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NewsBBC cuts payoffs to £25m
The BBC handed out nearly £26m in staff payoffs in its 2013/14 financial year as the scandal over severance payments raged on.
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NewsTrust: BBC is back on its feet
The BBC has “got back on its feet” by cutting costs and reducing senior management headcount after a tumultuous 2012/13 period, according to the BBC Trust.
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NewsC4 Education orders youth-skewing slate
Raw TV and Firecracker Films are among the indies to have picked up commissions from Channel 4 Education as the broadcaster launches an online hub, Am I Normal.
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NewsSky lands Love in first indie deal
Sky has confirmed a deal to buy 70% of Love Productions and is understood to have the option to acquire the remainder of the company after a period of several years.
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NewsBBC pay strike cancelled
A planned strike for BBC workers on the opening day of the Commonwealth Games in July has been cancelled following a successful union negotiations with management today.
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NewsOfcom names Hollyoaks most violent soap
Emmerdale and Hollyoaks have become more violent over the past ten years, but Eastenders has slashed its violent content according to an Ofcom report.
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NewsC4 orders fast turnaround on flight MH17 tragedy
Channel 4 has commissioned a fast turnaround Dispatches investigating the tragedy of the Malaysia-bound flight shot down in Ukraine.
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NewsAmazon to remake Mad Dogs
Left Bank Pictures is to remake Sky 1 drama Mad Dogs for video-on-demand service Amazon.
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NewsSky Living ob-doc tracks billionaires
The lifestyles of the rich and famous are to be explored by Remy Blumenfeld’s indie Thinking Violets in an ob-doc series for Sky Living.
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NewsC4 launches Singer Takes It All app
Channel 4 has launched the playalong app for its forthcoming entertainment format The Singer Takes It All ahead of the show’s August debut.
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NewsBBCW scores Indian commissions
BBC Worldwide Productions has picked up two original commissions for MTV in India.
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NewsBBC 'must do more for young and diverse audiences'
The BBC’s main television channels are losing touch with young and diverse audiences and must do more to stand out from the crowd, according to a BBC Trust report.
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NewsBBC News to cut 415 jobs
BBC News is to cut 415 full-time roles as part of a wide-ranging restructure designed to save £48m per year.
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NewsBBC culls in-house Panorama team
The BBC has culled its entire in-house Panorama reporting team as part of wide-ranging job cuts across its news division.
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NewsTrust: BBC3 lags behind online rivals
The BBC Trust has laid bare the challenge the corporation faces in transforming BBC3 into a digital proposition, arguing the channel is “yet to establish itself as an online destination”.
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NewsBBC3 brings back C4’s Fulfords for doc series
Aristocratic family the Fulfords are to allow television cameras back into their lives 10 years after Channel 4’s Bafta-nominated Cutting Edge doc The F***ing Fulfords.
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NewsAmazon Prime to chase UK first-run acquisitions
Amazon is ramping up its strategy to acquire exclusive, first-run content for the UK market after picking up Halle Berry sci-fi drama Extant.
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NewsBroadcast Awards 2015 - open for entries
Entries have opened for the Broadcast Awards 2015 – the 20th anniversary of the event which celebrates the best of British TV.
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NewsBSkyB sells ITV stake to Liberty Global for £481m
BSkyB has sold a 6.4% share in ITV to Liberty Global for £481m, as the US cable company ramps up its presence in the UK.
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NewsBBC launches file delivery push
The BBC has kick-started its efforts to build an entirely file-based delivery and archive system just over a year after scrapping the Digital Media Initiative (DMI).