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NewsBBC completes marketing and audiences restructure
Jane Lingham has been named BBC marketing and audiences director for brand, media and planning, completing a restructure of the wider marketing and audiences department.
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NewsTimeline TV Moment of the Year: Planet Earth II
Planet Earth II’s footage of newly-hatched marine iguanas escaping racer snakes was voted the Timeline TV Moment of the Year by guests at the Broadcast Awards 2017.
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NewsDigital sales surge for UK TV exports
The sale of digital rights generated more money for the British TV sector than new commissions in 2015/16, according to Pact’s UK Television Exports Survey.
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NewsBroadcast's Pick of the Week
Fake news and warm-bath drama are top of the agenda for Channel 4 and ITV respectively, while there will be plenty of nervous contestants ahead of the return of 4’s The Jump. Broadcast previews the week ahead.
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NewsCITV shake-up in spotlight
The loss of a dedicated children’s commissioner in last year’s restructure is a concern for producers in the genre, but ITV insists it’s business as usual.
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NewsTrump ban to affect ITN Oscar trip
ITN Productions has landed its first Oscar nomination for Watani: My Homeland, though US president Donald Trump’s refugee travel ban may prevent the film’s Syrian subjects from attending the LA ceremony.
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NewsIndies question BBC tender process
The BBC tendering process is in the spotlight after BBC Studios fought off competition from more than a dozen indies to win the first competitive pitch to make A Question Of Sport.
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NewsStakes rise in pay battle
The carriage battle between Discovery Communications and Sky could mark the start of pay-TV “warfare”, resulting in pay-TV blackouts and the emergence of skinnier channel packages.
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NewsFMUK hires C4’s Humphreys
Fremantle Media UK (FMUK) has handed Liam Humphreys control of its non-scripted indie portfolio, and will ask its labels to work together more closely under his leadership.
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NewsBBC3 acquires Irish comedy-drama
BBC3 has acquired Irish millennial comedy-drama Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope from Line of Duty distributor Content Media.
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NewsBBC and ITV set to revamp daytime schedules
ITV is eyeing “marmite” daytime formats that can move into primetime, while the BBC is searching for diverse, live series that appeal to the whole country, as both broadcasters freshen up their daytime schedules.
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NewsVFX duo set up northern post-production facility
Bafta award-winning VFX artist Chris Birks has teamed up with Chris Brearley to launch a post-production facility in West Yorkshire.
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NewsEvolutions bolsters team with dubbing mixer hire
Evolutions has recruited dubbing mixer Dan Chapman from The Farm.
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NewsIn brief: Eleventh Hour; House Productions
Safe House indie Eleventh Hour and Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell’s House Producitons have each made senior hires.
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NewsTurner backs Bigballs
US media firm Turner has acquired a stake in You, Me and the Apocalypse co-producer Bigballs Media.
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NewsBBC underestimated licence fee evasion
The BBC has underestimated the level of licence fee evasion and will struggle to meet its targets to reduce it by 2020, according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO).
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NewsShowdown at Realscreen
US producers and broadcasters face off in debate around falling margins and rising costs
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NewsGames developer urges TV writers to experiment
Former Tern TV head of digital Simon Meek has urged TV writers and directors to embrace games production as he prepares to launch a second interactive adventure.
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NewsSky Vision hunts drama partners
Sky Vision is hunting for new forms of drama funding as it ramps up its own investment in the genre following its acquisition of Chrysalis Vision.
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NewsC5 vows to improve diversity
Broadcaster admits it is ‘late to the party’, but says Viacom deal gives it more scope for change