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NewsBBC ploughs £740m into pension deficit
The BBC is to plough an extra £365m of licence fee cash into its pension scheme in a bid to pay down a deficit that has doubled since 2010.
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NewsKarl Warner launches Sony-backed indie
Former BBC entertainment commissioner Karl Warner is launching an indie called Electric Ray with the backing of Sony Pictures Television (SPT).
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NewsCreative industries worth £8m an hour to UK
The UK’s creative industries are worth £71.4 billion per year to the UK economy, according to new DCMS statistics.
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NewsSound Women maps out audio careers
Absolute Radio’s Vicki Blight and award-winning comedy podcast producer Helen Zaltzman are among the speakers at the forthcoming Sound Women event.
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NewsUBS: Fox or Vodafone could buy Sky
Hollywood studio Fox or telcos Vodafone and O2 could target a merger with Sky, according to investment bank UBS.
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NewsHarding: press woes 'not BBC's fault'
BBC News boss James Harding hit back at the “mistaken view” that the corporation damages regional newspapers.
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NewsBT Sport greenlights WRC
Live TV coverage of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) is to return after rights holders struck a deal with BT Sport.
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NewsSky acquires 24: Live Another Day
Jack Bauer is to return to the UK after Sky 1 picked up action thriller series 24: Live Another Day.
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NewsBBC1 orders The Great North Passion
BBC1 has commissioned a third ambitious re-telling of the Passion story - the centrepiece of which will be a giant cross made up of shipping containers in South Shields.
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NewsBBC hires new Horizon editor
Steve Crabtree will become the editor of Horizon in January, replacing Aidan Laverty.
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NewsBBC America boards The Game
US cable network BBC America has backed Toby Whithouse-penned period spy drama The Game.
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NewsWhite Queen sequel gathers pace
US cable network Starz is moving forward with The White Princess, the sequel to its BBC co-production The White Queen, and has begun working with writer Emma Frost on new scripts.
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NewsExtreme weather explored by C4
Channel 4 has ordered a four-part documentary about the UK’s extreme weather conditions from Pioneer Productions.
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NewsShine TV hires BBC's Tanya Shaw
Shine TV has hired BBC commissioner Tanya Shaw as creative director.
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NewsFord and Frow strike Tallafornia deal
Channel 5 has acquired Irish reality series Tallafornia, Ireland’s answer to Geordie Shore, after striking a deal with TV3.
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NewsITV slams BBC shows and strategy
ITV has launched a stinging attack on the BBC, criticising the distinctiveness of the corporation’s programming output, its “aggressive” pursuit of ratings and its plans to launch a BBC1+1 service.
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NewsC4 buys Norwegian foreign language thriller
Channel 4 has acquired edgy Norwegian thriller Mammon, a noir All The President’s Men-style drama.
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NewsITV production manager Polly Coupland passes away
Polly Coupland, who worked for ITV as a production manager for almost forty years, has died shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.
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NewsC4 rejects Benefits Street's ‘poverty porn’ tag
Channel 4 head of factual Ralph Lee has hit back strongly at claims that Benefits Street is “poverty porn” amid increasing criticism of the show.
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NewsBBC developing Steve McQueen drama
The BBC has confirmed it is working on a “major drama” with 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen, which is likely to chart the black experience in Britain.