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NewsBBCW signs deal to provide in-flight channels for BA
British Airways passengers will be able to watch BBC shows on four branded channels from December following a deal with BBC Worldwide.
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NewsSky adds 3D magic to Christmas comedy short
Sky is filming one of its Little Crackers comedy shorts in 3D as it bids to add a dose of “magical realism” to the show.
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NewsWorld Service faces overhaul
The director of BBC Global News, Peter Horrocks, has told World Service staff they must adopt “the most radical way of working in any international news operation in the world” to cope with cuts of £67m - to its current budget.
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NewsSony set for Sky EPG slot in move into UK market
Sony Pictures Television is poised to move into the UK linear channel market for the first time and is on the brink of a deal to buy a Sky EPG slot.
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NewsBBC to create digital ‘laboratory’
The BBC is planning to modernise how it develops scripted content by creating a “laboratory” designed to test out the next generation of digital and TV formats.
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NewsHim And Her returns for a second series on BBC3
BBC3 has commissioned a second series of comedy Him And Her - the most successful sitcom launched on the channel to date.
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NewsIndies worried by cull of BBC multiplatform list
The BBC is culling its list of more than 300 approved digital suppliers to a dedicated roster of 30 tech companies – a move that is adding to indies’ fears of investment in multiplatform projects being stifled.
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NewsC4 sets aside £2m for YouView revolution
Channel 4 is putting £2m up for grabs for content designed for YouView and other connected TV services, and is hunting for three new multiplatform commissioners.
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NewsBin Weevils kids’ site in major content push
Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon are to distribute 200 hours of on demand content as a social video service on kids’ virtual 3D world Bin Weevils.
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NewsBBC2 takes a look around town in Coast follow-up
BBC2 has ordered Towns, a four part documentary that is being touted as a potential follow-up to long-running series Coast.
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Being... N-Dubz set for second outing on C4
Members of N-Dubz are to open up their lives for a second series and a Christmas special of their Peep Show-style Channel 4 format.
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NewsRadio 3 boosted by Proms coverage
RAJARS: BBC Radio 3 added almost 300,000 listeners in the last quarter, boosted by its extensive coverage of every Prom event from the Royal Albert Hall.
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NewsS4C to cut 40 jobs, commissions budget by 10%
Some 40 positions will be cut at S4C over the next two years, and potentially “hundreds of jobs in the independent sector” could go as a result of the government-imposed cuts, the broadcaster has confirmed.
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NewsITV orders motorsport doc
ITV is to examine the lives of motorsport legends James Hunt and Barry Sheene for a special documentary.
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NewsC5 pays off £1m Shine debt
Channel 5 has paid Shine Group the £1m it owed the super-indie for entertainment show Don’t Stop Believing.
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NewsBrooke to rejoin Channel 4
Dan Brooke, previously managing director of Discovery UK and indie Rare Day, is to become Channel 4’s first director of marketing, communications and corporate relations.
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NewsVirgin adds 100,000 Sky content subscribers
Virgin Media’s revenues have grown to £978m in the three months to the end of September, boosted by the addition of 52,000 Sky Sports or Movies subscribers since August.
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NewsBBC orders online spin off of Being Human
The BBC’s Drama Multiplatform division has commissioned an online spin off of the BBC3 drama Being Human.
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NewsViewers urged to boycott licence fee over S4C
The Welsh Language Society (Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg) is urging viewers to boycott the licence fee in response to the government’s decision to bring national broadcaster S4C under the BBC’s remit.
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NewsITV to air Take That documentary
ITV has secured the exclusive international rights to premiere a documentary on pop group Take That.