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NewsKaroline Copping exits C4
Channel 4 features commissioner Karoline Copping is leaving the broadcaster following the conclusion of her fixed term contract.
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NewsITV and C4 rapped for breaking sponsorship rules
ITV detective dramas and More4’s Crufts coverage have been censured by Ofcom for breaching strict programme sponsorship rules.
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NewsC5 schedules First Great Western doc
The staff of train company First Great Western are to feature in the latest Twofour / GroupM Entertainment co-production for Channel 5.
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NewsITV confirms Spanish format deal with Endemol
ITV has confirmed it has ordered a remake of Endemol’s Spanish talent format Your Face Sounds Familiar.
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NewsRoach beefs up Sky drama team
Sky has hired Shed Productions’ Waterloo Road executive producer Cameron Roach as a senior drama commissioner.
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NewsTax break training levies revealed
High end TV, animation and film productions using tax breaks will be levied 0.5% of their core UK expenditure to address skills shortages.
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NewsProgramme makers bid to improve TV training
A group of programme makers, including the lead director of Newsnight, have joined forces to lobby for a better standard of training in the industry.
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NewsReggie Yates writes and directs Random Acts film
The Voice UK host Reggie Yates is to make his writing and directing debut in a short film for Channel 4’s arts strand Random Acts.
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NewsViacom carriage deal shakes up Virgin EPG
MTV has cemented its place as a general entertainment channel on the Virgin Media platform after its parent company struck a wide-ranging carriage renewal with the cable operator.
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NewsC5 orders three Myra Hindley murder docs
Channel 5 has ordered three documentaries about Moors murderer Myra Hindley from Nine Lives Media.
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NewsBBC planning £40m Maida Vale redevelopment
The BBC is prepared to spend up to £40m on a major redevelopment of its 104-year-old Maida Vale Studios in west London.
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NewsBBC faces fresh sex abuse claims
Sexual abuse allegations have been levelled against 40 of the BBC’s existing staff and contributors since the Jimmy Savile scandal erupted last year.
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NewsBBC set for ‘most digital Glastonbury ever’
The BBC is gearing up to broadcast more than 250 hours of content from Glastonbury as it looks to the apply the Olympics formula to the music festival.
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NewsJLo's BGT performance draws complaints
Ofcom has received over 100 complaints following Jennifer Lopez’s performance on Tuesday night’s Britain’s Got Talent.
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NewsBroadcast's hunt for Hot Shots begins
Broadcast has launched its hunt for the TV’s most talented under-30s as our annual Hot Shots opens for entries.
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NewsComedy Central renews Alternative Comedy Experience
Isy Suttie and Josie Long are among the comedians set to appear in the second series of Comedy Central’s The Alternative Comedy Experience after the broadcaster recomissioned the stand-up series.
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NewsRachel Allen returns to Good Food
Rachel Allen is to turn her hand to cooking cheap, healthy meals in her latest Sweet TV series for UKTV’s Good Food.
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NewsExpert Women training day heads to Glasgow
The next BBC Academy training day aimed at boosting the number of expert women contributors appearing in TV news and current affairs is to be held in Glasgow in August.
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NewsCBeebies’ Dipdap morphs into drawing app
CBeebies animated character Dipdap is being turned into an app following a licensing deal between Ragdoll Worldwide and interactive entertainment specialist Cube.
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NewsBBC2 dishes up pub grub series
BBC2 is preparing to serve up new cookery talent with a series exploring pub grub and another about spicing up British food with exotic ingredients.