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NewsScots to query BBC funding
The BBC is facing another attack on its funding, with the Scottish government calling for £75m to be ring-fenced from the licence fee to fund a national PSB.
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NewsBBC trials first playalong app
The BBC is conducting its first trial of two-screen playalong technology, using audio watermarking around Saturday night gameshow The National Lottery: Secret Fortune.
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NewsSkillset reveals training frustration
Bullying is rife in broadcasting, has worsened over the past decade, and management training is urgently required - yet Skillset says it has training bursaries it “can’t give away”.
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NewsBBC3 and E4 differ over pre-watershed
BBC3 is to all but stop commissioning for pre-watershed slots at precisely the moment E4 puts resource into 8pm for the first time.
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NewsCohen sets out the ‘step change’ in BBC content
The BBC’s channel controllers outlined commissions and content wishlists at Edinburgh as they deflected questions about impending Delivering Quality First cuts.
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NewsO’Reilly slams Heggessey ‘personal attack’
Presenter Miriam O’Reilly, who won a landmark ageism case against the BBC, has hit back at a “personal attack” on her during an Edinburgh Festival debate.
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NewsAdastra wins Turner order
Turner Broadcasting’s pre-school brand Cartoonito has ordered its first pan-EMEA show from Grandpa In My Pocket-producer Adastra.
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NewsDNI ditches ‘beards and bellies’ for fresh ideas
Discovery Networks International (DNI) is moving away from the “beards and bellies” of recent years and has called on the UK indie sector to deliver fresh ideas.
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NewsThe Garden wins C4 love series
Channel 4 is to study the meaning of love in a documentary series from the maker of Seven Dwarves.
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NewsMorgana returns to C4 with impressions show
Comedian Morgana Robinson is to return to Channel 4 with a new sketch show as part of a raft of orders secured by Running Bare Pictures.
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NewsTalkback to revamp Buzzcocks for new series
Talkback Thames is planning to revamp long-running music quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks ahead of its new series in October.
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NewsAETN UK takes on Roberts to boost programming
AETN UK has hired Stephen Roberts to the newly created role of head of programming scheduling, and promoted a number of its programming team.
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NewsFirecracker lands UKTV party order
Watch has ordered a series from Big Fat Gypsy Weddings producer Firecracker Films that will uncover some of Britain’s most eccentric characters as they organise a range of events.
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NewsMary Portas to return as Queen of Frocks
Mary Portas has allowed the cameras to follow her attempt to design a fashion range for over 40s that will be stocked in House of Fraser, for a Channel 4 series.
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NewsC4 unveils first 4oD figures
Channel 4 has revealed that entertainment was the most watched genre on 4oD during July, registering more than 9 million views across platforms.
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NewsC4 athletics presenter under fire
Ortis Deley, one of the presenters of the Channel 4 World Athletics Championships, will not be the main presenter in the rest of the coverage after facing criticism over his athletics knowledge.
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NewsHughes to trumpet “golden age” of history TV
Academic and presenter Bettany Hughes is to claim that history on television is enjoying a “new golden age” at a lecture next month.
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NewsBig Brother sweat drink sparks 82 complaints
An incident on Celebrity Big Brother in which contestant Bobby Sabel made a fellow housemate drink sweat has sparked complaints over bullying.
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NewsBest of the Fest
With the Edinbugh International Television Festival behind us for another year, Broadcast presents a round-up of stories from the weekend…
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NewsPortas to champion British manufacturing
Mary Portas’ new Channel 4 series will see the retail guru campaigning for more British clothes manufacturing and pushing consumers to buy homemade products.