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NewsWhitechapel gets the chop from ITV
ITV has axed gothic crime drama Whitechapel after four series.
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NewsDuke of Cambridge launches Bafta ‘Give Something Back' campaign
Bafta is aiming to support the next generation of talent with Give Something Back, an initiative launched today by the organisation’s president, HRH the Duke of Cambridge.
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NewsPulse cues up Sony music deal
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has agreed a deal to sell Pulse Films’ originally-commissioned film and TV music.
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NewsC4 hires Education editor
Former The Apprentice series producer Bec Milligan has been hired as Channel 4 Education editor.
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NewsNetflix orders fourth and final Killing
Netflix has commissioned The Killing for a fourth and final series.
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NewsBBCW strikes CCTV factual deal
BBC Worldwide is to expand its factual partnership with Chinese broadcaster CCTV after striking a wide-ranging deal.
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NewsRadio 4 plans Twitter comedy push
Radio 4 has kicked off a social media campaign which taps into Twitter to try to expand its audience.
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NewsBBC religion staff ‘positive’ about colleagues
The BBC’s religion and ethics staff are “particularly positive” about their colleagues - despite Bectu launching a survey on working conditions in the department last week.
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NewsReally boosts paranormal activity
UKTV channel Really has picked up ghost format Haunting: Australia to boost the channel’s range of paranormal activity.
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NewsC5 to explore stories of West and Shipman
Channel 5 is exploring the lives of murderers Fred and Rose West and Harold Shipman with two factual commissions.
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NewsITV renews X Factor and BGT for three more years
ITV has confirmed that it has commissioned another three series of Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor in a deal thought to be worth £150m.
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NewsSky to invest £5m in Silicon Valley start-ups
Sky is hunting for Silicon Valley start-ups to buy into as part of an $8m (£5m) investment with US venture capital fund Luminari Capital.
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NewsTalkSport World Cup deal helps shake off revenue drop
TalkSport has lessened the blow of a 15% fall in revenues this year by signing a deal to broadcast the 2014 World Cup.
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NewsBettany Hughes calls for 'radical revolution'
Historian Dr Bettany Hughes battled “extraordinary prejudice” when she first tried to enter the TV industry and believes there has to be “radical revolution” for women to achieve equality.
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NewsFox buys gangster drama Mob City
Pay-TV broadcaster Fox has acquired US period drama Mob City along with a documentary about Mike Tyson.
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NewsHeroes and Homeland creators partner for Dig
Heroes creator Tim Kring and Homeland creator Gideon Raff have teamed up for a new murder mystery set that has been ordered USA Network.
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NewsDiversify: gallery
All the pictures from yesterday’s event, organised by Broadcast and Screen International
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NewsPatten hits back at Grant Shapps
BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten has branded Tory MP Grant Shapps’ attack on the corporation last month as “exceptionally ill-judged”.
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NewsLenny Henry calls for racial quotas
Television and film stars including Lenny Henry and Kwame Kwei-Armah have called for broadcasters to implement quotas to increase racial diversity on UK screens.
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NewsITV shoots for Rising Star
ITV is buying Israeli musical talent competition Rising Star as its next big entertainment show.