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NewsITN scores Premier League clips deal
ITN Productions has struck a deal with News International to produce fast-turnaround VoD clips of the Barclays Premier League.
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NewsSky to merge fact and fact ent teams
Sky is to combine its factual and factual entertainment commissioning teams as part of a restructure that will see Michele Kurland leave her role.
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NewsITV2 conjures up hidden camera magic show
ITV2 has commissioned ITV Studios to conjure up a hidden camera magic show with a mystery magician.
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NewsFormer S4C boss warns of "grave danger" over funding
Former S4C chief executive Arwel Ellis Owen has claimed that the government may cut all of its £6.7m funding for the Welsh language broadcaster.
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NewsBlighty closes as Drama opens for UKTV
UKTV is to close its British-themed pay-TV channel Blighty after four years, ahead of the launch of its forthcoming scripted channel Drama.
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NewsPulp doc & Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell secure Screen Yorkshire funds
Screen Yorkshire is to invest in four local productions, including BBC1 drama Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and a feature-length doc on Pulp.
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NewsITV pilots Just 1 Thing gameshow
ITV Studios is piloting a Saturday night entertainment show for ITV that will challenge members of the public to perform a newly acquired skill under testing circumstances.
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NewsBBC: still no satisfaction on the Rolling Stones
The BBC’s talks with the Rolling Stones over the band’s refusal to allow its Glastonbury performance to be broadcast in full remain unresolved, despite Michael Eavis’ claim that the two parties have reached an agreement.
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NewsITV strikes Breathless copro deal
ITV has struck a coproduction deal with US network PBS for sixties gynaecologist drama Breathless.
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NewsBrand and Boris spur Question Time to Twitter high
Appearances from Boris Johnson and Russell Brand propelled last night’s Question Time to become the show’s most-tweeted about episode of the past year.
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NewsC4 heads undercover with Betty
Harry Wallop is to front a Betty-produced series for Channel 4 which will uncover the secret sales techniques used by shops and restaurants across the UK.
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NewsOfcom backs Sky Sports BT ads ban
Ofcom has ruled that Sky broke no regulations in refusing to carry adverts for BT Sport on its Sky Sports channels.
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NewsApple TV scoops Sky News
Sky News is to begin streaming via Apple TV devices after the broadcaster struck a deal with the technology giant.
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NewsC4 orders six First Cut docs
Channel 4 has commissioned six hour-long docs for its First Cut strand from up-and-coming directors including Alex Brooker: Man v Fat’s Eddie Hutton-Mills.
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NewsNetflix heads back to Hemlock Grove
Netflix has ordered a second series of Eli Roth’s horror series Hemlock Grove.
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NewsDynamo makes digital debut
UKTV is to air the first episode of the new series of Dynamo: Magician Impossible online ahead of its TV debut.
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NewsC5 hunts fact ent commissioner
Channel 5 has kicked off its hunt for a new factual entertainment commissioner following the departure of Ian Dunkley.
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NewsSky Atlantic to air Sopranos tribute
Sky Atlantic is pulling its planned schedule tomorrow night to air four episodes of The Sopranos, following the death of star James Gandolfini.
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NewsJeff Pope to make Lord Lucan biopic for ITVS
Jeff Pope’s next factual drama project for ITV will be a biopic on Lord Lucan, the playboy aristocrat who vanished after his children’s nanny was murdered.
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NewsComedy Central eyes UK hits
Comedy Central is set to spend millions on UK multi-camera comedies as it eyes the production of four to five new series each year.