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NewsMPs criticise BBC World Service planning
Uncertainty about the BBC World Service’s budget and priorities has been branded “unacceptable” by a group of MPs.
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NewsGary Lineker calls on BBC to relax Twitter rules
Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker has called on the BBC to relax its rules to allow talent to promote their own Twitter accounts on-screen.
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NewsiPlayer tablet traffic overtakes mobile
Viewing to the BBC iPlayer on tablet devices has outstripped mobile consumption for the first time as the VoD service chalked up a record-equalling 272m requests in March.
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NewsC5 orders three new docs
Channel 5 has commissioned three one-off shock docs to air later this summer.
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NewsMurdoch and Freud make Sunday Times Rich List media debut
Elisabeth Murdoch and Matthew Freud will make their first appearance in the media section of the Sunday Times Rich List this weekend, which will also reveal that Richard Desmond’s previously £1bn fortune has fallen by £140m.
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NewsITV shares out £20m origination pot
ITV has allocated the extra £20m it has set aside for originations, as a result of a budget boost that was announced at the broadcaster’s results.
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NewsC4 shakes up international acquisitions team
Channel 4 is making a number of changes to its international acquisitions department following the departure of Anthony Edey.
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NewsDirectors UK calls on BBC to relax high-definition guidelines
High-profile directors including Sam Mendes and Edgar Wright have written to the BBC calling on it to relax its guidelines on delivering content in high definition.
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NewsYesterday uncovers Professor Hutton’s Curiosities
Yesterday has agreed a co-production deal with Indigo Films and Television for a history series examining the hidden gems of Britain’s museums.
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NewsC4 seeks Homeland-style success with The A Word
Channel 4 is developing a new drama from Keshet International, the company that created the Israeli drama that was remade as Homeland.
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NewsITV4 Krays campaign gets fans tweeting
A social media campaign orchestrated by ITV4 helped drive viewer engagement with film The Krays, making it one of the most tweeted about shows on Sunday.
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NewsOutline tackles nature for BBC1
Outline Productions is moving into nature programming with a BBC1 show that campaigns to save some of Britain’s threatened wildlife.
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NewsHarding a ‘galvanising’ force
James Harding, the BBC’s new director of news and current affairs, has been heralded as the galvanising appointment the corporation’s journalists need following the Jimmy Savile scandal.
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NewsNetflix buys US rights to The Fall
Netflix has acquired exclusive rights to Gillian Anderson-fronted crime drama The Fall in the US after striking a deal with Content Television and Digital
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NewsYentob plays key role in Hall’s ‘world-class’ plans
Alan Yentob is playing a pivotal role in Tony Hall’s efforts to assemble a “world-class” senior management team – a sign of his growing influence since the arrival of the director general.
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NewsBBC mulls remake of Bergerac
The BBC is developing a remake of classic crime procedural Bergerac.
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NewsNBCU hires UK managing director
Universal Networks International, the global arm of the Hollywood studio, has hired former BBC and Disney exec Nicky Douglas as managing director of its UK business.
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NewsBBC3 checks in at Hotel of Mum and Dad
BBC3 is to examine the growing trend of young couples who are forced to move back in with their parents in a series produced by Mentorn Media.
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NewsITV's Jeff Pope preps Appropriate Adult follow up
ITV is working on a follow up drama to Appropriate Adult based on the life of Malcolm Webster, who was convicted of murdering his first wife and attempting to kill his second wife.
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NewsYesterday returns to Raiders of the Lost Past
Yesterday has snapped up a second series of World Media Rights’ quest for legendary objects, Raiders of the Lost Past.