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NewsJack Whitehall calls time on Bad Education
Jack Whitehall plans to call time on his BBC3 comedy Bad Education after three series.
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NewsFrance 2 rolls out Antiques Roadshow
French families will be hoping to unearth Marie Antoinette’s powder puff or Napoleon’s militaria after public broadcaster France 2 commissioned a remake of long-running BBC series Antiques Roadshow.
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NewsBBCW strikes Chinese VoD deal
BBC titles including Ripper Street, Silk and Frozen Planet are headed to China after BBC Worldwide struck a deal with VoD provider Sohu.
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NewsO Briain attacks BBC ban on all-male panel shows
Mock the Week host Dara O Briain has voiced concerns that the BBC’s ambition to ban all-male comedy could appear “tokenistic”.
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NewsITV to post profits of up to £642m
ITV will reveal it made a pre-tax profit of up to £642m in 2013 as the broadcaster’s transformation project enters its final 18 months.
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NewsIsrael to invest £4m in international filming
The Israeli government and the Municipality of Jerusalem have joined forces to greenlight a grant worth 22m shekels (£3.7m) for filming international cinema and TV productions in Jerusalem.
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NewsNickelodeon revives Alvin and the Chipmunks
Nickelodeon has picked up the new version of Alvin and the Chipmunks for its global network of channels.
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NewsPrime Focus consolidates at Old Compton St HQ
Prime Focus has exited its Dean Street building, with staff and kit from the facility housed at the post firm’s Old Compton Street base.
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NewsAmazon strikes UK deal with Warner
Amazon is to launch hit US shows including Arrow and The Following on its newly rebranded UK streaming service after striking a deal with Warner Bros.
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NewsITVS sells raft of factual shows
Magic shows and prison docs are among the 460 hours of factual and factual entertainment programming sold across Europe by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
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NewsC5 rings up Silver River debt docs
Channel 5 is to explore Britain’s debt problem through three documentaries from Silver River.
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NewsEndemol scores gameshow format deals
Endemol has secured a slew of deals across central and eastern Europe for its gameshow formats Pointless, Million Pound Drop and Next One.
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NewsCanadians eye UK kids co-pros
A delegation of Canadian animators has arrived in the UK to secure commissions and tap up kids indies for coproduction deals.
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NewsLuther to be remade in Russia
BBC1 detective drama Luther is being remade in Russia after Channel One ordered an eight-part series.
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NewsSky in talks with Discovery over C5 bid
Sky is in talks with Discovery to partner up to acquire Channel 5 according to reports.
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NewsTony Hall: top-slicing would undermine whole TV industry
Tony Hall will hit back at growing calls to top-slice the licence fee, claiming that carving up BBC funding risks weakening the UK’s broadcasting ecology.
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NewsITV to sign long-term news deal
ITV is ready to sign a long-term deal with ITN to provide its news service after Ofcom renewed the Channel 3 licence for another 10 years.
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NewsC5 investigates NCIS: LA
Channel 5 has extended its support of the NCIS franchise after picking up the free-to-air rights to spin-off show NCIS: Los Angeles.
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NewsBBC Scotland hunts referendum jokes
BBC Scotland has issued a call for budding comedy writers to submit jokes and sketches about the independence referendum to be developed into online shorts.
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NewsRichard Desmond quits C5 board
The sale of Channel 5 has moved a step closer after it emerged Richard Desmond has resigned from the board of the broadcaster.