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NewsMasterChef exec to join Initial as creative director
Mirella Breda, the BBC entertainment executive editor responsible for MasterChef and Dragon’s Den, is to join Big Brother-producer Initial next February as creative director.
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NewsWimbledon seeks backers for management buyout
Wimbledon Film and Television Studios is looking for investors to back a management buyout of the facility.
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NewsViral Spiral launches Vine multichannel network
Social media marketing firm Viral Spiral has launched a multichannel network on Vine to aggregate the site’s top talent.
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NewsKumeta exits Prime Focus
Prime Focus London chief executive Bernard Kumeta has resigned from his role at the post-production company after completing its operational and fi nancial restructure.
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NewsC4 returns to Drugs and Yorkshire
An Educating Yorkshire Christmas special, a return of Drugs Live and a new series in which motorcycle racer Guy Martin takes on daring speed records are among a raft of shows ordered by Channel 4.
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NewsShort-form video hub to buoy 4oD
Channel 4 is to beef up 4oD with a range of short-form content as research suggested the service’s demographic targeting is performing well for advertisers.
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NewsOff The Fence sells 200 hours to Asia
Factual producer and distributor Off the Fence has sold more than 200 hours of content to Asia.
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NewsWindfall wins Destination America order
Windfall Films is to make a Ice Road Truckers-style series for US network Destination America.
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NewsPrince William backs Bafta youth campaign
Prince William is backing a new campaign to support young people from all backgrounds to enter the film, television and games industries.
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NewsBBC Trust raps Dan Snow Syria doc
The BBC Trust has rapped A History of Syria with Dan Snow after ruling that the BBC2 documentary wrongly implied that Israel started the Six-Day War in 1967.
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NewsFremantle buys stake in Danish indie Miso
FremantleMedia has bought a majority stake in Miso Films, the Danish producer behind ITV3 drama Those Who Kill.
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NewsDancing on Ice leads RTS Craft & Design Awards nominations
Dancing on Ice has picked up four nominations at this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) Craft & Design Awards.
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NewsEamonn Holmes signs five-year Sky deal
Sky News has signed breakfast presenter Eamonn Holmes up for five more years.
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NewsBase79 ties with Insanity talent
Celebrities including Danny Dyer and The Only Way Is Essex star Lydia Bright are to establish their own YouTube channels after online video network Base79 struck a deal with talent agency Insanity.
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NewsUTV to launch Irish TV channel
UTV has snatched the Irish rights to Coronation Street from TV3 after signing a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment that paves the way for it to launch a TV channel in the country.
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NewsC4 hunts Israeli entertainment formats
Channel 4 is searching for entertainment formats from Israel and has kicked off negotiations with a number of local producers.
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NewsSky Academy to train 1m youngsters
Sky is launching a Skills Academy in a bid to create opportunities for up to one million young people by 2020 and has appointed David Beckham as its ambassador.
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NewsChoccywoccydoodah cooks up festive treat
UKTV’s Good Food has commissioned a one-off festive edition of Choccywoccydoodah from Twofour as the cake shop heads into one of its busiest seasons.
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NewsByford defends £1m BBC payoff
Former BBC deputy director general Mark Byford has conceded that his near £1m payoff was “a lot of money” - but will not return any of the package.
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NewsSharon Mair to host Sound Women
Sharon Mair, the BBC project executive of the Commonwealth Games 2014 and managing editor of BBC Radio Scotland will host a Sound Women networking event later this month.