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NewsFood Network scoops Paul Hollywood series
The Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood is to front a ten-part Reef Television-produced series for Food Network.
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NewsTony Hall hints that ITV has taken The Voice
Director general Tony Hall has indicated that ITV is to acquire The Voice after BBC1 airs its fifth and final series next year.
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NewsKudos absorbs Lovely Day & Shine Pictures
Lovely Day and Shine Pictures are to become absorbed into Kudos following Diederick Santer’s appointment as joint chief executive officer of the Broadchurch producer.
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NewsSky names comedy chief amid exec shake-up
Sky has appointed Jon Mountague as head of comedy and promoted Sky 1 director Adam MacDonald in a wide-ranging executive shake-up by new content boss Gary Davey.
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NewsCanon unveils two new compact camcorders
Canon has launched the XA30 and XA35, two camcorders that will join its X-series range.
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NewsDiscovery & Liberty Global to take stakes in Lionsgate
Discovery and Liberty Global plan to pay $195m (£128m) for separate stakes in the indie studio.
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NewsBectu battles ITV Studios over 3sixtymedia redundancy plans
Bectu is challenging ITV Studios’ proposal to cut 28 jobs at the Manchester post and studio crewing company 3sixtymedia.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Supergirl, Sky 1
The superhero series added 1m consolidated viewers to become Sky 1’s highest-rated series launch in three years.
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NewsBBC1 entertainment ‘presses reset’ after losing The Voice
The BBC has already set the wheels in motion to find a new primetime Saturday night entertainment show that could fill the void left by The Voice UK in 2017.
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NewsMahon named The Foundry chief exec
Alex Mahon has been named chief executive of The Foundry, the creative software company behind VFX product Nuke.
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NewsC4 doc explores Rich Kids of Instagram
Channel 4 Education has commissioned a one-off documentary inspired by the Tumblr blog Rich Kids of Instagram.
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NewsVoltage TV lands Undateables producer
Voltage TV has hired the executive producers behind The Undateables and Millenium Children to take responsibility for its factual output.
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NewsTrust explores nations & regions for final consultation
The BBC Trust is to look into BBC services in the devolved nations as the final consultation of the current charter period.
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NewsC5 orders fixed-rig family format
Channel 5 has ordered an innovative fixed-rig format from Plimsoll Productions focusing on the lives of six British families.
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NewsITV rides out ratings worries with revenues of £2.3bn
ITV weathered continued audience declines to post revenue growth of 13% in the first nine months of the year.
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NewsJimmy Carr to record Netflix special
Jimmy Carr will become the first UK comedian to record an original stand-up show for Netflix.
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NewsBBC Radio host rapped for breastfeeding comments
BBC Radio Solent presenter Alex Dyke has been found in serious breach of Ofcom and BBC Trust editorial guidelines for making derogatory comments about breastfeeding mothers.
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NewsLord Burns doubts benefit of C4 privatisation
Channel 4 chairman Terry Burns has claimed that there is “little financial benefit” in government plans to privatise the broadcaster and revealed concerns over the impact on the industry.