All articles by Ben Dowell – Page 2
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NewsScottish MSPs' furious with BBC over cuts inquiry
Scottish MSP’s are reportedly furious with the BBC for refusing to send executives to appear in person before its own broadcasting inquiry.
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NewsBBC and Sky unwrap Christmas schedules
The BBC has announced that Christmas specials of BBC1 dramas Call the Midwife and Doctor Who will be among its Christmas highlights.
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NewsBritish Museum launches on BT Vision
The British Museum has become the first non-traditional broadcaster to launch a VoD service via BT Vision.
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NewsMTV heads back down to The Valleys
MTV has commisioned a second series of Cardiff-based structured reality show The Valleys from indie True North.
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NewsYour View sues YouView over brand name
Total Ltd, a Gloucestershire based telecoms company is instituting High Court proceedings against YouView after a successful High Court ruling last month that the YouView brand name is confusingly similar to its existing Your View brand.
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NewsBBC Trustee "indignant" at Entwistle payoff
BBC Trustee Anthony Fry has spoken of his “moral indignation” at the size of former DG George Entwistle’s payoff but claimed that he had no choice but to recommend the award to Trust chair Lord Patten.
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NewsTrust steps up hunt for DG
The BBC Trust is meeting today (Thursday) for the 12th time in less than six weeks with the appointment of a new director general top of its agenda.
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NewsPollard caught in legal mire
The BBC’s report into why Newsnight’s Jimmy Savile investigation was dropped looks set to be delayed until next month amid legal wrangles at the Pollard Review.
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NewsBBC4 orders emergency aid film
BBC Four has commissioned a feature length documentary from Wall to Wall exploring the history of emergency aid and the current challenges facing the fundraising and distribution of disaster relief.
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NewsBBCW strikes record deal with Al Jazeera
BBC Worldwide has sold more than 180 hours of content to the Al Jazeera Children’s Channel, the biggest ever deal between the broadcaster and the distributor.
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NewsBroadcast to be published by new company MBI
B2B magazine publisher Top Right Group has agreed an approach from managing director Conor Dignam to run Emap’s three main media brands including Broadcast as a standalone entity.
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NewsBeActive launches mobile app
Multiplatform production company BeActive has launched a smartphone and tablet app giving users to access to its audio-visual content.
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NewsHBO lining up partners for Nordic streaming service
HBO is in talks with leading Scandinavian producers about potentially co-producing bespoke non-English-language dramas for its new Scandinavian streaming service.
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FeaturesShared DNA – or Euro pudding?
In Geneva earlier this month, the cream of European drama producers met at Festival Tous Ecrans – the festival of all screens – to exchange ideas and thrash out an answer to this question.
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Warner heads to Scandinavia for Good Food
UKTV pay channel Good Food has commissioned a 10 x 30-minute cookery travel series from Rockabox Media, fronted by chef Valentine Warner.
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NewsOxford and Birmingham local TV licences awarded
Ofcom has rubber-stamped the local TV licences for Oxford and Birmingham, bringing the total number of awards to eleven.
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NewsWarner Bros buys sound post specialist De Lane Lea
UK post-production house De Lane Lea has been bought by Warner Bros Studios Leavesden (WBSL).
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NewsPact issues manifesto for overseas growth
Pact is refocusing its energies on the international market with the publication of a new manifesto that focuses on maintaining the indie production sector’s success abroad.
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NewsFour Rooms moves into daytime as C4 beefs up schedule
Channel 4 is to move antiques series Four Rooms into daytime as it bolsters its off-peak schedule with three new commissions including impressionist Rory Bremner fronting a gameshow for the first time.
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NewsC4 orders full Man Down series from Avalon
Avalon Television has been commissioned to make a full 6 x 30-minute series of Greg Davies comedy Man Down, which was piloted by Channel 4 earlier this year.