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NewsIn brief: A+E Networks; Sky; Somethin' Else; Arrow Media
New hires for A+E Networks and Somethin’ Else as Sky expands its online video offering.
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NewsBBCW ties with Snapchat for Planet Earth push
BBC Worldwide is to launch a series of Planet Earth II ‘shows’ on Snapchat ahead of the programme’s North American premiere.
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NewsOfcom raps C5 for Can't Pay? cursing
Ofcom has rapped Channel 5 over an episode of Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away after receiving three complaints about frequent offensive language broadcast shortly after the watershed.
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NewsBelgium shows head to Walter Presents
Channel 4’s foreign-language drama service Walter Presents has acquired a pair of Belgian crime titles from Attraction Distribution.
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RatingsUllman fails to capitalise on primetime slot
WEEKEND: Tracey Ullman failed to capitalise on her primetime slot as Celebrity Big Brother bowed out with a series average below 2m.
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NewsBBC Studios exec joins revamped C5 production arm
BBC Studios’ Jeff Anderson has joined Channel 5’s revamped in-house production arm Elephant House Studios as director of factual.
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Behind The ScenesThe Accused, Channel 5
Insight of a trial of a mother accused of failing to protect her baby from a violent assault by her boyfriend.
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NewsBishop lands Nightly Show gig
John Bishop is the latest star booked by ITV to present a week of the forthcoming The Nightly Show, which was piloted with Joe Lycett and Katherine Ryan at the helm.
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RatingsThe Jump and Good Karma Hospital launch well
SUNDAY: The Jump returned with a peak of almost 3m as ITV’s Good Karma Hotel launched neck-and-neck with the third episode of BBC1’s Apple Tree Yard.
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NewsCDN opens diversity awards
The Creative Diversity Network has issued a call for entries for its 2017 television diversity awards.
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CommentPSBs must open up their platforms
If TV is to thrive in the digital era, broadcasters need to take bold steps, says Nick Walters
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FeaturesRedefining children’s TV
Do the likes of Child Genius, Gogglesprogs and the Educating… strand fulfil C4’s PSB remit or do they represent a ‘get out of jail free’ card for the broadcaster?
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NewsBroadcast's Pick of the Week
Fake news and warm-bath drama are top of the agenda for Channel 4 and ITV respectively, while there will be plenty of nervous contestants ahead of the return of 4’s The Jump. Broadcast previews the week ahead.
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NewsMore details emerge of ITV's The Nightly Show
The tone and ideas for items for ITV’s upcoming chatshow format The Nightly Show have been revealed via casting calls to the public.
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NewsCITV shake-up in spotlight
The loss of a dedicated children’s commissioner in last year’s restructure is a concern for producers in the genre, but ITV insists it’s business as usual.
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Video2017 entertainment on Channel 5
Lip Sync Battle and Alex Polizzi’s Secret Spain are among the shows set to air in the year ahead.
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NewsExodus refugee thanks the BBC
Syrian refugee Hassan Akkad, who filmed his perilous journey to the UK as part of Keo Films’ Exodus documentary series, has thanked the BBC for giving him the chance to tell his story.
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NewsThe Box snares ITVS digital chief
ITV Studios digital entertainment chief Athena Witter has joined The Box Plus Network to strengthen its original content offering.
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NewsTimeline TV Moment of the Year: Planet Earth II
Planet Earth II’s footage of newly-hatched marine iguanas escaping racer snakes was voted the Timeline TV Moment of the Year by guests at the Broadcast Awards 2017.
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FeaturesBoost for kids’ production
A government plan to give children’s programming a share of a contestable funding pot has met with cautious optimism, but questions remain over how it will work.