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NewsAmazon hires European video chief
BT director of TV Alex Green is to become the European boss of Amazon Instant Video – the online service that yesterday struck a landmark deal with the former Top Gear team.
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NewsBafta TV committee names new chair
An Idiot Abroad producer Krishnendu Majumdar has become chair of Bafta’s television committee.
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NewsIn brief: Animal Mums; Scott & Bailey; Ashes
ITV has ordered an animal doc and Scott & Bailey special, as Sky Sports reveals the size of its Ashes audience with England on the verge of victory in Edgbaston.
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NewsEndemol Shine gaming arm completes MBO
Endemol Shine UK’s games developer Bossa Studios has completed a management buyout from the mega-indie.
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NewsViewer panel starts to inform C4 commissioning decisions
Data gathered from Channel 4’s viewer survey panel Core4 has started to help inform its commissioning and programme marketing decisions.
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NewsLiberty Global increases stake in ITV
Liberty Global has increased its stake in ITV to almost 10% but confirmed that it does not intend to make an offer to fully acquire the broadcaster.
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NewsTrickbox TV shepherds Flockstars
London broadcast service company Trickbox TV has provided the HD multi-camera flyaway facility for Liberty Bell’s Flockstars for ITV.
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NewsCanon offers ultra-low light HD camera
Canon has launched a low-light camera with a maximum ISO in excess of 4 million.
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NewsAndy Wilman lifts bonnet on Top Gear team’s Amazon deal
Andy Wilman has lifted the bonnet on the former Top Gear team’s landmark deal with Amazon Prime Video, explaining that they will be “left alone” to take the best of their old show and update it for a “new world” audience.
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NewsJohn Silver to leave Red House
John Silver, the creative and managing director of Red House TV, is leaving the company he established seven years ago.
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NewsFormer Top Gear team to make series for Amazon
Amazon Prime Video has emerged as the surprise home of the new motoring show from Jeremy Clarkson and his former Top Gear team.
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NewsPett Television founder to produce Top Gear
Pett Television founder Lisa Clark is to replace Andy Wilman as the executive producer of Top Gear.
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NewsDeal Or No Deal banker’s indie wins first order
Possessed, the ITV Studios label set up by Deal Or No Deal banker Glenn Hugill, has won its first series commission and has assembled an executive team to create risk-taking formats.
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NewsITV bids to calm indie fears as in-house spend surges
Adam Crozier has moved to quell indie concerns about vertical integration at ITV, after its in-house spend jumped 11% in the first half of 2015.
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NewsFive fast facts: Clarkson and co’s Amazon deal
Broadcast rounds up the key facts from the former Top Gear team’s landmark deal with Amazon Prime Video.
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NewsJim Pullin: a league of his own
Jim Pullin, the Bafta award-winning executive producer of A League Of Their Own, has died at the age of 57.
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NewsZodiak and Banijay to merge
Formats from Zodiak Media’s British indies could travel around the world more quickly after the firm agreed to merge with French production group Banijay.
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NewsIndie duo bolster BBC docs team
The BBC has raided two indies to bolster its documentary commissioning team, completing its factual restructure after seven months.
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NewsMeirion Jones: BBC journalists behind Savile scandal ‘squeezed out’
Former BBC journalist Meirion Jones has claimed that he was “squeezed out” of the corporation along with several colleagues for attempting to expose the Jimmy Savile scandal.
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NewsORF opts for Crystal Vision kit for studio upgrade
Austrian national broadcaster ORF has awarded a contract to Crystal Vision to provide the core technical infrastructure for a major upgrade to the broadcaster’s studio RP3.