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NewsNBC to remake Saturday Night Takeaway
NBC has ordered a US version of Saturday Night Takeaway from ITV Studios America.
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NewsMidsomer Murders inducted into crime Hall of Fame
Midsomer Murders has become the first TV show inducted into the Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame as BBC1’s Happy Valley picked up two awards.
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NewsCDN Awards nominees revealed
The nominees for the Creative Diversity Awards have been revealed with nods for a host of on and off-screen talent, commissioners and ground-breaking programmes.
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NewsSherlock and Hinterland win big at Bafta Cymru awards
BBC drama Sherlock and noir crime drama Y Gwyll/Hinterland were the biggest winners at last night’s 23rd annual Bafta Cymru awards in Cardiff.
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NewsAmazon grabs DC Comics' Constantine
Amazon has acquired DC Comics’ Constantine adaptation in one of its most significant UK deals for first-run Hollywood content.
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NewsTwofour's Educating... to return for fourth outing
Channel 4 has ordered a fourth series of Twofour’s fixed-rig classroom format Educating…
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NewsAmazon schedules Ripper Street weekly
Amazon has opted to schedule Ripper Street, its first UK commission, in a regular weekly slot rather than follow the Netflix model of releasing the entire series all at once.
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NewsRona Fairhead demands BBC efficiency
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has stressed that the efficiency of the organisation is “fundamentally important” in her first media interview.
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NewsYouView turns on BBC red button
YouView has rolled out BBC connected red button services and an updated version of BBC iPlayer to its 1m homes.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Modern Family creates UK buzz
Content discovery service Outbrain has claimed that sitcom Modern Family is the global show which is of most interest to UK consumers.
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NewsMPs clear BBC reporting on Sir Cliff Richard raid
The Home Affairs Committee (HAC) has fully exonerated a controversial BBC report about a police raid on Sir Cliff Richard’s home in August.
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NewsPact revises data guidelines
Pact has updated its data protection and security guidelines for indies and broadcasters to include website cookies, location-based data and anonymisation.
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NewsSTV bids for three local licences
STV is bidding to increase its portfolio of local TV stations after submitting applications to Ofcom for the Aberdeen, Ayr and Dundee licences.
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NewsAMC takes 49.9% stake in BBC America
AMC Networks, the US broadcaster behind Mad Men and Breaking Bad, has acquired a 49.9% stake in BBC America for $200m (£125m).
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NewsMiranda calls time on her sitcom
Miranda Hart has revealed that her eponymous sitcom will draw to a close later this year after three series.
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NewsTom McDonald defends BBC conservation strategy
BBC science commissioning chief Tom McDonald has defended the broadcaster’s decision not to feature explicit conservation messages in its natural history programming.
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NewsITV takes legal advice over Beat Bullying administration
ITV is taking legal advice after discovering a charity that received £700,000 from the broadcaster’s Text Santa appeal plans to use the donation to pay off its debts.
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NewsC5 agrees origination boost with Ofcom
Channel 5 has pledged to increase the volume of original productions and news programming in primetime following its acquisition by Viacom.
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NewsBBC risks ‘market distortion’
The BBC risks creating a “significant market distortion” when BBC Productions is hived off into a commercial entity if it is not transparent about in-house costs.
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NewsC4 signs up Little Dot to create pilots for Shorts
All3Media digital company Little Dot Studios is to create a pilot a month for Channel 4’s online short-form video platform Shorts.