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NewsCBBC debuts first show on iPlayer
BBC iPlayer requests in November were up by over a quarter year-on-year - as CBBC revealed plans to debut comedy drama series 4 O’Clock Club via the VoD service.
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NewsThe Office opens in the Czech Republic
Ricky Gervais comedy The Office is poised for its latest remake - this time in the Czech Republic.
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NewsBroadcast's Lisa Campbell to run Edinburgh TV Festival
Broadcast editor Lisa Campbell has been named festival director of the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsBBC DMI bosses collected £18,000 in bonuses
The BBC paid senior managers overseeing the failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI) £18,000 in bonuses, it has emerged.
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NewsR4 political chief slams BBC portrayals of disability
BBC Radio 4’s chief political correspondent Gary O’Donoghue has criticised the corporation’s drama output for allowing actors to effectively “black up” to play people with disabilities.
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NewsDynamo heads to BBC1
BBC1 has snapped up the rights to air some of the first series of Watch’s hit magic show Dynamo: Magician Impossible.
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NewsRRsat Europe restores Victim for ITV
RRsat Europe has restored cult Dirk Bogarde film Victim for ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
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NewsNEP to acquire Global Television
NEP has inked a deal to acquire TV technical services company Global Television from Catalyst Investment Managers.
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NewsFarncombe provides Arqiva with operational advice
Consultancy firm Farncombe is providing operational advisory services to Arqiva.
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NewsSherlock set for mobile game
Fans of Sherlock will given the chance to help the detective solve a series of cases via a mobile game due to launch after the BBC1 series has aired.
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NewsIMG sale completed
Talent agency William Morris Endeavor (WME) and private equity firm Silver Lake have confirmed the acquisition of IMG Media for a reported fee of more than $2bn (£1.2bn).
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NewsMillionaire stars in Maverick US reality show
USA Network has ordered a family reality series about a millionaire and his family from Maverick TV.
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NewsFremantleMedia International hires new chief
FremantleMedia has hired Red Arrow chief Jens Richter as its new international boss, replacing David Ellender who left earlier this year.
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NewsBBC lifts lid on DMI failings
A PwC report has revealed the BBC’s most senior executives did not have “sufficient” grasp of the Digital Media Initiative (DMI) to challenge its faltering progress, before it was axed at a cost of £98.4m.
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NewsMark Freeland lands senior BBC Productions role
Comedy exec Mark Freeland has been named BBC Productions controller of fiction & entertainment and will head up the corporation’s in-house drama, entertainment and comedy teams.
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NewsTeamRock wins rights to repeat Radio 1 show
National DAB radio station TeamRock has signed a landmark agreement with the BBC to repeat a Radio 1 broadcast first aired 20 years ago.
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NewsLorraine Pascale fronts fostering doc for BBC2
TV chef Lorraine Pascale is to front a BBC2 film about foster care in the UK.
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NewsWohler recruits Connors
Wohler Technologies has appointed Liam Connors to the role of senior sales executive in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) for the company’s RadiantGrid business line.
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NewsMiranda lined up for BBC adaptation
Miranda Hart is being lined up to star in a BBC comedy series written by novelist Kathy Lette.