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NewsBroadcasters welcome year-round US orders
Major British broadcasters have welcomed US networks’ move towards year-round commissioning, but have downplayed plans to launch all their imports on the same day as their US TX.
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NewsITV examines medical miracles
ITV is to explore “miracle” medical procedures and bad driving in factual series from Richard Klein’s team.
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NewsSky hunts funny factual formats
DOCFEST: Sky is hunting for new humorous factual formats to allow it to “tackle really difficult subjects” in a more accessible way.
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NewsJames Murdoch to give Mipcom keynote
James Murdoch, co-chief operating officer at 21st Century Fox, is to give the keynote interview at Mipcom in October.
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NewsBBC1 orders scrap yard doc
BBC1 is to go behind the scenes of the north west’s biggest scrap yard in a primetime series from Liberty Bell Productions.
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NewsAustralia's ABC plans soap performed as opera
DOCFEST: Channel 4 head of arts John Hay has labelled a soap opera hybrid commissioned by Australia’s ABC one of the most exciting projects announced at DocFest in recent years.
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NewsUKTV calls for Donut Showdown
UKTV’s Good Food has acquired pastry competition Donut Showdown from Tricon Films and Television.
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NewsBBC Wales to relocate to central Cardiff
The BBC is to move its Welsh headquarters to a smaller and less expensive location in Cardiff city centre by 2018.
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NewsITV paid student bar tab in binge drinking exposé
ITV’s production team paid the bar tab for a group of students during a Tonight investigation into binge drinking, Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsBBC could face strike over pay deal
The BBC could be faced with significant strike action after the National Union of Journalists voted to ballot for industrial action.
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NewsBBC Radio to cut 65 jobs
BBC Radio is to cut up to 65 jobs as part of a major on-going restructuring plan.
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NewsBritain's Got Talent app boosts engagement
A series of polls, quizzes and voting opportunities helped Britain’s Got Talent to record an 80% active engagement rate with its app for Saturday’s final.
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NewsLove heads to Leicester for Make Bradford British follow-up
DOCFEST: Love Productions is to follow Channel 4’s controversial 2012 documentary series Make Bradford British with a focus on “multicultural” Leicester.
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NewsBragg: ITV and C4 must up their game on religion
Television is failing to cover religious issues because commercial broadcasters are leaving it to the BBC to carry the bulk of coverage, according to Melvyn Bragg.
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NewsSky launches European football channel
Sky is to launch its seventh sports channel, billed as a home for European football.
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NewsAlan Yentob sues Trinity Mirror over phone hacking
Alan Yentob is preparing for a High Court battle with Trinity Mirror after accusing the Daily Mirror owner of hacking his phone.
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NewsDiscovery & Sky 3D explore Lost Worlds
Former Royal Marine Monty Halls will explore some of the world’s greatest natural wonders with world class climber Leo Houlding in Discovery and Sky 3D’s latest commission.
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NewsCohen frustrated over Quirke sound
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has expressed frustration and concern about the recent sound issues experienced in the BBC1 drama Quirke.
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NewsTV pays tribute to Rik Mayall
The UK television industry has paid tribute to Rik Mayall, the comedy actor who died on Monday aged 56.
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NewsC4 hunts specialist factual formats
DOCFEST: Channel 4 commissioner David Glover has claimed that the broadcaster was not “running up the white flag” in its hunt for specialist factual formats to follow Inside Nature’s Giants.