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NewsHillbilly lands debut ITV drama
Hillbilly Films, the indie responsible for Channel 4’s Bafta-award single Random, has scored its first ITV commission.
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NewsBBC lands online cricket highlights
The BBC is to share the online rights to all major International Cricket Council (ICC) events for the next four years with ESPN.
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NewsComic Relief chief exec steps down
Kevin Cahill is to step down after 19 years as chief executive of Comic Relief later this year.
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NewsSpeakers revealed for inaugural Broadcast Indie Summit
Studio Lambert and The Garden bosses Stephen Lambert and Nick Curwin, along with BBC factual chief Alison Kirkham, are among the big names who will appear at Broadcast’s inaugural Indie Summit on 17 March.
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NewsGareth Malone heads to Invictus Games for BBC1
Choirmaster Gareth Malone will pull together an ensemble of members and veterans of the Armed Forces ahead of Orlando’s The Invictus Games for his latest musical endeavour for BBC1.
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NewsHandsome to make Spring Break with Grandad for MTV
Greenbird network indie Handsome Productions is to make a reality format for MTV starring eight twenty-somethings - and their grandparents.
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NewsITV unveils Queen's 90th birthday coverage
ITV has lined up a two-hour film from Oxford Film and Television and a live broadcast from the Royal Windsor Horse Show to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday.
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NewsTributes flood in for Sir Terry Wogan
Tributes have been paid to Sir Terry Wogan, with Radio 2 controller Bob Shennan calling him “one of the greatest radio hosts this country has ever heard,” and ITV director of television Kevin Lygo praising his sense of family.
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NewsTwofour secures access to kids talent agency for C4
Twofour is to head inside one of the UK’s largest children’s talent agencies for a Channel 4 ob-doc.
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NewsDCMS eyes radical plans to devolve BBC commissioning power
The government is exploring proposals to hand BBC funding and commissioning power to other organisations to boost public service genres such as arts and children’s.
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NewsRoughcut lands BBC NI chatshow
Patrick Kielty is to dig into the internet histories of celebrity guests in a chatshow format for BBC1 Northern Ireland.
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NewsMOTD chief to join Whisper Films
Channel 4-backed indie, Whisper Films, has hired the BBC’s Match of the Day chief as its head of television.
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NewsRTS TV journalism nominations revealed
The BBC is leading the way in the RTS Television Journalism awards after picking up 20 nominations.
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NewsSky suffers £12m profit drop
Sky added 146,000 subscribers in final three months of 2015 but reported a £12m fall in pre-tax profits.
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NewsJames Murdoch appointed Sky chairman
James Murdoch is to return to Sky as chairman four years after he stepped down from the role.
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NewsBBC inks £100m network deal with BT
The BBC has awarded a £100m, seven-year contract to BT to provide its broadcast network.
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NewsC4 to fund creative industry MBAs
Channel 4 is to fund six bursaries for an MBA launched by Ashridge Executive Education and supported by Lord Puttnam.
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NewsElaine Bedell to leave ITV
Director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell is to leave ITV after seven years.
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NewsC4 commissions make-up doc
Channel 4 has commissioned Northern Irish indie Big Mountain Productions to produce a film exploring the world of make-up masters.
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NewsBBC3 reaches out for support
BBC3 will be far from the finished product when it launches online next month and controller Damian Kavanagh has called on the industry to rally around the channel to make it a success.