra lands beefed up role
BBC commercial director Bal Samra has been handed a beefed up role with responsibility for the broadcaster’s business partnerships, spend management and global and digital developments.
BBC Trust expenses drop 10% year-on-year
The BBC Trust’s expenses claims have dropped by 10% year-on-year in the six months from October to March 2014.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Top Gear 'racial term' breaks Ofcom rules
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VIDEO: ITV Drama trailer
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BFI: high-end TV spend hits £395m
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Sky Europe programming budget pegged at £4.6bn
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London Live bids to radically reduce local content
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Sky completes Euro mega-merger
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US reality television Code of Conduct proposed
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Ten Alps secures £300k investment
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Analyst: Sky Europe a takeover target
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E4 draws record youth audience
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Cake buys back majority stake
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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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Tulisa & Blinging Up Baby docs perform solidly
MONDAY: Channel 5 and BBC3 performed solidly with tabloid TV documentaries Blinging Up Baby and Tulisa: The Price of Fame.
TV Critics
TV Critics: Children of Syria; Timeshift; Blinging Up Baby
“It’s not an easy watch. Doucet’s commentary is weighed down with tragedy and horror, an artillery barrage of gloom”
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
Cutting the cost of training
Initiatives like the John Brabourne Awards can kickstart broadcasting careers, says Richard Wilson
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
