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NewsUniversal acquires drama from Prison Break creators
Universal Channel has picked up the broadcast rights to US crime drama Breakout Kings.
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NewsFood Network renews original series’
Scripps-owned Food Network UK is to build on its first original commissions with second series orders.
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NewsNew claims emerge in TOWIE legal battle
A legal document seen by Broadcast includes fresh claims from Big Brother winner Brian Belo that he came up with the format of The Only Way is Essex.
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NewsBroadcasters that ignore social media are "living in the past"
MIPCUBE: Twitter UK boss Tony Wang has hit back at broadcasters who claim some TV is more suitable than others for social TV.
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NewsChristopher Lunn plots third HMRC legal battle
Christopher Lunn & Company (CLAC) has signalled its intention to take HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to court for a third time in its long-running dispute with the tax body.
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News6Music's Adam Buxton spins Sky Atlantic show
BBC 6Music DJ Adam Buxton is to front a music video series for Sky Atlantic produced by Clive Tulloh’s Burning Bright Productions.
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NewsMatt Edmondson to front BBC3 pilot
STV Productions has won its first ever commission for BBC3 – a non-TX comedy panel show pilot starring Radio 1 DJ Matt Edmondson.
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Schemes to offer opportunities to new entrants
Young documentary makers and small companies interested in producing digital content are being offered two separate opportunities to break into their respective areas of the industry.
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NewsNew Girl remains top 4oD performer
Channel 4 acquisition New Girl has topped the 4oD chart for the second month running, despite recently taking a break from TV.
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NewsC5 heads behind bars
Channel 5 has commissioned a new three part series about crimes committed by some of the country’s most notorious serial killers entitled Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story.
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NewsJames Grant buys Ant and Dec indie Gallowgate
Talent agency James Grant Group has acquired Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly’s production company Gallowgate Holdings for an undisclosed amount.
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NewsRev blessed with four BPG awards
BBC2 comedy Rev has scooped four categories at the Broadcasting Press Guild TV Awards which will be held later today in London.
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NewsBBC wipes out Total Wipeout
The BBC is canning teatime hit Total Wipeout at the end of this year.
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NewsCrozier's 2011 pay package worth more than £2m
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier earned almost £2.15m last year after the broadcaster reported progress on its five-year transformation plan.
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NewsNews Corp attacks Panorama as Murdoch takes to Twitter
News Corp has branded the BBC Panorama investigation into NDS a “gross misrepresentation” and Rupert Murdoch has taken to Twitter to talk of “lies and libel” and “preparing to hit back hard”.
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NewsIndie bosses quiz BBC on pay-to-download plans
Mark Thompson and senior BBC executives have held face-to-face talks with the bosses of some of Britain’s biggest indies about how to make its proposed pay-to-download service commercially feasible.
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NewsBBC agrees Directors UK deal
The BBC and Directors UK have signed a landmark agreement aimed at putting directors back at the centre of programme-making.
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NewsC4 in talks with Pact over template for sharing viewer data
Channel 4 is looking to establish a contractual template for sharing the viewer data that indies generate through their multiplatform properties.
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NewsS4C strives to make a Welsh killing
S4C is hoping to turn Wales into the next Denmark by creating programming to be sold worldwide.
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NewsGold greenlights Yes, Prime Minister revival
Yes, Prime Minister is to return to TV after an absence of 24 years as UKTV’s comedy channel Gold kicks off its original commissioning push.