All articles by Chris Curtis – Page 56
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NewsSony Entertainment Television secures Virgin carriage
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks has struck a UK carriage deal for its Sony Entertainment Television channel with Virgin Media.
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NewsTime Warner back in for Endemol
Time Warner is ready to pay €1bn in cash for Endemol, which is itself focused on restructuring its €2bn of debt.
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NewsIndies in frame to run first 20 local TV licences
Preston, Grimsby and Swansea are among 20 locations earmarked by Ofcom as the first to receive a local TV licence – and the government will consult on allowing indies to run them.
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NewsChannelFlip deal puts classic clips on YouTube
Online video broadcaster ChannelFlip has struck a deal with European film distributor Studio Canal that will give it access to shortform clips of 2,500 classic titles.
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NewsEdgar-Jones takes Sky entertainment reins
Sky has snapped up former Big Brother executive producer Phil Edgar-Jones to become head of entertainment just a few weeks after he quit Running Bare.
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NewsC5 adds channels on Freesat
Channel 5 is adding a raft of multichannel and +1 options to its portfolio on Freesat.
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NewsChorion completes Mr Men sale
IP firm Chorion will turn its attention to finding a buyer for Agatha Christie and other key brands after sealing the sale of Mr Men to Hello Kitty owner Sanrio.
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NewsEight hires to reinvent The Garden
The Garden is ramping up the scale of its ambition by making eight appointments, tripling its core team.
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NewsFilmFlex set for 2012 move into TV content
White-label VoD supplier FilmFlex is set to offer TV content for the first time next year, according to chief executive Jeff Henry.
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Directors UK opens to wider membership
Directors UK is opening its membership to directors beyond TV and film for the first time.
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NewsBBC bosses: local radio DQF cuts not set in stone
The BBC’s Mark Thompson and Caroline Thomson have both indicated the corporation could rethink DQF plans to cut local radio services.
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NewsGeoff Hill named 5 News editor
CNN International director of coverage Geoff Hill will be the launch editor for 5 News under ITN.
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NewsAnt & Dec renew ITV deal; Takeaway to return
ITV has secured Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly for a further two years and will revive Saturday Night Takeaway, which has been on hiatus since 2009.
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NewsConcerned C5 News staff attend ITN briefing
ITN’s John Hardie and Channel 5’s Andrew O’Connell have met with C5 News staff to reassure them about their future – but there are concerns about the level of resource they will be given and their ability to produce distinctive stories.
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NewsStructured reality to get own Bafta category
Reality and constructed factual is to get its own Bafta category category as part of a reworking of the Bafta TV Awards.
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NewsABC pulls out of BBC2 drama over casting
Australia’s ABC has pulled out of BBC2’s Jane Campion co-production Top of the Lake because of the decision to cast Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss in the lead role.
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NewsSalt Beef to grow Friday Download brand
Salt Beef hopes to turn CBBC show Friday Download into a fully-fledged brand after winning a 13-part recommission for the youth magazine show.
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CommentIs VoD finally coming of age?
Netflix may find it hard going in the UK, but the market is developing.
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NewsOfcom clears Sri Lanka's Killing Fields doc
C4 head of news and current affairs Dorothy Byrne has hailed ITN Production’s journalism and the broadcaster’s “meticulous legal and compliance scrutiny” after Ofcom rejected almost 120 complaints about Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields.
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NewsNetflix to hit UK in early 2012
Subscription video-on-demand service Netflix, which has 25 million members across the US, Canada and Latin America, will launch in the UK and Ireland early next year.