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NewsOutline appoints Baldwin to lead content creation
Outline Productions has brought in Studio Lambert head of format development Shona Baldwin to lead its programming creation team.
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NewsC4 eyes more subtitled drama
Channel 4 is to boost the amount of foreign-language drama it acquires following the purchase of edgy Norwegian thriller Mammon.
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NewsWMR claims BBC archive footage cost has soared
Factual producer World Media Rights (WMR) has claimed that the cost of using BBC archive footage has jumped dramatically since Getty Images began selling it at the start of the year.
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NewsFreesat taps into mobile devices with app launch
Freesat is launching an app that allows users to browse the previous seven days’ listings before ‘flicking’ a show to watch it on their television.
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NewseOne boosts UK factual with Three River tie-up
Entertainment One (eOne) has beefed up its factual ambitions in the UK by striking a first-look deal with Jonathan Drake’s Three River Studios.
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NewsDiscovery names Hollinger replacement
Discovery’s chief digital officer JB Perrette is to become the broadcaster’s next international president following the departure of Mark Hollinger.
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NewsSupernanny handed ITV talkshow
ITV has commissioned a new daytime talkshow fronted by Supernanny Jo Frost.
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NewsRIG seeks first MD
Trade body the Radio Independent Group (RIG) has kicked off a hunt for its first managing director to represent its members.
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NewsSky rolls out personalised TV ads
Sky has struck agreements with 40 major brands including Audi, Royal Bank of Scotland and Tesco to deliver personalised ads via its AdSmart service.
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NewsITV offers staff £1,000 minimum pay rise
ITV has offered rank and file staff a minimum £1,000 pay rise for 2014, following pressure from unions that the company should reward employees for its turnaround in fortunes.
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NewsDRG poaches BBW & Shine execs
International distributor DRG has hired two senior executives from BBC Worldwide and Shine Group - Richard Halliwell and Wayne Davison.
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NewsNetflix finalises deal for Marco Polo
Netflix has finalised its order for The Weinstein Company’s epic drama Marco Polo.
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NewsMichael McIntyre lands BBC1 chat show
Michael McIntyre is to expand his BBC1 Comedy Roadshow brand by hosting a chat show for the channel.
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NewsDiscovery uncovers Rise of the Nazi Party
Discovery is to air the Rise of the Nazi Party documentary after it acquired the series from World Media Rights.
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NewsRumpus wins debut order from TLC
TLC has commissioned a reality series fronted by Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby from fledgling indie Rumpus Media.
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NewsBBC ploughs £740m into pension deficit
The BBC is to plough an extra £365m of licence fee cash into its pension scheme in a bid to pay down a deficit that has doubled since 2010.
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NewsKarl Warner launches Sony-backed indie
Former BBC entertainment commissioner Karl Warner is launching an indie called Electric Ray with the backing of Sony Pictures Television (SPT).
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NewsUBS: Fox or Vodafone could buy Sky
Hollywood studio Fox or telcos Vodafone and O2 could target a merger with Sky, according to investment bank UBS.
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NewsHarding: press woes 'not BBC's fault'
BBC News boss James Harding hit back at the “mistaken view” that the corporation damages regional newspapers.
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NewsBeyond's Connell joins Heaney's TCB
Paul Heaney’s emerging distribution company TCB Media Rights has poached sales exec Karen Connell from Beyond Distribution.