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NewsPact: BBC quotas will change
Pact believes a shake-up of BBC commissioning quotas is now inevitable as the corporation reshapes itself for charter renewal.
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News‘No change’ to 3D commitment as Sky’s Cassy exits
Sky 3D channel director John Cassy is leaving the broadcaster after 10 years to launch his own media venture.
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NewsSky and GME link up for Pick doc
Sky has worked with GroupM Entertainment for the first time to order its first original series for free-to-air station Pick TV – a 10-part ob-doc series using an innovative filming technique.
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NewsBBC hires development head
The BBC is to draft in Twenty Twenty director of development Ana De Moraes to lead the inhouse central development unit created by Danny Cohen.
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NewsSky strikes deal with US indie
Sky has invested in US indie startup Ugly Brother Studios through a development deal that will beef up its production and distribution business, and improve its ability to make US co-productions.
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NewsBBC to adapt US comedy pilot rejected by CBS
The BBC is developing The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud, a Jon Plowman-produced comedy that was originally piloted by US network CBS.
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NewsITV set to air The Widower as killer loses appeal
ITV is clear to broadcast a Jeff Pope drama about Malcolm Webster after the murderer lost his appeal against conviction in December.
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NewsStoryville to examine nuclear close shaves
BBC4 plans to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb with a “visceral” study of the history of nuclear near-misses.
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NewsFilm 4’s Butler joins Raw TV to build ‘bold slate’
Raw TV, the indie behind feature doc The Imposter, has hired Film 4 deputy head of film Katherine Butler.
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NewsC4 resists calls to drop Benefits Street
Channel 4 intends to push ahead with controversial documentary series Benefits Street despite thousands of people petitioning the broadcaster to drop the remaining four episodes.
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NewsTNA Wrestling pins down Challenge deal
Sky has renewed its rights deal with TNA Impact Wrestling to air coverage of the sport on its free-to-air channel Challenge.
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NewsMore4 serves up Cooks' Question Time
The Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins is to front a Question Time-style culinary series for More4.
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NewsSky 3D chief John Cassy departs
Sky 3D channel director John Cassy is stepping down from his post after 10 years at the broadcaster to launch his own media venture.
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NewsBBC bolsters entertainment commissioning team
Former ITV Studios entertainment executive Rachel Ashdown has been appointed as a commissioning editor by the BBC.
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NewsCarnival denies Downton demise
Carnival Films founder Gareth Neame has rubbished reports that ITV period drama Downton Abbey is to end after the next series.
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NewsTrans World Sport to return to C4
Trans World Sport is to return to Channel 4 in 2014 after a five-year hiatus.
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NewsDoctor Who accountant jailed for £80,000 theft
An accountant on Doctor Who has been jailed for embezzling £80,000 from the BBC.
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NewsThe Garden secures 20-part police doc from C4
Channel 4’s next fixed-rig doc from The Garden Productions will be set in Luton Police Station.
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NewsITV News appoints deputy editor
ITV News’ recently installed editor Geoff Hill has brought over his former Channel 5 News deputy Richard Zackheim.
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NewsC4 nations quotas set to be tripled
Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish indies are set for a £12m boost after Ofcom revealed Channel 4’s nations commissioning quotas are set to be tripled.