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ITV1 orders Sweeney doc
ITV1 is rejigging North One’s Unforgettable strand with a documentary about classic TV series The Sweeney.
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NewsMcLaren launches animation unit with Hamilton/Button toon
Formula 1’s McLaren Group has launched an animation unit and secured its first commission from Sky Sports F1 featuring Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.
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NewsCBBC sketch show to feature Brian Butterfield
Peter Serafinowicz creation Brian Butterfield is to make his children’s TV debut in a new CBBC sketch series from the co-creators of Horrible Histories.
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NewsNoel Edmonds to front BBC1 pilot
Noel Edmonds could return to BBC1’s Saturday night line-up for the first time in 13 years with an entertainment show about celebrity bodyguards.
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NewsSamsung adds ITV Player
Samsung will become the first manufacturer to have ITV Player available on its connected TVs, through the manufacturer’s TV app store.
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RatingsDynamo reappears with 1.2m
Dynamo: Magician Impossible returned for a new series on Watch and conjured up the highest ever overnights for the UKTV-owned channel.
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NewsBBC launches editorial standards course on UGC
The BBC Academy is launching a new media-led editorial standards course that will teach staffers and indies about issues such as verifying user-generated content.
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NewsBBC1 nets Match of the Day 2
BBC1 has poached Match of the Day 2 from BBC2 as a result of the increased number of Premier League games being played on Sunday.
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NewsKeo orders widen talent pool
Keo Films has secured a raft of commissions for the BBC and Channel 4, and recruited Twenty Twenty’s head of factual and entertainment as head of development.
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NewsProgramming over politics as Entwistle lands top job
The BBC Trust has appointed George Entwistle as director general, a move that should ensure programme-making will not play second fiddle to politics at the corporation.
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NewsStoryvault hires Sky’s Morley for development role
Storyvault Films has hired Sky factual commissioning editor Bernadette Morley as its head of development.
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NewsChallenges loom for new DG
George Entwistle has proved his editorial credentials and must now step up to become a powerful public and political leader of the BBC.
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NewsTaylor meets indies to prepare for CBBC
Cheryl Taylor is to begin meeting kids’ indies ahead of starting as CBBC controller later this summer, to ensure a smooth transition from comedy commissioning.
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NewsDani’s House becomes a Castle for CBBC spin-off
CBBC talent Dani Harmer is to graduate from Dani’s House to Dani’s Castle in a spin-off comedy series for the channel.
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NewsNorth One lines up gadget man Fry for C4 tech series
The Gadget Show producer North One is to extend its expertise in the genre for a new Channel 4 series that will be fronted by technophile Stephen Fry.
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NewsC4 working on 20 entertainment ideas in genre overhaul
Channel 4 is developing around 20 entertainment projects after receiving 250 pitches on the back of its wide-ranging brief to overhaul the genre earlier this year.
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NewsBBC2 explores servants’ lives ‘real Downton Abbey’
BBC2 has ordered a factual series that aims to portray the real Downton Abbey, lifting the lid on the true relationship between servants and their masters over history.
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NewsJeremy Hunt outlines challenges for Entwistle
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has welcomed George Entwistle’s appointment as BBC director-general and highlighted two challenges that lay ahead.
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NewsITN to axe 15 jobs on ITV London news
ITN plans to make more than a third of staff on ITV London news redundant as part of a major cost cutting exercise.
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NewsYouView launches in UK
YouView set-top boxes are to go on sale by the end of July for £299 as the broadcasters’ delayed £70m connected TV service was officially unveiled today.