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NewsFilm-makers attack Frozen Planet over polar bear welfare
The BBC’s decision to film a sequence of Frozen Planet in a Dutch zoo was “an abuse of film-makers’ rights” that risked endorsing inhumane conditions for animals, the producers of long-running series Wildlife SOS have claimed.
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NewsDownton Abbey leads Golden Globe nominations
Downton Abbey is leading the way for the Brits at the Golden Globes after picking up four nominations.
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NewsSony Entertainment Television secures Virgin carriage
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks has struck a UK carriage deal for its Sony Entertainment Television channel with Virgin Media.
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NewsSky to explore Galapagos Islands in 3D
BSkyB and Atlantic Productions’ 3D joint venture Colossus Productions has won its first commission - a film about the Galapagos Islands with David Attenborough.
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NewsC4 reveals digital demographic groups
The Channel 4 online department has identified eight “personas” for the broadcasters digital audience that suppliers should keep in mind when pitching ideas.
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NewsJesting About scheme targets BBC1 prime time
The organisers of BBC-endorsed talent scheme Jesting About are aiming to secure a BBC1 sitcom pilot as part of its renewed focus on “more tangible” results.
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NewsSky Living's scheduling chief leaves
Sky Living’s head of scheduling has quit less than a year after joining the broadcaster.
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NewsStaffer takes BBC to high court over pension
A BBC staffer is being backed by two unions in a High Court appeal against changes to the corporation’s pension scheme.
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NewsHughes takes editorial lead at Radio 1
BBC Radio has made two senior appointments across Radio 1 and 1Xtra, including one to a newly created position.
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NewsR1 and 1Xtra scout for late night Saturday host
BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra are calling on indies to pitch for new on air opportunities, including a Saturday late night slot for a new presenter.
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NewsC4 cuts back on Unreported World
Channel 4’s flagship international current affairs strand, Unreported World, will be reduced by 20% in 2012.
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NewsLucky Day wins trio of orders
Lucky Day has secured three orders from the BBC and Channel 4, comprising one children’s series and two daytime shows.
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NewsC4 announces multiplatform tour
Channel 4 will hold 30 multiplatform events across the country in a drive to attract new ideas and has committed to a training scheme during 2012 - an initiative titled Fuel 4.
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NewsSky 1's Spy gets second series
Sky 1 comedy Spy is to return for an extended second series next year.
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NewsC4's Bank Job scores 1.7m plays
The online game to recruit players for Channel 4 game show The Bank Job has been played 1.7m times in a week.
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NewsBBC: MPs "pushing on open door" over local radio
BBC bosses have indicated local radio could see some of the proposed budget cuts revoked, telling MPs that their campaigns to save services were “pushing at a partly open door”.
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NewsThompson turns table on tabloids over Frozen Planet
The BBC’s director general has turned the tables on tabloid reports of Frozen Planet fakery suggesting it has more to do with the corporation’s coverage of the Leveson inquiry than polar bears.
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NewsSky Anytime+ ad banned
A high profile TV advert for BSkyB’s on-demand service Sky Anytime+ has been banned following a complaint from rival Virgin Media.
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NewsPatten: sacking Clarkson would be dangerous precedent
Sacking Jeremy Clarkson for saying public sector strikers should be shot would set dangerous precedents, the chairman of the BBC Trust has said.
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NewsHowe takes on BBC's in-house reins
Tamara Howe has been promoted to controller of BBC’s in-house production operations, taking on management responsibility for flagship programmes such as EastEnders, Top Gear and Strictly Come Dancing.