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NewsViewers concerns over data a “major challenge”
RTS CAMBRIDGE: Consumer fears about how companies use data present “a major challenge” for broadcasters and platforms, according to senior figures from Google and Channel 4.
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NewsBBC Worldwide competing for scale, says CEO
RTS CAMBRIDGE: “The inability to get hold of capital” is the biggest thing preventing BBC Worldwide from competing at scale, according to its chief executive John Smith.
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NewsPatten: BBC entertainment will suffer cuts
RTS CAMBRIDGE: BBC’s entertainment output will be hit harder than other genres by the corporation’s budget cuts, Trust chairman Chris Patten has confirmed.
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NewsC4 unveils autumn line-up
Channel 4 has revealed the new programmes that will populate its autumn schedules including a series about gender reassignment, a new live game show and a Big Fat Gypsy Wedding spin-off.
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NewsC4 reveals VoD ad formats
Channel 4 is to start offering VoD advertising campaigns based on demographic and genre - launching four new online ad formats.
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NewsDiscovery chief urges light touch regulation
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The boss of global broadcaster Discovery has urged Jeremy Hunt to retain the “level playing field” for rights regulation within the new Communications Act.
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NewsSky 1's Trollied to return
Sky 1 has ordered two more series of supermarket comedy Trollied as part of its commitment to boost original content spend by 50% over the next three years.
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NewsWarning over World Service
The integration of the World Service into the BBC could take up to five years, senior figures have warned, with cultural and budgetary tensions threatening to “drown out” the service’s international voice.
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NewsHunt sets out vision for media
Relaxed PSB obligations, cross-platform regulation and the curtailing of the BBC’s news market share are among the key areas Jeremy Hunt is considering as part of a new Communications Act.
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NewsYesterday expands commissioning strategy
UKTV factual channel Yesterday is moving beyond its traditional heartland of 1940s-themed programming to the end of the 1970s as the channel ramps up its investment in UK content.
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NewsITV1 and C5 cut regional spend
ITV1 and Channel 5’s out-of-London spend and production hours declined last year, with ITV1’s dropping for the second year in a row.
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NewsGutteridge close to UK two-screen app deal
TV executive Tom Gutteridge is on the brink of signing a deal with a UK broadcaster for a new two-screen technology called Screach.
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NewsC4 re-enacts ‘Great Escape’
A group of serving RAF officers will replicate the legendary World War II ‘Great Escape’, immortalised in the 1963 Steve McQueen film, for Channel 4.
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NewsE4 to offer Made In Chelsea fans 'rewards'
Structured reality series Made In Chelsea will be the next E4 programme to offer viewers exclusive stickers and rewards if they ‘check in’ using US social network GetGlue.
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NewsUKTV launches first app
UKTV is launching its first paid-for mobile app, for DIY channel Home, to boost its profile across new platforms and generate extra revenues.
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NewsWipeout gets winter makeover
Endemol’s Total Wipeout is getting a winter makeover for BBC1, with the introduction of seasonal challenges and wintry obstacles.
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NewsFast Show pair to tour UK
Fast Show stars Simon Day and John Thomson are fronting a travelogue about the differences between the UK’s counties for AETN’s History channel.
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NewsBBC3 kicks off bid to create buzz about The Fades
BBC3 is distributing a range of additional online content around new drama The Fades to attract young horror fans and kickstart a viral buzz about the series.
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NewsBBC2 flies in Pan Am doc to partner US drama
BBC2 has ordered a one-off documentary charting the history of US airline Pan Am to coincide with the channel’s acquisition of the ABC drama bearing its name.
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NewsTragedy of Turing to be made into C4 drama doc
Alan Turing, the British mathematician who broke the Enigma code in World War II, will be the subject of a Channel 4 drama documentary.