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NewsITV to refund votes for BGT winner
ITV will refund viewers who paid to vote for the winner of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent after Ofcom found the show had misled the audience.
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NewsInbetweeners duo leave Bwark to launch indie
Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, the pair behind The Inbetweeners, have left Bwark to set up a new production company.
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NewsImagine to expand presence at IBC
IBC 2015: Imagine Communications is expanding its presence at IBC2015 in Amsterdam and will take up exclusive residence in the newly constructed Amtrium at the RAI Amsterdam.
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NewsRTÉ1 orders 50 new shows
Irish public broadcaster RTÉ1 has unveiled over 50 new shows as part of its autumn slate including a raft of UK co-productions and commissions for British indies.
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NewsFairhead: ‘chilling’ to politicise licence fee debate
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has claimed that allowing politicians to interfere in the way in which the BBC is funded could have a “potentially chilling” impact.
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NewsGove wades into licence fee debate
Justice secretary Michael Gove has waded into the licence fee decriminalisation debate arguing that prosecutions for non-payment are overburdening the criminal justice system.
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NewsEBU unveils IP-based live production studio
IBC 2015: The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Belgian public broadcaster VRT have unveiled the LiveIP Project, a multi-vendor system integration project to showcase IP-based live broadcast production.
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NewsEndemol Shine acquires animation firm
Endemol Shine UK has acquired a majority stake in the animation firm responsible for Simon’s Cat.
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NewsPolecam to demo new remote head
IBC 2015: Polecam Systems will demonstrate a new remote head that combines a Polecam and gimbal at IBC next month.
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NewsC4 piloting Shorts on Android
Channel 4 is piloting some short-form content via its All 4 Android app to test audience interest before rolling out wider.
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NewsComedy Central strikes US deals
Comedy Central has acquired NBC slacker comedy Undateable and animated series Bob’s Burgers.
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NewsChina's Alibaba eyes international deals
Chinese media company Alibaba Group has made a number of senior appointments and wants to strike mergers and acquisitions to grow its international TV and film business.
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NewsHall and Whittingdale, Abraham and Hincks lead RTS Cambridge line-up
Culture secretary John Whittingdale with share the stage with director general Tony Hall at the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Convention next month, where Channel 4’s David Abraham will debate US ownership with Wayne Garvie, Tim Hincks and Nick Southgate.
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NewsEndemol Beyond promotes Georg Ramme to global boss
Endemol Beyond, the digital arm of Endemol Shine Group, has appointed Georg Ramme as its global managing director.
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NewsBroadcast TECH: the IBC issue
A 14-page survey of the post-production industry will be the centrepiece of the September/October issue of Broadcast TECH, which is set to be the biggest-ever edition of the magazine.
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NewsDiscovery's Rich Ross promoted
Rich Ross, president of the US Discovery Channel, will oversee Animal Planet and the Science Channel as part of a widening of his responsibilities.
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NewsToronto Film Festival launches TV event
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has launched a television spin-off event with the world premiere of the second series of Les Revenants (The Returned).
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NewsVER adopts Ncam virtual production kit
Camera tracking and virtual production company Ncam has partnered with rental firm VER.
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NewsNew RF camera package from Presteigne Broadcast Hire
Presteigne Broadcast Hire has introduced a new packaged RF camera system, the SC100.
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NewsVision247 moves to Chiswick
Broadcast services company Vision247 will relocate to Chiswick Media Park where it will build a new data centre to offer customers RAID storage in London.