All BBC Worldwide articles – Page 27
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NewsUKTV share creeps past C5 & Sky
Storage Hunters UK and Dave Gorman’s Modern Life Is Goodish helped UKTV inch past Channel 5 and Sky to record its most successful year on record.
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NewsThe top 20 news stories of 2015
Jeremy Clarkson’s suspension, Danny Cohen’s exit from the BBC and ITV’s swoop for the Voice were among the most-read articles of the year.
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NewsOfcom opens door for BBC Studios
The launch of BBC Studios is likely to benefit viewers but could result in “tension” for the corporation’s commissioners, according to an Ofcom report.
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NewsBBC promotes Postgate to lead technology division
BBC Engineering boss Matthew Postage has been appointed chief technology officer of the corporation’s newly-merged technology division.
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NewsTop Gear exec Lisa Clark steps down
Top Gear executive producer Lisa Clark is to leave the rebooted motoring format after just five months in the role.
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NewsObjective unveils fact-ent label
All3Media indie Objective Productions has taken the wraps off its factual entertainment label, headed up by former Sky entertainment commissioner Deborah Sargeant.
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NewsUS network AXS lands Hoff The Record
US cable network AXS has picked up Dave’s mockumentary Hoff The Record.
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Behind The ScenesDickensian, BBC1
On a vast Victorian street set in a warehouse in west London, James Rampton hears how Red Planet took a light-footed approach to its rummage through Charles Dickens’ brain
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Behind The ScenesWar and Peace, BBC1
At more than 1,400 pages, adapting War And Peace as a six-part drama was not for the fainthearted. Olly Grant meets the director, producer and crew charged with bringing the epic story to life
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NewsBBCW invests in George Clarke indie
BBC Worldwide has taken a 25% stake in George Clarke’s Amazing Productions.
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NewsBBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra music boss to join Spotify
BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra head of music George Ergatoudis will join Spotify next year to lead its in-house music curation strategy and content programming for the UK.
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NewsBig Brother exec Wrigley launches indie
Former Big Brother executive producer Ruth Wrigley has partnered with ex-BBC Worldwide talent chief William Miller to launch an indie.
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Features2015 Review: distributors round-up
British scripted series were in demand in the US, which also took bets on UK factual and entertainment shows, while Amazon flexed its muscles and Virgin re-entered the ring.
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NewsBBC Brit back in for content
BBC Worldwide has bolstered its male-skewing channel BBC Brit with two major series and an updated commissioning brief.
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NewsITV and BBC in war of words
Tensions between ITV and the BBC were aggravated again this week, as the UK’s two biggest public service broadcasters exchanged barbs over charter renewal.
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NewsPeter Salmon reveals timetable for BBC Studios plan
Peter Salmon has set out the BBC’s preferred timetable for commercialising its in-house production division and accepted that its shows could be tendered out in the future.
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NewsAdam Crozier: merge BBC2 and BBC4
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has urged the BBC to stay calm during charter renewal debate, while suggesting a range of efficiency proposals including merging BBC2 and BBC4.
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NewsFox to remake You're Back In The Room
US network Fox is to remake Tuesday’s Child-produced hypnotism format You’re Back In The Room.
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NewsArchive experts set up indie Dog And Duck Films
The archive producers of Senna and 7/7: One Day In London have joined forces to launch a production company and archive research firm.
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NewsAmazon deal boosts Lookout
Lookout Point’s ambitions to move into creative production were handed a boost this week after Amazon picked up its first original project, Parisian fashion drama The Collection.