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NewsVice makes C4 & Pulse hires
Multiplatform content producer Vice has appointed Fried Chicken Shop developer Max Gogarty, and Channel 4 docs commissioning editor Lina Prestwood to bolster its growing production team.
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NewsThe Works recruits Dawson for broadcast push
Leeds-based design agency The Works has recruited a new head of 3D.
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NewsBBC’s Sean Hancock joins Fremantle
BBC entertainment commissioner Sean Hancock is to join FremantleMedia North America to help lead its unscripted programming.
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NewsBuccaneer hires unscripted boss
Buccaneer Media, the indie established by Hollyoaks creator Tony Wood, has hired former Outline Productions exec Ross McCarthy to beef up its unscripted division.
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NewsShine hires former Bravo exec Dave Clarke
Shine has hired former Bravo controller and Cineflix exec Dave Clarke as head of global format acquisitions.
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NewsC4 signs up 10m registered users
Channel 4 has signed up 10m people to its online viewer database, including half of the UK’s 16-24 year olds, as it prepares to use the data to inform its commissioning process.
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NewsMPs scrutinise Fincham's BBC payoff
A group of MPs has called on the BBC to provide more answers about the £500,000 payoff former BBC1 boss Peter Fincham received in 2007.
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NewsTalkTalk targets 1m YouView subs
TalkTalk expects to have signed up almost 1m TV subscribers to its YouView service by the end of March after adding 175,000 homes during the previous quarter.
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NewsLovefilm exec Mackenzie joins Pro7
Former Sky and Lovefilm executive Lesley Mackenzie has joined German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 to run its digital entertainment businesses.
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NewsWild Pictures staffs up for genre push
Factual producer Wild Pictures has beefed up its senior team after securing several commissions from the BBC and ITV.
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NewsBBC delves into shopping addiction
BBC1 is to explore the world of shopping addiction in a one-off documentary produced by Twofour.
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NewsLords warn against BBC top-slicing
The government must resist growing pressure to carve up the BBC licence fee during charter renewal negotiations, according to an influential group of peers.
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NewsC4 takes comedy pilots to series
Channel 4 has earmarked Caitlin Moran’s comedy Raised By Wolves and unaired pilot Scrotal Recall for full series.
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NewsITV staff accept pay offer
ITV’s unionised staff have voted overwhelming in favour of the company’s latest pay offer.
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NewsITN appoints new chief technology officer
ITN has appointed Bevan Gibson to the role of chief technology officer.
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NewsMark Thompson apologises for DMI
Former BBC director general Mark Thompson has apologised to MPs for the £100m Digital Media Initiative (DMI) fiasco on another gloomy afternoon for the corporation.
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NewsTinopolis buys US indie Magical Elves
Tinopolis has beaten off competition from rivals including ITV to acquire Magical Elves, the US producer of food format Top Chef.
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NewsC5 News appoints deputy editor
Channel 5 News executive Cait Fitzsimons has been promoted to deputy editor of the bulletin.