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NewsLondon Mayor backs initiative for small indies
Mayor of London Boris Johnson and former drama and entertainment producer Victoria Powell have joined forces to launch an accelerator programme for London-based indies with revenues under £5m.
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NewsC5 wants half of NQIs’ rights
Channel 5 is to demand half of the back end of shows commissioned from non-qualifying indies (NQIs) as part of its tougher stance on rights.
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NewsArrow targets genre mash-up
Arrow Media wants to mash up genres as it attempts to broaden its output into factual entertainment, features and natural history after securing investment from Channel 4 last year.
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NewsBBC1 drama to explore organised crime
The shadowy world of organised crime will form the backdrop of a BBC1 drama from Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell-producer Cuba Pictures.
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NewsBBC Worldwide to take Coast to China
BBC2 format Coast is to be re-made in China as part of a slew of co-production deals agreed by BBC Worldwide with local broadcasters Shanghai Media Group (SMG) and CCTV.
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NewsSamsung sponsors All 4 supper club format
Atomized Entertainment is to produce an ad-funded pop-up restaurant format for Channel 4’s digital service.
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NewsNo evidence the BBC ‘crowds out commercial rivals’
The BBC Trust has claimed that there is no evidence to suggest that the BBC’s online, entertainment or news content crowds out commercial rivals.
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NewsDisney launches subscription app
Disney is launching an app which will offer consumers the ability to stream its television episodes and movies and access a range of albums and books.
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NewsBake Off audience rises to five-year TV high
The Great British Bake Off final has become the highest-rated original show on British television in five years after it consolidated to nearly 15.1m viewers.
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NewsVice holds blackout to call for release of imprisoned journalist
Vice Media imposed a two-hour blackout of its network of websites earlier today to call for the release of Mohammed Rasool, a journalist who has been imprisoned for 56 days by the Turkish authorities.
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NewsBBC Worldwide to review missed Bake Off episode
BBC Worldwide is conducting a full review into the reason the opening episode of Great South African Bake Off failed to TX as scheduled earlier this month.
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NewsSpun Gold pilots Dutch singing format for BBC
Spun Gold is piloting a Dutch format for BBC daytime in which four contestants host a singing contest in their own homes over the course of a week.
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NewsShine TV boss to step down
Shine TV managing director Kelly Webb-Lamb is to leave the indie at the end of the year.
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NewsBetty staffs up to bolster male-skewing & features output
Betty has hired two executive producers to ramp up its male-skewing adventure output and features programming.
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NewsViacom hands Holmes expanded remit
Viacom has promoted Comedy Central UK boss Louise Holmes to oversee programming for the comedy channel and MTV UK as part of a management team shake-up.
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NewsLive at the Apollo moves to BBC2
Live at the Apollo is to move from BBC1 to BBC2 as the latter bids to become more of a home for stand-up comedy.
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NewsThree new recruits join The Farm's production team
The Farm has expanded its production team with three hires as it prepares to move into a new 33,000 sq ft facility on Newman Street early next year.
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NewsGeordie Shore star launches YouTube channel
Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby has partnered with Sassy Films to launch a YouTube channel featuring fan-suggested challenges, comedy pieces and vlogs.
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NewsSky scores southern hemisphere rugby rights
Sky Atlantic has grown its audience by 70% year-on-year while the pay-TV broadcaster has swooped for rights to a host of southern hemisphere rugby rights.
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NewsBBC journalists to get EU training
All BBC journalists will go through mandatory training about the EU ahead of the in-out referendum which is due to take place within the next two years.