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NewsMatthew Price takes senior Today reporting brief
Radio 4’s Today programme is to appoint its first full-time chief reporter in a bid to give its domestic news a more consistent voice.
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NewsITV Be buys Bridezillas
ITV Be has beefed up its launch schedule with a number of US wedding formats from DCD Rights.
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NewsViacom hires UK commercial director
Viacom has hired former Turner executive Alan Musa as commercial director of Nickelodeon and Comedy Central in the UK.
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NewsFreesat boss to step down
Freesat managing director Emma Scott is to leave the free-to-air satellite TV platform after seven years.
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NewsNetflix buys Peaky Blinders for US
Netflix has acquired BBC2’s period drama Peaky Blinders in the US after striking a deal with The Weinstein Company and Endemol.
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NewsFifth Gear finds its third home on A+E Networks
North One Television’s Fifth Gear has found its third home on British television after A+E Networks UK greenlit two fresh series of the motoring show.
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NewsEdinburgh Festival announces date change
The Edinburgh International Television Festival will be moved forward to start on a Wednesday in 2015, as the event enters its 40th year.
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NewsBBC2 takes Gogglebox format into the kitchen
BBC2 is to open up the kitchens of families across the country in a Gogglebox-style series from the creators of Channel 4’s hit format.
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NewsLabour hints at plans for BBC
Shadow culture minister Helen Goodman has said the BBC’s forthcoming charter renewal process must be open and transparent to secure the best outcome for the corporation and licence-fee payers.
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NewsBBCW to boost Lookout Point slate
Parade’s End co-producer Lookout Point will beef up its development slate and work more closely with BBC channels around the world after securing a multi-million pound investment from BBC Worldwide.
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NewsBBC NI seeks next Mrs Brown
BBC Northern Ireland hopes its first comedy pilot event can pave the way for the next Mrs Brown’s Boys, according to the event’s organisers.
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NewsTern takes flight for Sky 1 series
Tern TV has won its first commission for Sky 1, going behind the scenes with a helicopter medical team as part of a push into aerial filming.
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NewsPBS to forge UK relationships
US public broadcaster PBS is seeking to expand its relationships with UK producers and broadcasters and is searching for a raft of original content, from drama to factual programming.
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NewsITV expands diversity scheme to Coronation Street
ITV is to extend its Original Voices diversity initiative to Coronation Street as it expands the scheme into the north west.
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NewsJulia Jordan departs UKTV
UKTV executive Julia Jordan has left the multichannel broadcaster after seven years.
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NewsTony Hall rallies BBC in-house staff
Tony Hall has urged in-house production staff to remain “strong” following plans to scrap the BBC quota system.
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NewsRize returns to Liberty
Channel 4 is to return to upmarket department store Liberty’s for a second series of the Rize ob-doc.
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NewsJeremy Paxman to host C4 election night
Channel 4 has signed up Jeremy Paxman to bring “mischief and danger” to its 2015 general election coverage.
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NewsFarah Ramzan Golant exits as All3Media sale finalised
Discovery and Liberty Global have completed their acquisition of All3Media in a move that will result in the departure of chief executive Farah Ramzan Golant.