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NewsBroadcast Awards 2014 highlights
Click to view the video highlights from the Broadcast Awards 2014.
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NewsBBC to drop single supplier model and invite tech bids
The BBC is moving away from a single supplier for its in-house technology as Atos’s 10-year, £2bn technology framework deal draws to a close.
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NewsFour in the frame for BBC in-house comedy job
ITV comedy boss Myfanwy Moore is understood to be among the contenders to head up the BBC’s in-house comedy division following the promotion of Mark Freeland last year.
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NewsBBC1 signs Red Planet Motown series
BBC1 has picked up Tony Jordan’s large-scale Motown ‘jukebox musical’ and is developing a series of smaller studio plays with the writer’s indie Red Planet Pictures.
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NewsAnalysis: ‘Investment is key for ITVBe’
ITV will need to invest heavily in its new female-skewing channel ITVBe to ward off the risk of cannibalising its audience, according to the bosses of rival stations.
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NewsBectu survey points to BBC improvement
Bectu has claimed that it has seen improvement in working conditions at the BBC’s religion and ethics department since investigating the matter last year.
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NewsThe Musketeers to go global
The Musketeers is set to swashbuckle across the world after BBC Worldwide closed several deals with international broadcasters.
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NewsSpringham joins Crackit to bolster growth
Crackit Productions has hired Hannah Springham, one of the founding producers of Jonathan Stadlen’s indie Knickerbockerglory.
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NewsITV Player exec finds new home at Rightmove
One of the key executives behind the successful relaunch of ITV Player, James Micklethwaite, is to leave the broadcaster.
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NewsMiddlechild to tell ‘human bear’ story for C5
Channel 5 has ordered a documentary from Middlechild Productions telling the story of a grizzly bear that was bought by a Scottish couple in 1976 and went on to become a Hollywood star.
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NewsFremantle execs exit for Applicaster and Fresh One
Fremantle Media UK Interactive has lost two high-profile executives: managing director Peter Cassidy and digital producer Jonathan Almond.
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NewsSky adapts Italian comic for TV
Sky is developing a TV series based on Italian comic book Diabolik with sister companies Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland.
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NewsAustralia opens up to UK indies
Australia’s importance to the UK TV industry is set to boom in three areas: British indies winning commissions down under; consolidation of its domestic production sector; and Australian shows being picked up by British broadcasters.
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NewsWest Digital to double in size with second London site
Post facility West Digital is set to double in size as the company bids to keep pace with demand from its broadcast clients.
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NewsITV buys stake in Teen Wolf indie DiGa
ITV has acquired DiGa Vision, the US indie responsible for MTV’s remake of Teen Wolf.
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NewsRoughcut renews Fremantle distribution deal
Cuckoo producer Roughcut Television has renewed its distribution agreement with FremantleMedia International.
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NewsNetflix picks up Australian drama Rake
Netflix has acquired the UK and US rights to Australian drama Rake after closing a deal with distributor DCD Rights.
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NewsRed Planet calls for tax credit reform
Red Planet Pictures is lobbying to relax tax credit rules to allow for more flexible episode length in high-end drama.
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NewsC4 backs NYTVF drama contest
Channel 4 has partnered with Mad Men-producer Lionsgate to launch a New York Television Festival (NYTVF) competition to help uncover dramas from emerging US writers.
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NewsAdam Barker made acting BBC2 boss
BBC editorial executive Adam Barker will become the acting controller of BBC2 when Janice Hadlow steps down early next month.