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NewsJohn Kaye Cooper to oversee ITV’s Rising Star
ITV has drafted in former entertainment controller John Kaye Cooper as the showrunner on Israeli musical talent show Rising Star.
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NewsVirgin eyes Amazon streaming app
Virgin Media has entered talks with Amazon over adding streaming video service Amazon Prime Instant Video to the TiVo platform.
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NewsSky wins Sing Date court case
Sky has won its second high court formats battle in 10 days after a high court judge rejected a claim that Princess Productions’ musical dating format Sing Date had been ripped off.
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NewsITV boss Adam Crozier’s pay rockets to £8.4m
Adam Crozier’s pay packet ballooned 189% to nearly £8.4m last year after the ITV chief executive hit performance targets and the company’s share price grew.
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NewsDiscovery and Sky in pole-position to buy C5
A joint bid between Discovery Communications and BSkyB is emerging as a front-runner to buy Channel 5.
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NewsCBeebies’ origination quotas relaxed
Ofcom has approved plans to reduce CBeebies’ origination quotas to bring them into line with CBBC.
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NewsStrictly wins Craft gong
Strictly Come Dancing will be honoured with the Special Award at the Bafta Craft Awards on 27 April.
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NewsBBC3 orders sitcoms prior to online move
BBC3 is lining up a sitcom set in a young offenders’ institution and has recommissioned three of its biggest comedies as it begins to increase its online experimentation.
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NewsIfans to star in S4C adaptation of Under Milk Wood
Welsh broadcaster S4C has commissioned a film version of classic radio drama Under Milk Wood that will star Rhys Ifans.
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NewsIndies lobby Trust on quotas
The bosses of some of the UK’s biggest indies used a high-level meeting with the BBC Trust to make the case for changing the corporation’s commissioning quotas during charter renewal negotiations next year.
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NewsSky strikes deal with US network FX
Sky has struck a co-development deal with US cable network FX as it looks to create comedies to sit alongside the likes of Louie and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
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NewsUKTV draws up manifesto for indie relations
UKTV is launching a commissioning charter as it seeks to cement its position in the indie community.
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NewsC4 lowers gavel on auction doc
Channel 4 is heading back to Chelsea with a documentary series about a famous auction house.
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NewsBox TV revamps business to halt audience decline
Music TV business Box TV is repositioning itself as a multiplatform brand as it battles to address declining audience figures.
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NewsBBC2 reveals 50th anniversary plans
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse will take a sideways glance at BBC2’s output as part of a raft of programming celebrating the channel’s 50th anniversary in April.
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NewsC4 banks on more Posh Pawn
Channel 4 has ordered a full series of Boomerang’s pawnbroking doc Posh Pawn.
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NewsITV News marks Budget Day with online spin-off
ITV News is preparing to launch its first live web show to coincide with Budget Day.
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NewsITV research boss steps down
ITV’s director of planning and research Daniel Cook has left the company after more than two and a half years.
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NewsDavid Beckham explores Amazon for BBC1
David Beckham has travelled across the Amazon for a new BBC1 documentary.
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NewsBenefits Street to go global
Controversial Channel 4 series Benefits Street is set to be remade around the world after Fremantle Media acquired the rights from Love Productions.