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NewsReport: BBC to concede talent pay to secure board independence
Culture secretary Karen Bradley is reported to have struck a deal with the BBC which will force the corporation to publish talent salaries well below the £450,000 threshold already agreed.
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NewsSorrell: C4 privatisation is a 'good thing'
WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell has claimed that the privatisation of Channel 4 would be “a good thing” for the industry.
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NewsC4 brings back Trigger Happy TV
Dom Joly’s Trigger Happy TV is to return later this month after Channel 4 ordered a short-form reboot of the hidden camera show.
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NewsHall, Hunt and Purnell lead RTS conference line-up
Tony Hall will share the stage with C4’s Jay Hunt, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, BBC’s James Purnell and Sky Atlantic’s Zai Bennett at the Royal Television Socety’s London Conference later this month.
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NewsKirkham confirmed as BBC factual boss
Back In Time For Dinner commissioner Alison Kirkham has been confirmed as the BBC’s head of factual commissioning, more than a year after being installed in the role on a temporary basis.
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NewsIcelandic noir Case heads to Walter Presents
Channel 4’s foreign language streaming service Walter Presents has acquired Red Arrow International’s Icelandic crime drama Case.
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NewsMagic Light lands BBC1 Christmas animation
Magic Light Pictures is adapting Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s children’s book The Highway Rat for BBC1.
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NewsSky shifts gear for VR drive
Sky has kicked off an ambitious push into commissioning virtual reality (VR) content as the BBC maintains a watching brief on consumer appetite for the format.
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NewsBroadcast Commissioning Forum lines up first speakers
ITV entertainment chief Siobhan Greene will discuss the search for big-ticket entertainment hits as a keynote speaker at this year’s Broadcast Commissioning Forum.
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NewsBBC Worldwide fund backs 20 shows
BBC Worldwide is developing 20 non-scripted projects as part of its Paper to Pitch fund and has backed its first commission.
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NewsJulie Walters hops aboard C4 railway travelogue
Julie Walters is fronting her first factual series in 17 years after Channel 4 ordered a four-part railway travelogue.
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NewsMTV seeks extreme ideas and big personalities
Geordie Shore and Ex On The Beach broadcaster MTV is looking for “bigger cast members and more and more extreme situations”, but producers warned of the health and safety risks associated with reality TV.
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NewsChannel 4 refreshes Crystal Maze
RDF-backed entertainment indie Fizz is to make its reboot of cult Channel 4 gameshow The Crystal Maze “relevant and refreshed” for a younger generation.
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NewsNHU set for transformation
The BBC’s Natural History Unit is to become more “entrepreneurial” under the leadership of Julian Hector as it prepares to make programmes for third-party broadcasters for the first time.
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NewsNetflix sparks kids’ resurgence
Netflix’s push into live-action kids’ programming has triggered a “complete resurgence” in the genre, according to Lime Pictures boss Kate Little.
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NewsAnt and Dec 'on brink' of signing ITV deal
Ant and Dec are on the brink of renewing their three-year contract with ITV, according to reports.
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NewsUnions concerned over ITV pension plans
Three key broadcasting unions Bectu, the NUJ and Unite have hit back at ITV’s proposed changes to its defined benefits pension scheme.
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NewsC5 swoops for Formula E rights
Channel 5 has swooped to pick up the rights to Formula E after ITV decided not to renew its contract to broadcast the emerging motorsport.
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NewsRivera resurfaces as Eurosport digital chief
Former BBC digital chief Ralph Rivera has been appointed as managing director of Eurosport’s digital division.
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NewsTRX appoints deputy chief exec
TRX, the online distribution platform which recently received backing from Sky and Channel 4’s Growth Fund, has appointed Juliette Squair as its deputy chief executive.