All articles by Catherine Neilan – Page 60
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NewsKidsCo gears up for personal VoD launch
International children’s broadcaster KidsCo is preparing to roll out a tailored TV video-on-demand service.
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NewsScott Free to co-produce Philip K Dick sci-fi classic for BBC1
Almost 30 years on from Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott is to return to the works of Philip K Dick for a major BBC1 drama series.
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NewsBBC Learning management is restructured
The BBC is restructuring the senior management team of its Learning division, hiring a new head of commissioning and creative director and culling two roles.
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NewsUnions delay action as BBC revises offer
The BBC could still be hit by strikes later this month, while unions have warned members to prepare for a long fight to see any further improvement in the BBC’s proposals for pension reform.
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NewsStephenson seeking ‘serious’ BBC3 drama
BBC3 is looking for “seriousminded” single drama to complement its documentary output, the broadcaster’s controller of drama commissioning has said.
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NewsBBC Midlands staff may strike over alleged bullying
Staff at BBC Midlands Today have passed a vote of no confidence against acting editor Mark Hayman and head of regional programmes Cath Hearne.
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Survival docu-drama greenlit by Animal Planet
MIPCOM: Animal Planet has greenlit an additional season of Darlow Smithson’s docu-drama I Shouldn’t Be Alive.
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NewsSky Arts gets satisfaction with Rolling Stones film
Sky Arts has bought the UK rights to a feature-length film of the Rolling Stones during part of the band’s 1972 tour of America.
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NewsTwofour54 takes Driver Dan to Arabia
Indie production house twofour54 has inked a deal with Baraem TV, the pre-school arm of Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC), to air the Arabic language production of its CBeebies series Driver Dan’s Story Train.
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NewsPact: British exports grow 9%
International sales of British programmes increased 9% last year, with finished programmes accounting for more than 40% of the increase, Pact research has shown.
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NewsStrictly hits the road
The BBC is taking Strictly Come Dancing out on the road with a series of events taking place at BBC big screens up and down the country throughout October.
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NewsThompson: new pension proposal 'final position'
The latest proposal for pension reform put forward by the BBC is a “final position”, the director general Mark Thompson has told staff.
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NewsBBC pensions strike suspended
The unions have called off next week’s planned strike over BBC pensions, saying the corporation had made an improved offer.
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NewsThompson announces exec pension cuts
The BBC is to cut pension supplement payments to executives, Mark Thompson has told staff today.
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NewsBBC loses athletics rights to C4
The BBC has stressed it is committed to producing coverage of athletics “up to and beyond London 2012”, despite Channel 4 snatching the rights to air the World Athletics event in 2011 and 2013.
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NewsDCD Media on verge of snapping up Steadfast
Super-indie DCD Media is on the brink of buying Steadfast and has appointed its chairman, Charles Thompson, as creative director of its new division, DCD Factual.
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NewsBBC to push boundaries to improve LGB portrayal
The BBC is largely succeeding in its portrayal of gay men - but is let down by its depiction of lesbians and bisexuals, a study based on 10,000 responses has suggested.
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NewsBragg to explore film history of Britain for BBC2
Melvyn Bragg is to front a BBC2 daytime history series that will look back at how life in Britain used to be through film collections and archives.
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CommentDownton Abbey / DCI Banks
Catherine Neilan and Chris Curtis give their verdict on two of the week’s new shows.
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NewsSam Mendes to work on BBC Shakespeare season
Sam Mendes, Jane Campion and Sir David Hare have been signed up by the BBC’s controller of drama Ben Stephenson to work on dramas for its autumn/winter season.