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NewsThird time lucky for The Syndicate
Kay Mellor’s Rollem Productions has been recommissioned to make a third series of The Syndicate, which will return to BBC1 in 2015.
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NewsOfcom: no relief for BT over Sky Sports
Sky Sports will not be available via BT’s YouView service for the start of the Premier League season after Ofcom refused to grant the telco interim relief.
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NewsVirgin Media plugs 155,000 into TiVo
Virgin Media added 155,000 TiVo homes over its latest financial quarter, its first set of results since the business was acquired by Liberty Global.
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NewsThe Inbetweeners Movie 2 confirmed
The creative team behind 2011 box office smash The Inbetweeners Movie have confirmed that a second movie is in production and will be released in cinemas across the UK & Ireland early August 2014.
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NewsBBC staff weary of change, Hall warned
Tony Hall has been warned that he may encounter ‘change fatigue’ among the BBC’s 20,000 staff if he attempts to radically overhaul the corporation’s structures.
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NewsFox to remake Broadchurch for US
US network Fox is to remake Kudos’ hit ITV crime drama Broadchurch.
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NewsTravel Channel heads to Freeview
Travel Channel has launched a primetime programming block on Freeview to grow its reach to a further 23m homes.
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NewsITV indie deals to yield £100m
ITV’s indie acquisition spree is set to boost its turnover by as much as £100m this year as it bids to become a serious global player in the production sector.
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NewsCohen scraps BBC4 controller
The role of BBC4 controller has been formally scrapped and will be replaced with a channel editor.
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NewsC4 ties in digital developers
Channel 4 has guaranteed digital agencies Numiko and Rckt £100,000 of business each in the next 12 months to improve its online programme support.
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NewsBT Sport to ramp up web presence after launch
BT Sport’s website will launch with a simple proposition before being ramped up to include innovative features such as multicamera streaming of events.
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NewsTwitter links up with Kantar to offer TV insight
Twitter has struck a partnership with audience measurement firm Kantar Media to provide broadcasters with information about how their shows are being talked about online.
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NewsChannel 5 calls in the RSPCA
Channel 5 has ordered a 10 x 30-minute documentary series from Middlechild Productions that follows a group of RSPCA workers who protect dogs from abusive owners and unscrupulous breeders.
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NewsSky in PSB talks over retransmission fees
BSkyB is hoping to hammer out commercial agreements with each of the public service broadcasters in a bid to defuse the row over retransmission fees.
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NewsNick Grimshaw halts R1 breakfast show slide
Rajar: Nick Grimshaw halted his BBC Radio 1 breakfast show slide as Radio 4 pulled in a record 11m weekly listeners.
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SNK Studios merges with Red Apple Creative
Tottenham Court Road-based audio post and voiceover recording facility SNK Studios has merged with neighbouring production company Red Apple Creative.
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NewsThe Garden lands first C5 order
The Garden Productions has landed its debut commission from Channel 5, an ob-doc series following a family-run bus service in Yorkshire.
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NewsStewart Purvis joins C4 board
Former ITN chief executive Stewart Purvis has been appointed to the Channel 4 board as part of a shake-up following the departure of Tony Hall to the BBC.
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NewsUniversal eyes US serials
Pay-TV broadcaster Universal Channel is to acquire more first-run serialised programming from the US following its brand refresh.
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NewsRory Kinnear plays Lord Lucan for ITV
ITV has confirmed that Jeff Pope is to pen a major biopic on Lord Lucan, the playboy aristocrat who vanished in the 1970s after his children’s nanny was murdered.