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NewsSky to overhaul ‘rules of engagement’
Sky is to overhaul its ‘rules of engagement’ with the indie community after receiving feedback from more than 100 production companies.
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NewsSky commissioning performance: how does it compare?
Indies want clearer lines of communication, more marketing support and quicker response rates in their dealings with Sky, according to the broadcaster’s first commissioning survey.
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NewsTwo awards for Gogglebox and Broadchurch
ITV drama Broadchurch and Channel 4’s Gogglebox took home two awards apiece at the Broadcast Awards 2014.
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NewsBroadcast Awards 2014: winners in full
Click through for the full list of winners in the Broadcast Awards 2014.
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NewsBBC to be more transparent on distribution
The BBC has committed to being more transparent about the cost of transmitting its television, radio and online services after its distribution bill hit £233m last year.
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NewsAnansi Boys developed by BBC
The BBC is developing an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel Anansi Boys with Red Production Company.
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NewsNightmare Neighbours invited into C5
Channel 5 is to explore some of the UK’s most extreme disputes between neighbours in a six-part series from Flame Television.
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NewsVice makes C4 & Pulse hires
Multiplatform content producer Vice has appointed Fried Chicken Shop developer Max Gogarty, and Channel 4 docs commissioning editor Lina Prestwood to bolster its growing production team.
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NewsUKTV gets Cold Justice from Dick Wolf
UKTV has acquired two series of real-life crime series Cold Justice, which is produced by Law & Order creator Dick Wolf.
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NewsBBC’s Sean Hancock joins Fremantle
BBC entertainment commissioner Sean Hancock is to join FremantleMedia North America to help lead its unscripted programming.
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NewsYouView funding under threat
YouView’s broadcaster shareholders, including the BBC, are considering reducing their investment in the IPTV service as funding renegotiations gather pace.
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NewsC4 signs up 10m registered users
Channel 4 has signed up 10m people to its online viewer database, including half of the UK’s 16-24 year olds, as it prepares to use the data to inform its commissioning process.
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NewsC4 takes comedy pilots to series
Channel 4 has earmarked Caitlin Moran’s comedy Raised By Wolves and unaired pilot Scrotal Recall for full series.
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NewsITV staff accept pay offer
ITV’s unionised staff have voted overwhelming in favour of the company’s latest pay offer.
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NewsMPs scrutinise Fincham's BBC payoff
A group of MPs has called on the BBC to provide more answers about the £500,000 payoff former BBC1 boss Peter Fincham received in 2007.
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NewsTalkTalk targets 1m YouView subs
TalkTalk expects to have signed up almost 1m TV subscribers to its YouView service by the end of March after adding 175,000 homes during the previous quarter.
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NewsBBC delves into shopping addiction
BBC1 is to explore the world of shopping addiction in a one-off documentary produced by Twofour.
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NewsLords warn against BBC top-slicing
The government must resist growing pressure to carve up the BBC licence fee during charter renewal negotiations, according to an influential group of peers.
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NewsMark Thompson apologises for DMI
Former BBC director general Mark Thompson has apologised to MPs for the £100m Digital Media Initiative (DMI) fiasco on another gloomy afternoon for the corporation.
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NewsC5 News appoints deputy editor
Channel 5 News executive Cait Fitzsimons has been promoted to deputy editor of the bulletin.