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NewsBBC confirms £15m online savings plan
The BBC has confirmed plans to save £15m from its online budget by cutting duplication and retreating from “better-resourced services in the market”.
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NewsBBC News caught carrying pro-EU ads
The BBC News international website has been caught carrying pro-EU advertising after a third-party provider failed to block the campaign.
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NewsITV ups stake in Nordic VoD service
ITV has upped its investment in the Nordic VoD service Cirkus, which offers a raft of British content to international audiences.
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NewsPenelope Keith returns to C4
Penelope Keith is travelling across the country to visit the Queen’s official residences for a four-part Channel 4 series.
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NewsBBC Global News chief departs
BBC Global News editorial and digital director Richard Porter is leaving the corporation after 27 years.
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NewsGoing to the Dogs indie scores £1m investment
Going To The Dogs producer Latimer Group has raised £1m from Impact Ventures UK, an investment fund which supports social enterprises.
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NewsPoll: could BBC1 be more distinctive?
The BBC and the government are at loggerheads over the distinctiveness of BBC1, but who do you agree with?
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NewsNaked hires chief operating officer
Former Fox TV Studios managing director Susie Dark is to become chief operating officer of Simon Andreae’s Naked Entertainment.
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NewsBBC Food to be axed under wide-reaching online cull
The BBC Food website is to be axed, while development spending on iPlayer will be put at risk, as the corporation aims to save £15m per year.
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NewsKim Shillinglaw in talks with Endemol Shine Group
Kim Shillinglaw is in talks with Endemol Shine Group (ESG) about a potential new role that could encompass leading One Born Every Minute-indie Dragonfly.
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NewsLords press ahead with fight for BBC independence
A cross-party group of peers will continue to hold the government’s feet to the fire over what they believe is a covert bid to undermine the BBC’s independence in last week’s white paper.
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NewsMinnow to access US justice system for BBC2
Minnow Films will unlock the American justice system in a BBC2 series announced as part of raft of fresh documentaries from Patrick Holland.
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NewsBrown Bear launches cloud-based audio offering
Brighton-based facility Brown Bear Audio has launched a cloud-based audio post service.
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NewsRoss Kemp hires Bear Grylls producer
Ross Kemp’s indie Freshwater Films is looking to boost its features and factual output with the hire of Betty executive Tom Sheahan.
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NewsIn brief: Fremantle Media hire; C5 doc; TCB deals
Fremantle has bolstered its global drama division, while C5 doc Inside Buckingham Palace has been sold into the US and Warner Bros has closed a raft of Little Big Shots format deals.
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NewsAll 4 gears up prank driving series
The Chuckle Brothers and Tinchy Stryder are some of the celebrities set to prank members of the public with dodgy driving in an ad-funded shorts series for All 4.
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NewsBBC1 and UKTV call for emergency services
The BBC and UKTV are both delving behind the scenes of the emergency services with separate fly-on-the-wall documentaries following UK ambulance crews.
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NewsITV takes stake in Route 24
ITV has acquired a stake in a film and TV production company formed by one of the producers of hit BBC2 crime drama The Shadow Line.
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NewsVice hires Louis Theroux development exec in recruitment spree
Louis Theroux development exec Dan Louw and Objective’s Debi Roach have joined Vice as the youth media brand beefs up its production team ahead of the launch of its linear channel.
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NewsMolinare recruits VFX creative director
Molinare has hired Dolores McGinley to lead its VFX department in the newly created role of creative director.