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BBC3 Fresh calls for new ideas
BBC3 is looking to commission six new documentaries for its Fresh strand in 2015.
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BBC 'cannot afford' more desks at NBH
The BBC cannot afford to install more staff seating at New Broadcasting House, despite on-going staff frustration, the W1 manager has admitted.
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Multichannel commissions reach £600m
UK multichannel broadcasters spent just short of £600m on original commissions last year, helped by new entrants such as Fox and Lifetime.
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Bodyshockers gets second run
Channel 4 will revisit the debate about body modification after commissioning another series of Bodyshockers.
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BBC2 boards Windfall train doc
BBC2 is taking a look behind-the-scenes at London’s new £15billion railway Crossrail.
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BBC expenses claims fall 15%
BBC senior manager expenses fell 15% year-on-year in the final three months of 2013 – as comedy boss Shane Allen spent £120 on cupcakes for staff.
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BBC1 orders CPL daytime quiz
BBC1 has beefed up its daytime slate with a CPL Productions gameshow, hosted by Shane Richie.
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Pact: make the BBC a publisher broadcaster
Pact chief executive John McVay has argued that the BBC should drop all of its in-house guarantees and become a “publisher broadcaster”.
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Sky1 orders first fixed rig series
Sky 1 has ordered its first fixed-rig ob-doc series as part of drive to shake up its weekday 8pm slot.
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Utopia writer hints at third series
Utopia writer Dennis Kelly has hinted at a third run for the cult show after claiming it was “always intended” to be a returning series.
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BBC2 tracks down Animal Movers
BBC2 will take a walk on the wild side in a 2 x 60-minute series exploring the transportation of rare and dangerous animals around the world.
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BBC testing facial coding technology on TV viewers
BBC Worldwide has begun testing facial coding technology that can measure how viewers are responding to television programmes.
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24 Hours in A&E moves hospital
Channel 4 has bulk ordered another 30 episodes of 24 Hours in A&E and will move the show out of King’s College Hospital and into a new emergency care unit.
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Phil Neville’s co-commentary draws complaints
Phil Neville’s co-commentary during England’s opening World Cup match against Italy has received hundreds of complaints.
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Victory wins National Lottery gameshow
Sony Pictures’ Victory Television has scooped a BBC1 National Lottery gameshow that sees contestants choose their own prizes.
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Martha Kearney brings bees to BBC2
Journalist Martha Kearney is transporting her love of bees to BBC2 with a documentary produced by Impossible Factual.
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BBC to launch music awards show
BBC1 is planning to launch a music awards show to rival the Brits later this year in collaboration with Radio 1 and Radio 2.
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ITV's Thunderbirds remake heads down under
ITV’s big-budget remake of Thunderbirds is to launch in Australia after the broadcaster’s sales arm closed its first international licensing deal.
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TLC rapped over Honey Boo Boo profanities
TLC has been rapped by Ofcom after airing an episode of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo before the watershed that included a slew of profanities.
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Sky hires banks for Euro mega-merger
Sky’s plans to create a European mega-broadcaster have moved a step closer after the pay-TV operator engaged investment banks Morgan Stanley and Barclays to help with the complex transaction.