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NewsFive joins Project Canvas in drive for partnerships
Five has joined IPTV venture Project Canvas in the first of a planned series of major industry partnerships.
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NewsITV tackles pension shortfall
ITV has taken a significant step to address its £178m pension black hole by capping increases to its contributions to its defined benefits scheme at 1% a year.
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NewsChibnall to leave Law & Order UK showrunner role
Torchwood and Life on Mars writer Chris Chibnall will not return as showrunner on the second series of ITV1’s Law & Order UK, and plans to concentrate on other projects.
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ITV's Cole joins ITN's Diagonal View
ITN’s quirky video clips channel Diagonal View has appointed ITV’s former online sales director Gary Cole to the newly created position of commercial director.
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NewsC4 hunts for world's greatest pop star
Celebrities are to champion their favourite pop stars in a Great Britons-style Channel 4 series that will seek to establish the greatest act in the world today.
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Waddell Media wins double order for BBC NI
Waddell Media has won two commissions from BBC Northern Ireland, including a six-part series in which a musician supervises the mentoring of eight musical novices.
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NewsOrange launches C4-backed music service
Channel 4 is backing a mobile phone package from Orange that offers free music when users top up their phones.
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NewsHMV and Apple execs in race to be next ITV CEO
HMV chief executive Simon Fox and Apple’s most senior executive in Europe, Pascal Cagni, are understood to be frontrunners in the race to become the next chief executive of ITV.
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NewsC4 holds on to horse racing fixtures
Channel 4 has signed a new deal to keep horse racing on the channel for a further three years.
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NewsYounge slams diversity in TV industry
Pat Younge, incoming head of BBC Vision Productions, has claimed the TV industry is still disproportionately dominated by the white, middle and upper classes - and singled out ITV for criticism.
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NewsC4 acquires Welsh toon voiced by Rhys Ifans
Channel 4 has picked up the broadcast rights to Welsh animated series Sali Mali, narrated by actor Rhys Ifans.
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NewsITV3's Ladies of Letters to return
ITV3’s first original comedy drama, Ladies of Letters, will be returning for a second series.
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NewsBBC secures web video deal with newspapers
The BBC is to offer some of its news material, free of charge, to four national newspapers for use online.
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NewsX Factor boot camp to be filmed with live audience
X Factor bosses at Talkback Thames and Syco will be shaking up the format further, by holding the “boot-camp” in front of a live audience.
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NewsPoliticians fear for BBC NI's Let's Talk
Politicians from the Northern Ireland Assembly fear the BBC’s political panel show Let’s Talk is on the brink of being axed.
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NewsDoctor Who "most successful" sci-fi series
Doctor Who has been recognized as the most successful sci-fi series of all time by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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NewsAnt and Dec developing new variety show
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly’s indie Gallowgate is developing a new Saturday night variety show aimed at ITV1.
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NewsBBC3 appoints factual commissioning exec
BBC current affairs executive producer Samantha Anstiss has joined BBC3 as a commissioning executive producer working under Harry Lansdown.
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NewsJohn Sergeant to front ITV1 travel show
ITV1 AUTUMN LAUNCH: John Sergeant will star on ITV1 this autumn, travelling to England’s tourism hotspots to uncover the “gems and eccentricities” of the UK for a new factual series.
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NewsApple adds new ProRes codecs to FCP7
Apple has released a new version of its Final Cut Studio software suite that includes an update to Final Cut Pro complete with new ProRes codecs and support for AVC-Intra.