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NewsTom Giles handed new BBC role
Former Panorama editor Tom Giles has left BBC News to become a specialist factual producer at BBC Productions, Broadcast understands.
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NewsDownton Abbey to ‘end this year’
Downton Abbey will reportedly close its doors after its sixth series with creator Julian Fellowes ready to concentrate on other projects.
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NewsSky to enter mobile market
Sky is to enter the mobile sector for the first time after striking a deal with Telefónica UK, which trades as O2.
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NewsAnalysis: Sky in Silicon Valley
Sky will continue its spate of San Francisco acquisitions at a steady pace over the next year as the seven businesses it has already backed begin to have a direct impact on its business.
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NewsC4 backs disabled trainees with £500,000 pot
Channel 4 will plough £500,000 into training schemes to ensure that people with disabilities make up at least 10% of its 2016 Paralympics production team.
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NewsSky eyes new drama partners
Sky is hunting for more international drama co-pro partners and has targeted broadcasters in Australia and Canada for its next wave of big-budget commissions.
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NewsBBC factual plan in spotlight
Sweeping changes to the BBC’s factual commissioning team came as a “massive shock” to insiders and are likely to result in the departure of some of the corporation’s highest-profile commissioners.
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NewsBBC Taster targets YouTube generation
The BBC’s efforts to reach new audiences with digital storytelling were ratcheted up this week with the unveiling of BBC Taster.
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NewsBBC sets strict IP guidelines
The BBC has banned commissioners from leaving with an idea they developed at the corporation, following last year’s controversy over Prized Apart.
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NewsChannel 5 revamps commissioning
Channel 5 is overhauling its commissioning process, introducing a 12-week cycle designed to provide indies with greater clarity and deliver more ambitious ideas.
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NewsSky News and Facebook partner for election debate
Sky News has partnered with Facebook as part of its Stand Up Be Counted (SUBC) initiative for an online debate in which youngsters will grill the major political leaders.
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NewsIn brief: Suspects sale & C4 doc scheme
Channel 5 drama Suspects is heading to Australia and Channel 4 has opened its Cutting Edge training scheme. Click for more in today’s round-up.
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NewsMore Catastrophe planned for C4
Channel 4 has moved quickly to recommission Catastrophe after just two episodes of Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s sitcom have aired.
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NewsITV returns to boxing with Carl Frampton fight
ITV is to air its first live boxing match in five years – covering Carl Frampton’s title defence against Chris Avalos.
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NewsLondon Live to cut 20 staff
The Evening Standard’s local television station London Live is to cut 20 jobs and plough the savings into commissioned and acquired content.
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NewsC4 hires Shorts commissioner
Channel 4 has strengthened its Shorts commissioning team with the addition of Little Dot Studios’ content exec Isaac Densu.
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NewsITV lines up Cricket World Cup highlights
ITV has applied for permission from Ofcom to air highlights of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
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NewsCTO Burrows to exit Channel 4
Channel 4 broadcast and distribution chief technology officer Kevin Burrows is to leave the broadcaster.
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NewsIn brief: Crossing Lines & The Undateables
Alibi has picked up Crossing Lines, while Channel 4 has greenlit a fifth series of The Undateables. Read on for more of the day’s round-up.