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NewsIn brief: Animal Mums; Scott & Bailey; Ashes
ITV has ordered an animal doc and Scott & Bailey special, as Sky Sports reveals the size of its Ashes audience with England on the verge of victory in Edgbaston.
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NewsRow breaks out over C4's Muslim Drag Queens
A row has broken out over Channel 4 documentary Muslim Drag Queens, after the creator of a Guardian film with a similar title and subject area claimed to have been sidelined from the project.
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NewsAmazon hires European video chief
BT director of TV Alex Green is to become the European boss of Amazon Instant Video – the online service that yesterday struck a landmark deal with the former Top Gear team.
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NewsLiberty Global increases stake in ITV
Liberty Global has increased its stake in ITV to almost 10% but confirmed that it does not intend to make an offer to fully acquire the broadcaster.
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NewsViewer panel starts to inform C4 commissioning decisions
Data gathered from Channel 4’s viewer survey panel Core4 has started to help inform its commissioning and programme marketing decisions.
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NewsAndy Wilman lifts bonnet on Top Gear team’s Amazon deal
Andy Wilman has lifted the bonnet on the former Top Gear team’s landmark deal with Amazon Prime Video, explaining that they will be “left alone” to take the best of their old show and update it for a “new world” audience.
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NewsFive fast facts: Clarkson and co’s Amazon deal
Broadcast rounds up the key facts from the former Top Gear team’s landmark deal with Amazon Prime Video.
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NewsMeirion Jones: BBC journalists behind Savile scandal ‘squeezed out’
Former BBC journalist Meirion Jones has claimed that he was “squeezed out” of the corporation along with several colleagues for attempting to expose the Jimmy Savile scandal.
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NewsFormer Top Gear team to make series for Amazon
Amazon Prime Video has emerged as the surprise home of the new motoring show from Jeremy Clarkson and his former Top Gear team.
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NewsPett Television founder to produce Top Gear
Pett Television founder Lisa Clark is to replace Andy Wilman as the executive producer of Top Gear.
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NewsBBC NHU buys two VariCams from Panasonic
The BBC Natural History Unit has taken delivery of two of Panasonic’s latest VariCam cameras.
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NewsC5 Football League show to use fully tapeless workflow
ITN Productions will use a new fully tapeless, data-driven workflow to deliver its Football League coverage for Channel 5.
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NewsItaly opens up to UK formats
Bigger commissioning appetites among Italian pay-TV broadcasters, including Sky and Discovery, are offering an increased opportunity for UK formats in the country, particularly shiny-floor shows and factual entertainment formats.
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NewsDeal Or No Deal banker’s indie wins first order
Possessed, the ITV Studios label set up by Deal Or No Deal banker Glenn Hugill, has won its first series commission and has assembled an executive team to create risk-taking formats.
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NewsSeries producers to face brunt of 40 BBC job cuts
Series producers will be hardest hit by the BBC’s plans to cut 40 roles in its London-based daytime and factual production unit.
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NewsSky keen on small indie deals
Sky is to continue to acquire UK production companies but will focus on smaller indies rather than targeting super-indie groups.
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NewsITV bids to calm indie fears as in-house spend surges
Adam Crozier has moved to quell indie concerns about vertical integration at ITV, after its in-house spend jumped 11% in the first half of 2015.
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NewsIndie duo bolster BBC docs team
The BBC has raided two indies to bolster its documentary commissioning team, completing its factual restructure after seven months.
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NewsBBC Trust expenses fall 17%
The BBC Trust has reported a 17% drop in expenses payments for the six months to 31 March.
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NewsShine secures bumper police doc for Sky
Sky 1 has ordered a bumper 20-part documentary about the Greater Manchester Police force from Shine TV.