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NewsHall: BBC’s future must not be dictated by commercial interests
Tony Hall has argued that the future of the BBC should not be decided by “narrow commercial interests” but by the British public.
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NewsBBC network spend in Scotland tumbles
Political pressure on the BBC from Scotland could be ramped up after the corporation spent less in the country in 2014 on network TV and appreciation fell for BBC Radio Scotland.
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NewsWorldwide pledges to return £1bn to BBC
BBC Worldwide plans to return around £1bn to the corporation cumulatively over the next five years, despite a dip in profits following the sale of 49.9% of the business to AMC Networks.
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NewsC4 orders health slate
Channel 4 has ordered a raft of health-based feature shows from Twofour, Fresh One and Broadbean Media.
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NewsITV US president steps down
ITV Studios America president Orly Adelson has stepped down, prompting a restructure at the US business.
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NewsBBC TV channels suffer further falls in reach and appreciation
Audience reach and appreciation scores for all the BBC’s major television channels has decreased for the second year, despite content spend growing at all but BBC4, CBBC and CBeebies.
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NewsRead resurfaces at Birmingham's Custard Factory
Former Wimbledon Studios managing director Piers Read has been appointed managing director at Birmingham’s The Custard Factory.
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NewsBBC back office spend rockets £100m
BBC back office support costs have rocketed by almost £100m at a time when the corporation has warned that services could be at risk from further funding cuts.
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NewsLifetime revives Britain’s Next Top Model
Lifetime has revived Britain’s Next Top Model two years after the format was axed by Sky Living.
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NewsQuantum announces Cisco IVT certification
Quantum Corporation has announced the certification of Cisco IVT (Interoperability Verification Testing) compatibility for three of its product suites.
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NewsColyer scoops RTS Young Technologist Award
Formula One Management special cameras engineer Michael Colyer has been given the Royal Television Society’s (RTS) annual Young Technologist Award.
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VocalBoothToGo to open UK office
US-based company VocalBoothToGo is launching a UK subsidiary to supply its mobile sound-proofing and acoustic treatment systems to European customers.
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NewsSkype TX software gets upgrade
Skype has announced an update to its Skype TX controller software which allows broadcasters and media companies to manage multiple Skype TX units.
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Royalty-free riffs from AKM Music
AKM Music has added a new title to its copyright free and royalty-free stock music library.
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NewsTony Hall to stand up for entertainment
BBC director general Tony Hall will stress that entertainment shows should remain at the heart of the BBC and that the public’s voice should be heard during charter renewal negotiations, as he unveils the annual report.
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NewsBBC working on radical commissioning overhaul
The BBC is giving serious consideration to one of the most radical changes in its 93-year history: scrapping specific TV, radio and online commissioning teams and installing what has been dubbed internally as “genre commissioning”.
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NewsBBC WoCC figures reveal impact of indie consolidation
The Endemol Shine Group mega-merger and All3Media’s sale meant that qualifying indies won just 13% of business in the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC), according to adjusted BBC figures.
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NewsAre you backing the BBC?
A raft of controversial proposals, such as the BBC stepping away from popular programming, are set to be floated in a government green paper this week – which will also give the industry the chance to share its views.
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NewsWayne Garvie slams Vardanis' Strictly Come Dancing claims
A row has broken out over the creation of entertainment juggernaut Strictly Come Dancing, with former BBC exec Wayne Garvie rubbishing claims by Fenia Vardanis that she was responsible for the success of the format.
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NewsNEP adds Dutch facilities firm to ever-expanding group
The NEP Group has agreed a deal to acquire Consolidated Media Industries (CMI), the Netherlands-based media group which includes the DutchView and Infostrada Creative Technology brands.