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NewsCrozier plots more ITV acquisitions
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier is planning to continue the broadcaster’s indie acquisition drive as a key element of its five year transformation plan.
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NewsWales date for Expert Women Day
The nationwide rollout of the BBC Academy’s Expert Women Days is continuing with an event in Cardiff on 10 October.
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NewsBBC & C4 combine for Scottish push
The BBC has teamed up with C4 to bolster the indie factual community in Scotland, as part of a number of new Network Supply Review initiatives.
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NewsSundance Channel backs BBC's Honourable Woman
US broadcaster Sundance Channel has come on board the BBC’s Middle Eastern political thriller The Honourable Woman.
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NewsBBC features boss Nick Patten exits
BBC head of features Nick Patten is to leave the corporation after 11 years.
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NewsBT Sport eyes original content push
BT is looking to ramp up the amount of business it does with indies ahead of the launch of its two new sports channels in early August.
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NewsDiscovery eyes VoD service
Discovery is eyeing the launch of a paid-for VoD service offering viewers the ability to watch its factual and factual entertainment content online.
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NewsSky Sports offers free Premier League
Sky Sports is to air the opening game of the English Premier League season for free across free-to-air channels Pick TV and Sky 2.
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NewsS4C funding maintained by government
Welsh broadcaster S4C has warded off threatened cuts to the £6.7m it receives from the government.
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NewsE4 reloads Youngers
E4 has commissioned a second run of Big Talk Productions’ south London comedy drama Youngers.
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NewsMoore to reinvent BBC1 factual
Charlotte Moore’s appointment as BBC1 controller signals the start of a reinvention of factual on the channel, according to director of television Danny Cohen.
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NewsITV execs reveal wishlists
What are ITV’s new breed of commissioners looking for from indies? Click through to find out.
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NewsVirgin back in Sky Atlantic talks
The prospect of Sky Atlantic becoming available to Virgin Media’s 3.8 million TV subscribers has moved closer after it emerged that talks between the two companies have reopened.
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NewsHorrocks: threats result of ‘effective journalism’
BBC journalists have become a “lightning rod” for intimidation in countries experiencing political and social volatility, according to Peter Horrocks.
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NewsITV reveals survey feedback
ITV has kicked off a new commissioning era under Peter Fincham by pledging to independently assess its commissioning processes every year.
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NewsC5’s Frow chases ‘killer’ ratings
Channel 5 has commissioned a six-part docu-drama series from Crackit Productions depicting and analysing some of Britain’s most notorious murders.
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NewsTom Archer slams commissioners for killing creativity
Tom Archer, the former BBC controller of factual production, has said the growing power of TV commissioners is threatening creativity in the industry.
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NewsLoose Women host fronts ITV makeover format
ITV has ordered a new makeover series presented by Loose Women’s Jane McDonald from ITV Studios’ Shiver.
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NewsTLC grabs Ten Stone Testicles doc
US network TLC has acquired Firecracker Films’ The Man with the Ten Stone Testicles after striking a deal with distributor Zodiak Rights.
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NewsEscape to the Country heads abroad
BBC2 has commissioned an international spin-off of long-running daytime format Escape to the Country from FremantleMedia UK’s Boundless.