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NewsCreative skills fund set for £37m boost
Businesses from the creative sector are to plough £17m into skills training, boosting the UK’s total investment pot to £37m.
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NewsLenny Henry 'fed up' of waiting for diversity boost
Comedian Lenny Henry is “fed up” of waiting for meaningful diversity initiatives to be introduced in the UK television industry.
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NewsGordon Ramsay’s final Kitchen Nightmares cooks up sales
Gordon Ramsay’s final Kitchen Nightmares series has been pre-sold to 110 territories ahead of its Channel 4 TX later this year.
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NewsBBCW strikes Cuba Pictures deal
BBC Worldwide has struck a first look deal with Cuba Pictures, the TV and film indie backed by literary and talent agency Curtis Brown Group.
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NewsDanny Cohen addresses in-house quota concerns
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has addressed staff concerns over the future of in-house production.
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NewsC4 forced to defend Utopia opener
Channel 4 has defended Kudos Film & Television’s controversial drama Utopia after it was criticised for dramatising the murder of Tory MP Airey Neave.
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NewsThe Garden observes London dogs for C4
The Garden Productions is to make an ob-doc about London’s dogs for Channel 4’s First Cut strand.
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NewsBBC appoints director of audiences
The BBC has hired Nick North from research business GfK as director of audiences.
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NewsLove Productions to visit Immigration Street for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned Immigration Street from Love Productions in addition to the indie working to deliver series two of Benefits Street.
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NewsBBC pilots Nina Conti variety show
The BBC is piloting a variety show hosted by comedian and ventriloquist Nina Conti.
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NewsBBC production plans a ‘historic moment’
Plans to break open the BBC’s television supply model have been hailed as a “historic moment” for the UK television industry – but some have warned that the changes will be fraught with difficulty.
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NewsBBC radio must follow TV lead
The BBC has been urged by senior industry execs to extend its plans to scrap television quotas to the radio sector.
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NewsLord Burns sounds note of caution over BBC plans
Channel 4 chairman Lord Burns has voiced concerns about the future of the indie sector and the licence fee following Tony Hall’s plans to scrap BBC quotas.
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NewsHall: BBC must ‘compete or compare’ to survive
Tony Hall has unveiled plans to introduce a “compete or compare” culture at the BBC to ensure the corporation is on the strongest footing possible going into charter renewal negotiations next year.
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NewsThe industry reacts: TV execs on BBC quota plans
Tony Hall’s plans to tear up quotas at the BBC and ‘liberate’ in-house production has been largely welcomed by the indie sector and rival broadcasters.
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NewsTony Hall: speech in full
The director general outlined his plans for major changes to BBC Productions at City University in London earlier today.
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NewsUKTV snares Del Toro drama
UKTV has captured Guillermo del Toro’s dark drama The Strain after fending off competition from several rivals.
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NewsBBC to make Watership Down animated series
The BBC is developing an animated television series based on classic children’s novel Watership Down.
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NewsBBC diversity under scrutiny
The difficulties faced by black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people in securing work at the BBC have been exposed in figures released by the corporation.
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NewsDisney: indies to make all long-form shows
Disney is to end in-house production of long-form shows in Europe and has called on indies to pitch live-action, sport and factual entertainment formats.