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NewsBBC Academy restructures ahead of Birmingham move
BBC training arm BBC Academy is to shrink its leadership team and reduce the volume of commercial work it undertakes as it prepares to relocate to Birmingham next year.
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NewsPeter Fincham sets out social responsibility guidelines to producers
ITV has set out a wide-ranging set of social responsibility measures for producers which will form a key part of the broadcaster’s commissioning process.
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NewsGreens, SNP & Plaid Cymru challenge TV election debate plans
The Green Party, Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru have joined forces to petition the BBC Trust to be included in the BBC leaders’ debate.
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NewsKirstie & Phil to front Canadian format for C4
Channel 4 is to expand its property slate with a reversioned Canadian format fronted by Kirstie Allsop and Phil Spencer .
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NewsRadio 1 Newsbeat slammed for Isis report
The BBC Trust and Ofcom have slammed Radio 1’s Newsbeat for broadcasting a report featuring comments from Isis suicide bomber Abu Sumayyah.
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NewsSearch begins for BBC3 digital controller
The BBC is hunting for both an overarching digital content chief and an editorial head of BBC3 as it paves the way to move the channel online.
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NewsLabour MP lobbies Crozier over US working conditions
A member of the shadow cabinet has urged ITV to settle its dispute with the Writers Guild of America (WGAE) over working conditions for non-scripted employees.
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NewsC4 to visit The Paedophile Next Door
Channel 4 is planning to challenge perceptions of paedophilia in a potentially controversial documentary co-directed by Werner Herzog’s son.
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NewsAdrian Van Klaveren returns to BBC News
Adrian Van Klaveren, the former Radio 5 Live controller who lost his job in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, is to return to BBC News as head of strategic change.
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NewsMaxine Watson named BBC acting docs head
BBC documentaries commissioning editor Maxine Watson has been appointed as acting head of documentaries to replace Emma Willis.
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NewsChristine Bleakley heads to Ireland for ITV
Christine Bleakley is to front a six-part travel series for ITV from Northern Irish indie Big Mountain Productions.
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NewsBBC4 unearths more Detectorists
Quirky comedy Detectorists is returning for a second series on BBC4.
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NewsC4 orders Posh Pawn daytime spin-off
Channel 4 has ordered a daytime spin-off of Boomerang’s Posh Pawn.
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NewsSky Vision explores Ebola for Discovery
Discovery is to investigate the Ebola crisis in a fast-turnaround documentary produced by Sky Vision.
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NewsComedy Central poaches Turner programming boss
Comedy Central has poached Turner exec Jemma Yates to expand its international programming output.
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NewsBBC Worldwide hires global formats chief
BBC1 and BBC3 channel executive Kate Phillips has joined BBC Worldwide to lead its global formats strategy.
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NewsDanny Cohen: BBC feeling ‘devolutionary pressures’
Danny Cohen has admitted that “devolutionary pressures” on the BBC will increase following the Scottish independence referendum in September.
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NewsC4 creates deputy head of docs role
24 Hours In Police Custody commissioner Amy Flanagan has been promoted to deputy head of documentaries by Channel 4.
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NewsPanorama investigates Ebola epidemic
Blakeway Productions is to shine a light on the Ebola epidemic in a Panorama film for BBC1.
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NewsLightbox to lift lid on US campaign trail
Channel 4-backed indie Lightbox has picked up a commission from US cable broadcaster Esquire Network to follow an American political campaign.