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NewsYahoo! orders Queen’s Twitter spoof animation
Twitter star @Queen_UK is to be brought to life after winning a commission from Yahoo! UK.
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NewsC4 launches Unreported World online films
Channel 4 has started to roll out a set of short online films for the latest series of Unreported World as it looks to reach a wider audience through social networks.
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NewsBBC3 orders raft of factual and current affairs docs
BBC3 has commissioned five factual and current affairs docs, including a programme looking at an 18-30s campsite in north Devon and a Reggie Yates doc on South Africa.
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NewsDiscovery plans diverse programming and free-to-air push
Discovery Networks International is focused on diversifying the range of its content and boosting its free-to-air TV distribution, according to chief executive Mark Hollinger.
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NewsUnions vent frustration at ITV over pay deal
The National Union of Journalists, Bectu and Unite have vented their frustrations at ITV, claiming it failed to “bring anything to the table” at a meeting on Monday to discuss a better pay deal for staff.
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NewsHall ‘cocked up’ over BBC Arabic complaint
Tony Hall has admitted that his office “cocked up” in not responding to a bullying complaint from a BBC Arabic employee.
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NewsTarrant’s departure spells end for Who Wants to be Millionaire?
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? will not return to ITV after host Chris Tarrant decided to leave the show.
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NewsHomeland and Masters of Sex renewed
Channel 4 acquisitions Homeland and Masters of Sex have both been recommissioned by US cable network Showtime.
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NewsTiger Aspect hires Clare Handford as head of factual
Tiger Aspect has appointed former Sky commissioner Clare Handford as head of factual programming.
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NewsOfcom criticises This Morning and Newsnight over McAlpine debacle
This Morning and Newsnight have both had their knuckles rapped by Ofcom over Lord McAlpine being wrongly implicated in child abuse sex allegations on both shows.
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NewsC4 hit The Mill was made for post-watershed slot
The producers of Channel 4 drama The Mill cut the show for a pre-watershed 8pm slot after the edit was completed, the show’s director has revealed.
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NewsBBC1 orders Metropolitan Police doc
BBC1 has commissioned a six-part documentary delving into the inner workings of the UK’s largest police force, the Metropolitan Police Service.
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NewsEndemol UK to move into app market
Endemol UK is to break into the burgeoning app market for the first time next month with the launch of gaming apps based on Pointless and Deal or No Deal.
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NewsWindfall adds two executive producers
Indie Windfall Films has promoted Jamie Lochhead and Peter Oxley to both become executive producers.
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NewsBBC and RIG strike new radio terms of trade
The BBC and the Radio Independents Group (RIG) have agreed new terms of trade for commissioning independent producers, days after the broadcaster signed a similar TV deal with Pact.
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NewsTim Berners-Lee: web whistleblowers must be protected
World wide web creator Tim Berners-Lee has called on internet whistleblowers to be given special protection even if they break the law, in the wake of the Edward Snowden and Wikileaks scandals.
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NewsChina to limit international formats
China has limited the number of international formats that local broadcasters can acquire to one per year, in a move that could significantly hit UK producers and distributors.
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NewsSky Sports to launch live Twitter clips
Sky Sports is to launch real-time Champions League football clips on Twitter after striking a deal with clip-sharing platform Grabyo.
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NewsDave set to bring back Red Dwarf
UKTV’s Dave is set to order Red Dwarf XI following the success of the revival series last year, according to one of its stars.
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NewsSIS Live to close its OB division
SIS Live is to close its outside broadcast division from March next year.