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NewsMPs oppose commercialisation of BBC World Service
A group of MPs have opposed BBC plans to further commercialise the World Service, believing it could jeopardise the independence of the unit’s output.
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NewsC4 to split third series of Black Mirror
Channel 4’s darkly comic series Black Mirror is returning for a third outing - but the dramas will be split rather than run consecutively creator Charlie Brooker has revealed.
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NewsArrow Media to broadcast live from space for C4
Arrow Media is producing a two-hour special for Channel 4 in the UK and Nat Geo around the world that will include live footage from the International Space Station as it completes an orbit of the earth.
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NewsC4's Living Dolls travels around the world
Controversial Channel 4 doc Secrets of the Living Dolls has been snapped up by international broadcasters after Passion Distribution struck a slew of deals.
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NewsBBC preps Winter Olympics coverage
The BBC is preparing its most comprehensive digital coverage of the Winter Olympics to date, as it gears up to offer 650 hours of content online.
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NewsITV scraps Exposure block in favour of single films
ITV plans to schedule investigative journalism strand Exposure throughout the year instead of in a single block of episodes – sparking fears the brand may be scaled back.
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NewsPact: BBC quotas will change
Pact believes a shake-up of BBC commissioning quotas is now inevitable as the corporation reshapes itself for charter renewal.
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News‘No change’ to 3D commitment as Sky’s Cassy exits
Sky 3D channel director John Cassy is leaving the broadcaster after 10 years to launch his own media venture.
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NewsSky and GME link up for Pick doc
Sky has worked with GroupM Entertainment for the first time to order its first original series for free-to-air station Pick TV – a 10-part ob-doc series using an innovative filming technique.
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NewsBBC hires development head
The BBC is to draft in Twenty Twenty director of development Ana De Moraes to lead the inhouse central development unit created by Danny Cohen.
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NewsSky strikes deal with US indie
Sky has invested in US indie startup Ugly Brother Studios through a development deal that will beef up its production and distribution business, and improve its ability to make US co-productions.
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NewsBBC to adapt US comedy pilot rejected by CBS
The BBC is developing The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud, a Jon Plowman-produced comedy that was originally piloted by US network CBS.
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NewsITV set to air The Widower as killer loses appeal
ITV is clear to broadcast a Jeff Pope drama about Malcolm Webster after the murderer lost his appeal against conviction in December.
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NewsStoryville to examine nuclear close shaves
BBC4 plans to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb with a “visceral” study of the history of nuclear near-misses.
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NewsFilm 4’s Butler joins Raw TV to build ‘bold slate’
Raw TV, the indie behind feature doc The Imposter, has hired Film 4 deputy head of film Katherine Butler.
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NewsC4 resists calls to drop Benefits Street
Channel 4 intends to push ahead with controversial documentary series Benefits Street despite thousands of people petitioning the broadcaster to drop the remaining four episodes.
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NewsTNA Wrestling pins down Challenge deal
Sky has renewed its rights deal with TNA Impact Wrestling to air coverage of the sport on its free-to-air channel Challenge.
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NewsMore4 serves up Cooks' Question Time
The Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins is to front a Question Time-style culinary series for More4.
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NewsSky 3D chief John Cassy departs
Sky 3D channel director John Cassy is stepping down from his post after 10 years at the broadcaster to launch his own media venture.
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NewsBBC bolsters entertainment commissioning team
Former ITV Studios entertainment executive Rachel Ashdown has been appointed as a commissioning editor by the BBC.