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NewsShortlist revealed for the Broadcast Digital Awards
Chekhov will go up against The Inbetweeners and Louie Spence will battle it out with Freddie Flintoff at the Broadcast Digital Awards 2011.
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NewsBellamy takes Discovery reins
Discovery Networks International has made Julian Bellamy its content supremo, handing him control of all production, development and commissioning outside of the US.
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NewsJordan pens last con as Hustle runs course
BBC1’s Hustle is coming to an end, with creator Tony Jordan writing the eighth and final series of the Kudos and Red Planet drama.
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NewsBBC turns to flagship brands for IPTV trial
The BBC is trialling IPTV projects around Dragons’ Den, Mastermind and EastEnders as it begins developing a content strategy for the platform.
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NewsSyco TV open to co-pros as Red Or Black? launches
Simon Cowell is ready to throw open the doors of Syco TV for co-pro format ideas if its first gameshow, Red Or Black?, is a success.
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NewsNo pressure for indies to co-produce, counters ITV
ITV has denied it is ratcheting up pressure on indies to co-produce with ITV Studios as part of plans to rejuvenate the production arm.
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NewsBBC Learning to boost connected content through open tenders
BBC Learning is to open more of its projects to tender as part of a new strategy to create more connected content.
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NewsBBC1 failing in coverage of developing world, IBT report claims
BBC1 is turning its back on content about the developing world, according to a report by the International Broadcasting Trust.
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NewsBBC in talks with Equity to reduce drama royalties for repeats
The BBC is in negotiations with actors’ union Equity in a bid to reduce royalty repeat fees for drama.
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NewsNorth One signs up boat man Guy for push into talent
Guy Martin, the TT motorcycle rider plucked from obscurity to front BBC1’s The Boat That Guy Built, has been signed up by indie North One Television as it kicks off a push into talent.
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Oxford Scientific’s Evans to head factual at Seneca
Alain de Botton’s Seneca Productions has recruited Oxford Scientific Films’ Joe Evans as managing director to oversee growth of the company’s factual output.
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NewsDyckhoff to bring critical eye to architecture for C4
Channel 4 is to examine how buildings affect our lives in a series fronted by architecture critic Tom Dyckhoff.
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NewsC4 fund backs indie pop singer’s online venture
Channel 4’s Alpha Fund has backed the lead singer of indie pop band Belle and Sebastian, Stuart Murdoch, for an interactive project as one of a range of investments.
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NewsE One seeks UK broadcaster for The Firm sequel
A 22-part TV reworking of John Grisham’s The Firm is up for grabs in the UK after Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Entertainment One Television teamed up to create the project.
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NewsDisney Junior revives Art Attack around the world
Classic ITV kids show Art Attack is being brought back by Disney, which will produce 12 international versions for more than 100 countries.
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NewsTitchmarsh recruits team for ITV gardening show
Alan Titchmarsh’s new ITV1 gardening series will air just before BBC2’s Gardeners’ World in the primetime Friday night schedule.
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NewsBBC News to make further 45 redundant
BBC News is to make a further 45 posts redundant, in the last year of its five year Delivering Creative Future strategy.
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NewsSome BBC executives overpaid, says Patten
Lord Patten, the new chairman of the BBC Trust, has acknowledge that some top executives at the BBC are still being paid too much.
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NewsCowell eyes X Factor move
Simon Cowell has hinted that the 2011 X Factor final could move away from Fountain Studios to an arena.
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NewsSky News breaks digital records for Royal wedding
Sky News saw 35,000 people tune into its coverage of the Royal Wedding via its iPad app, the highest viewing figure since it launched in March.