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NewsITV eyes Doctor Who-style dramas
ITV is bidding to replicate the global success of family dramas Doctor Who and Merlin by producing two ambitious fantasy adventure series.
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NewsLondon Live boss departs
London Live’s editorial director Stefano Hatfield has left the Evening Standard-operated local TV station less than a month after its launch.
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NewsBBC and ITV aim to resolve pay row
The BBC and ITV will attempt to resolve a long-running pay dispute with specialist drama production crew after Bectu threatened to disrupt work on some of the UK’s biggest shows.
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NewsBBC Proms push includes iPlayer feature
The BBC has promised to make a record amount of Proms content available online this year, including the launch of a special iPlayer feature.
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NewsMTV unveils UK shows at upfronts
US cable network MTV has ordered three series from All3Media America, Optomen Television and Zodiak.
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NewsBBC drops out of CBI over Scottish independence
The BBC has suspended its membership of the CBI after the business group joined an anti-Scottish independence campaign.
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NewsC5 lines up Never Teach Your Wife To Drive!
Channel 5 will examine the patience of couples in Never Teach Your Wife To Drive! - its latest inhouse commission.
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NewsLuis Silberwasser exits Discovery
Discovery Networks International chief content officer Luis Silberwasser is leaving the broadcaster to “pursue new opportunities”.
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NewsJulian Bellamy to join ITVS
Julian Bellamy is leaving Discovery Networks International to join ITV Studios.
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NewsPact lobbies for kids’ live action credit
Pact believes kids’ broadcasters such as CiTV, Channel 5, Disney and Nickelodeon will ramp up their live-action originations if it can convince the Treasury to introduce a new tax break.
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NewsBBC1 revisits Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Cider With Rosie, The Go-Between and An Inspector Calls will be adapted as 90-minute dramas for a BBC1 season of early 20th century British novels and plays.
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NewsITV rustles up celebrity cookery series for daytime
ITV has used ingredients from Come Dine With Me and Through The Keyhole to create a celebrity-led daytime cookery series.
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NewsITV wins Broadmoor access for doc series
ITV has won approval from health minister Norman Lamb to secure unprecedented access to Broadmoor Hospital for an ob-doc series.
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NewsBritespark wins US commission for docu-drama
Britespark Films, the indie set up by former Cineflix head of documentaries Nick Godwin, has secured its second significant commission in the US.
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NewsUKTV buys BBCW’s global series
UKTV has acquired a raft of shows that were commissioned by BBC Worldwide for its international channels.
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NewsJamaica Inn sound issues: BBC drama boss apologises
BBC drama controller Ben Stephenson has apologised for the sound issues on Jamaica Inn after the corporation received nearly 800 viewer complaints about the Origin Pictures drama.
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NewsHBO boards BBC's The Casual Vacancy
HBO has come on board BBC’s television adaptation of JK Rowling’s bestseller The Casual Vacancy.
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NewsUS media law firm opens in Derry
US media law firm SmithDehn LLP is to open an office in Derry, Northern Ireland, where it will look to expand its involvement in film and TV.
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NewsJodie Marsh returns to TLC
TLC UK is extending its relationship with glamour model-turned-bodybuilder Jodie Marsh with two new documentary shows.
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NewsSTV ad revenue up 5% in 2014
STV enjoyed a solid start to the year with advertising revenue rising 5% as it prepares to launch its first local TV channel.