All BBC Worldwide articles – Page 49
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NewsMark Freeland lands senior BBC Productions role
Comedy exec Mark Freeland has been named BBC Productions controller of fiction & entertainment and will head up the corporation’s in-house drama, entertainment and comedy teams.
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NewsBBC2 buys Coast Australia
The Coast format is to come full circle after the Australian version of the factual series was picked up by BBC2.
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NewsBBCW lifts lid on male channel
BBC Worldwide’s Tracy Forsyth has revealed detailed plans for the company’s forthcoming male-skewing channel, which will be the key focus of its push on original content.
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Features2013: Big deals for British TV
From sporting battles and controversial content funding to indie buyouts and UK tax credits
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CommentOur Alternative Awards go to...
Broadcast picks the winners in the categories that really matter
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Features2013: Boom time for distributors
In a big year for drama, and with new platforms hungry for content, 2013 was a busy time
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NewsLovefilm in talks to revive Ripper Street
The BBC is in talks with Lovefilm to bring back Ripper Street following the cancellation of the crime drama.
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NewsBBC Trust's targets for corporation to be revealed
The BBC Trust will be more transparent about the targets it sets the corporation and hold it to account more robustly as a result of the payoffs debacle earlier this year.
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NewsSir Howard Stringer to join BBC executive board
Former Sony Corporation chief executive Sir Howard Stringer is to become part of a bolstered group of BBC non-executive directors following the payoffs debacle last year.
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NewsPanorama: Comic Relief's investments 'risk reputation’
Comic Relief has been accused of “risking its reputation” after Panorama revealed that the charity’s revenue-generating investments have ended up in the hands of alcohol, arms and tobacco companies.
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NewsSky Vision and Fremantle in exec swap
Sky Vision has poached Fremantle Media executive Niki Page while former Sky exec Angela Neillis has joined the RTL-owned producer and distributor.
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CommentChallenging and complicated – but with huge rewards
Britespark creative director Nick Godwin’s trip to China
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NewsUK signs culture deal with China
British indies looking to expand in China have received a boost after the UK government struck an agreement with Chinese authorities to boost cooperation in the TV business.
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NewsBBC preps Laurel and Hardy biopic
BBC has ordered a biopic of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy produced by the BBC’s comedy arm and Harvey Weinstein’s US indie.
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NewsBlakeway to teach China about branding
Chinese broadcaster CCTV has ordered an eight-part documentary series from UK indie Blakeway Productions.
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The Broadcast InterviewAdam Macdonald, Sky 1
The Sky 1 controller wants a schedule to ‘quicken the pulses of viewers’
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NewsBattle begins for Broadcast Awards 2014
Indies Big Talk Productions and Twofour lead the nominations for the Broadcast Awards 2014 after being shortlisted in multiple categories, including Best Independent Production Company.
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NewsBrian Cox heads BBC science orders
Professor Brian Cox is to explore humans’ place in the universe while Dragonfly has secured access to an Australian wildfire-fighting service, as part of a raft of BBC2 and BBC4 science orders.
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NewsAll3Media set to take Gogglebox to China
Gogglebox is to be remade in China after All3Media International closed a deal with local broadcaster Jiangsu Satellite TV.
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FeaturesNorthern Ireland: Derry
Indies in the city have grown in confidence under the spotlight of the UK City of Culture.