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NewsBroadcast launches diverse talent search
Broadcast is hunting for TV’s rising BAME stars for a special issue this summer.
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NewsAdam Crozier to deliver Mipcom keynote
Adam Crozier is to lift the lid on ITV’s strategy to build an international content business in a keynote speech at Mipcom.
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NewsTony Hall hails 'right deal' for the BBC
Director general Tony Hall has claimed the shock agreement for the future funding of the corporation is the “right deal for the BBC in difficult economic circumstances”.
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NewsLicence fee deal: BBC wins and losses
Broadcast’s line-by-line guide to how the BBC will be impacted by the surprise licence fee deal announced today.
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NewsBBC licence fee deal: reaction
Click for all the latest reaction to the surprise BBC licence fee deal
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NewsWhittingdale: BBC to take on £650m pensioner licence fees
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has announced that the BBC will shoulder the £650m cost of licence fees for over-75s - but the corporation’s funding will be tied to inflation in the next charter period.
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NewsCreative Skillset hires chief exec
Former BBC Online controller Seetha Kumar has been appointed as chief executive of Creative Skillset.
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NewsC4 launches diverse writing initiative
Channel 4 will give diverse writers the chance to pen original series for its main channel and E4 as part of its newly-launched Studio4 initiative.
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NewsBBC press team faces 20% cut
The BBC press team is facing a cut of up to 20% as the corporation axes 1,000 jobs in a bid to save £150m.
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NewsBBC Trust to review local radio and news
The BBC Trust is to review the corporation’s local radio and local news services.
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NewsAmazon's Audible orders five audio pilots
Hunderby’s Kevin Eldon and Outnumbered’s Hugh Dennis are among the stars to have signed up to appear in a slew of comedy pilots from Amazon-backed digital audio service Audible.
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NewsC4 hires diversity duo
Channel 4 has strengthened its diversity team with the appointment of two executives to implement its 360° Diversity Charter.
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NewsSony buys Brussels-based digitisation and archive facility
Sony Europe has acquired Memnon Archiving Services, a Brussels-based digitisation and digital archive facility.
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NewsCBBC scales back original commissions
CBBC is to cut back on original commissions and supersize its key brands – as it reveals it is hunting for new presenters and a studio sitcom.
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NewsVFX firms Cinesite and Image Engine join forces
VFX facilities Cinesite and Image Engine have merged.
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NewsWhat does £650m buy you at the BBC?
With chancellor George Osborne set to ask the BBC to pick up the bill for licence fees for the over-75s, Broadcast assesses how a £650m cut could impact the corporation’s services.
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NewsWinnie The Witch to fly onto C5
Classic kids character Winnie The Witch is to fly onto TV screens after Channel 5 commissioned a 52-part series for its preschool strand Milkshake.
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NewsChancellor to hit BBC with £650m bill for pensioner licence fees
George Osborne has all-but confirmed plans to make the BBC pick up the £650m bill for free licence fees for the over-75s in his Budget this week.
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NewsC5 lost £13m ahead of Viacom sale
Channel 5 lost £12.9m in its final nine months of ownership under Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell, after suffering an advertising dispute with Omnicom and the poor performance of US soap Dallas.
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NewsTV viewing among young down 18%
TV viewing among young adults has fallen by 18% over the past five years, according to Ofcom.