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NewsC4 wins Bake Off contest
Channel 4 has poached The Great British Bake Off after negotiations between Love Productions and the BBC broke down.
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NewsBBC to lose Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off, the biggest show on UK television, is to leave the BBC after talks broke down between the corporation and Love Productions.
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NewsConsolidated data: Victoria tops Poldark
ITV’s Victoria has outmuscled BBC1 rival Poldark in the consolidated ratings stakes – after the royal drama’s opening episode piled on 2m viewers.
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NewsBBC2 gears up motoring format
Paul Hollywood is to front his own car show as BBC2 ordered a North One Television series starring The Great British Bake Off host.
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NewsOfcom dismisses Fireman Sam and Naked Attraction complaints
Fireman Sam, Love Island, Naked Attraction and Coronation Street have all been cleared by regulator Ofcom after receiving close to 1,000 complaints.
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NewsIn brief: Richard Stone rebrand; Still Open All Hours; Baby Cow
Still Open All Hours is to return for a third series and agents Richard Stone Partnership have undergone a rebrand.
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NewsMichel Roux Jr to front C4 food series
Michel Roux Jr is to handpick the best food and drink products in the UK for a Channel 4 series.
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NewsBBC Alba seeks 'parity' with S4C
BBC Alba and its supporters have called for “greater parity” between the Gaelic broadcaster and its Welsh counterpart S4C as part of charter renewal.
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NewsC4 relocation back on the agenda
Reports have emerged that Channel 4 is to be moved to Birmingham as it prepares for its first official meeting with the government’s culture secretary.
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NewsReport: BBC to concede talent pay to secure board independence
Culture secretary Karen Bradley is reported to have struck a deal with the BBC which will force the corporation to publish talent salaries well below the £450,000 threshold already agreed.
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NewsSorrell: C4 privatisation is a 'good thing'
WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell has claimed that the privatisation of Channel 4 would be “a good thing” for the industry.
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NewsC4 brings back Trigger Happy TV
Dom Joly’s Trigger Happy TV is to return later this month after Channel 4 ordered a short-form reboot of the hidden camera show.
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NewsHall, Hunt and Purnell lead RTS conference line-up
Tony Hall will share the stage with C4’s Jay Hunt, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, BBC’s James Purnell and Sky Atlantic’s Zai Bennett at the Royal Television Socety’s London Conference later this month.
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NewsKirkham confirmed as BBC factual boss
Back In Time For Dinner commissioner Alison Kirkham has been confirmed as the BBC’s head of factual commissioning, more than a year after being installed in the role on a temporary basis.
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NewsIcelandic noir Case heads to Walter Presents
Channel 4’s foreign language streaming service Walter Presents has acquired Red Arrow International’s Icelandic crime drama Case.
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NewsMagic Light lands BBC1 Christmas animation
Magic Light Pictures is adapting Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s children’s book The Highway Rat for BBC1.
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NewsSky shifts gear for VR drive
Sky has kicked off an ambitious push into commissioning virtual reality (VR) content as the BBC maintains a watching brief on consumer appetite for the format.
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NewsBroadcast Commissioning Forum lines up first speakers
ITV entertainment chief Siobhan Greene will discuss the search for big-ticket entertainment hits as a keynote speaker at this year’s Broadcast Commissioning Forum.
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NewsBBC Worldwide fund backs 20 shows
BBC Worldwide is developing 20 non-scripted projects as part of its Paper to Pitch fund and has backed its first commission.
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NewsJulie Walters hops aboard C4 railway travelogue
Julie Walters is fronting her first factual series in 17 years after Channel 4 ordered a four-part railway travelogue.