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NewsMultichannel commissions reach £600m
UK multichannel broadcasters spent just short of £600m on original commissions last year, helped by new entrants such as Fox and Lifetime.
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NewsBodyshockers gets second run
Channel 4 will revisit the debate about body modification after commissioning another series of Bodyshockers.
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NewsBBC2 boards Windfall train doc
BBC2 is taking a look behind-the-scenes at London’s new £15billion railway Crossrail.
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NewsBBC expenses claims fall 15%
BBC senior manager expenses fell 15% year-on-year in the final three months of 2013 – as comedy boss Shane Allen spent £120 on cupcakes for staff.
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NewsBBC1 orders CPL daytime quiz
BBC1 has beefed up its daytime slate with a CPL Productions gameshow, hosted by Shane Richie.
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NewsPact: make the BBC a publisher broadcaster
Pact chief executive John McVay has argued that the BBC should drop all of its in-house guarantees and become a “publisher broadcaster”.
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NewsSky1 orders first fixed rig series
Sky 1 has ordered its first fixed-rig ob-doc series as part of drive to shake up its weekday 8pm slot.
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NewsUtopia writer hints at third series
Utopia writer Dennis Kelly has hinted at a third run for the cult show after claiming it was “always intended” to be a returning series.
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NewsBBC2 tracks down Animal Movers
BBC2 will take a walk on the wild side in a 2 x 60-minute series exploring the transportation of rare and dangerous animals around the world.
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NewsBBC testing facial coding technology on TV viewers
BBC Worldwide has begun testing facial coding technology that can measure how viewers are responding to television programmes.
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News24 Hours in A&E moves hospital
Channel 4 has bulk ordered another 30 episodes of 24 Hours in A&E and will move the show out of King’s College Hospital and into a new emergency care unit.
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NewsPhil Neville’s co-commentary draws complaints
Phil Neville’s co-commentary during England’s opening World Cup match against Italy has received hundreds of complaints.
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NewsVictory wins National Lottery gameshow
Sony Pictures’ Victory Television has scooped a BBC1 National Lottery gameshow that sees contestants choose their own prizes.
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NewsMartha Kearney brings bees to BBC2
Journalist Martha Kearney is transporting her love of bees to BBC2 with a documentary produced by Impossible Factual.
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NewsBBC to launch music awards show
BBC1 is planning to launch a music awards show to rival the Brits later this year in collaboration with Radio 1 and Radio 2.
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NewsITV's Thunderbirds remake heads down under
ITV’s big-budget remake of Thunderbirds is to launch in Australia after the broadcaster’s sales arm closed its first international licensing deal.
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NewsTLC rapped over Honey Boo Boo profanities
TLC has been rapped by Ofcom after airing an episode of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo before the watershed that included a slew of profanities.
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NewsSky hires banks for Euro mega-merger
Sky’s plans to create a European mega-broadcaster have moved a step closer after the pay-TV operator engaged investment banks Morgan Stanley and Barclays to help with the complex transaction.
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NewsSlater & Gardner receive Queen's Birthday honours
BBC Sport director Barbara Slater and Julie Gardner, the producer who helped revive Doctor Who, have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours.
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NewsCulture secretary eyes BBC licence fee overhaul
Culture secretary Sajid Javid has hinted that the BBC licence fee will be overhauled during charter renewal negotiations next year to reflect changing viewing habits.