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NewsBroadcasters and indies rally against relaxing IP laws
The UK’s biggest commercial broadcasters and Pact have argued that relaxing intellectual property (IP) laws could “seriously undermine” investment in content.
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NewsBBC 'set to drop So You Think You Can Dance'
The BBC could be set to axe its Saturday night show So You Think You Can Dance unless the series pulls in more viewers, according to reports.
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NewsAuthors complain over "sneering" BBC
Iain M Banks, Michael Moorcok and Adam Roberts are among some 85 authors to have written to the BBC complaining about its “sneering derogatory tone” towards genre fiction.
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NewsThe Killing, Essex up for Bafta Audience Award
BBC4’s Danish crime drama The Killing has been nominated alongside ITV2’s constructed reality show The Only Way Is Essex for this year’s YouTube Audience Award, which will be announced at the Bafta Awards on 22 May.
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NewsESPN to air ad-free FA Cup final
ESPN is to broadcast the FA Cup Final without advert breaks as part of 12 hours of coverage dedicated to the match.
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NewsBurns departs NGC
National Geographic Channel (NGC) executive vice president of global content Steve Burns is leaving the business within the next few weeks.
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NewsSky hands Cassy director of 3D role
Sky has appointed John Cassy to the newly-created position of director of Sky 3D and promoted James Hunt, currently head of programming at Sky Arts, to director of the channel.
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NewsSky to air Kylie tour in 3D
The London finale of Kylie Minogue’s Aphrodite - Les Folies tour is to be aired in 3D on Sky as the broadcaster continues to add to its portfolio of live music content captured in the format.
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NewsCowell bows out as weekly X Factor judge
ITV has confirmed that Simon Cowell will not be a main judge on the next series of The X Factor.
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NewsDon’t Tell The Bride goes live for royal wedding
BBC3 has ordered a live version of Renegade Pictures’ Don’t Tell The Bride, for the night of the Royal Wedding.
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NewsBBC comedy to cut 24% of staff
The BBC is to lose a quarter of staff from its comedy department in the corporation’s latest round of redundancies.
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NewsC4 invites viewers to video-call The Clinic
Channel 4 has ordered a live TV spin-off to health series Embarrassing Bodies that will feature viewers video-calling the show to share their medical problems.
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NewsC4 orders longest ever Drop
Channel 4 gameshow The Million Pound Drop Live is to return for its longest ever run.
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NewsC4 orders Mumsnet show
Studio Lambert has been given the greenlight to create a programme inspired by online forum Mumsnet for Channel 4.
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NewsTwenty Twelve to return for second series
Twenty Twelve, the BBC4 sitcom that goes behind the scenes of the Olympics Deliverance team, has been recommissioned for a second series.
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NewsBBC backed on 'right-to-die' broadcast
Right-to-die campaigners have backed the BBC after it was accused of “acting like a cheerleader” for assisted suicide.
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NewsC5 acquires King's Speech doc
Bedlam Productions, the indie behind Oscar winning film The King’s Speech, has had a follow-up documentary on George VI picked up by Channel 5.
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NewsBenidorm writer changes mind over fifth series
ITV1 has commissioned a fifth series of popular comedy drama Benidorm, with creator Derren Litten staying on with the show as one of a team of writers.
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NewsC4 to court more controversy
David Abraham has tasked Jay Hunt with increasing the volume of controversial output on Channel 4, the chief creative officer revealed at her first out-of-London indie meeting.
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NewsIndies call for a rethink in BBC nations strategy
Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish indies have called for a shake-up of the BBC’s nations commissioning process, claiming the system has added another tier of management and takes them further from those who hold the purse strings.