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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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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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NewsDigital sales surge for UK TV exports
The sale of digital rights generated more money for the British TV sector than new commissions in 2015/16, according to Pact’s UK Television Exports Survey.
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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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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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NewsTrump ban to affect ITN Oscar trip
ITN Productions has landed its first Oscar nomination for Watani: My Homeland, though US president Donald Trump’s refugee travel ban may prevent the film’s Syrian subjects from attending the LA ceremony.
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NewsShowdown at Realscreen
US producers and broadcasters face off in debate around falling margins and rising costs
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NewsFMUK hires C4’s Humphreys
Fremantle Media UK (FMUK) has handed Liam Humphreys control of its non-scripted indie portfolio, and will ask its labels to work together more closely under his leadership.
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NewsDiscovery and Sky agree carriage deal
Discovery and Sky have reached an 11th hour deal to keep channels including Discovery Channel, Eurosport and TLC on the pay-TV platform.
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NewsOxford Film & TV preps Hirst doc
Oxford Film and Television is to produce a documentary about Damien Hirst’s forthcoming art project Treasures From The Wreck of the Unbelievable.
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NewsC5 factual commissioner to depart
Channel 5 factual commissioner Ninder Billing is leaving the broadcaster to return to production.
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NewsGordon Ramsay returns to ITV
Gordon Ramsay is returning to ITV with a “hard-hitting” documentary series and a daytime cookery quiz, as well as a hosting stint on The Nightly Show.
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NewsMaxine Watson joins Twenty Twenty
Twenty Twenty has appointed BBC documentaries commissioner Maxine Watson as director of programmes.
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NewsEvening Standard editor joins Today programme
London Evening Standard editor Sarah Sands has been hired as editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
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NewsNetflix delves Inside British Vogue
Netflix has picked up the US rights to BBC documentary series Absolutely Fashion: Inside British Vogue after striking a deal with distributor Drive.
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NewsSky: Discovery demands £1bn for channels
Sky has revealed that Discovery is demanding £1bn for its portfolio of channels as the carriage row between the two media giants ratcheted up a level.
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NewsGinger Spice helps BBC celebrate the ‘90s
Ginger Spice Geri Horner is to feature in an Outline Productions documentary as part of the BBC’s My Generation strand.
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NewsNetflix lifts lid on unscripted strategy
Netflix plans to release at least 30 documentaries and is looking to reach “double-digit” numbers of unscripted formats in 2017.
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NewsDonna Clark to join Darlow Smithson
Donna Clark, former head of formats and features commissioning at the BBC, has joined Darlow Smithson Productions as joint managing director.
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NewsTigress scores marquee Nat Geo series
National Geographic is to explore the life of gorilla researcher Dian Fossey in a major Sigourney Weaver-narrated series from Endemol Shine’s Tigress Productions.