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NewsBeyond eyes digital acquisitions
International producer and distributor Beyond International is looking to acquire digital media companies and boost its third party catalogue following a 13% revenue growth.
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NewsTLC set to lose Happily Divorced
US cable network TV Land has cancelled sitcom Happily Divorced, which airs on TLC in the UK.
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NewsYentob predicts end of in-house quotas
BBC creative director Alan Yentob has suggested that the corporation may scrap its in-house commissioning quota in the next five years.
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NewsBen Stephenson defends The Fall
BBC drama controller Ben Stephenson has defended BBC2’s The Fall - arguing that its mix of crime, sex and sexuality touched a nerve in ways that many crime dramas tend to ignore.
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NewsBBC to reinvent 'conventional whodunit'
BBC drama chief Ben Stephenson is looking for ways to reinvent the “conventional whodunit” with some serialised elements.
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NewsChannel bosses answer indie critics
TV’s four most powerful controllers have joined the prickly debate about relations between indies and commissioners, and revealed how they believe the status quo can be improved.
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NewsBBC3 secures drama boost
BBC3 has been handed extra cash to commission a second drama in 2014 as controller Zai Bennett aims to build a “meaningful” strategy for the genre.
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NewsInbetweeners indie lands BBC3 comedy
The indie behind The Inbetweeners is to make a comedy for BBC3 about the world’s worst brother and sister, as the youth channel prepares to explore the justice system in a new season of programmes.
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NewsC4 defends Undateables brand
The commissioner of Channel 4’s The Undateables has defended the controversial title and marketing campaign – but admitted that the publicity “struggled to convey the warmth of the show”.
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NewsFincham tight-lipped on BBC payoff
Peter Fincham has kept tight-lipped about the reported £500,000 payoff he received after leaving the BBC in 2007.
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NewsC4 exec slams 'poverty porn' tag
Channel 4’s docs commissioner has branded the term “poverty porn” as an “offensive” label for programmes that attempt to contribute to the debate about benefits.
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NewsITV2 buys Big Bang creator comedy
ITV2 has acquired a new US comedy from Chuck Lorre, the creator of The Big Bang Theory.
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NewsCharlotte Moore: storytelling is key
New BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore has claimed that “storytelling” will be critical to overcoming her inexperience in non-factual genres and has pledged to increase the number of female faces on air.
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NewsMacTaggart: Spacey on creativity, Netflix & Breaking Bad
Highlights from Kevin Spacey’s MacTaggart lecture - plus click to download the speech in full.
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NewsVicious and The Job Lot to return
ITV comedies Vicious and The Job Lot will both return for a second series with the latter being moved to ITV2.
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NewsDiscovery launches $500k development fund
Discovery Channel US and Discovery Networks International are launching a $500,000 (£321k) ‘global landmark development fund’ to find the next generation of epic series and landmark event programming.
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NewsSpacey moots 13-hour drama - without episode breaks
Kevin Spacey has suggested that Netflix’s all-you-can-eat content model could be pushed even further, with the potential to create drama without episode breaks.
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NewsLocal stations will “rewrite rules” of TV production
The creation of 19 local TV stations will “rewrite the rules” of TV production, according to a panel at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
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NewsHarry Enfield & Jack Dee head to Dave
UKTV’s Dave has ordered a new comedy starring Harry Enfield, Jack Dee, Sally Phillips and Richard Hammond.
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NewsBrits descend on IBC
IBC 2013: A UK Trade and Investment-led initiative will see almost 70 British companies exhibit at this year’s IBC under the ‘Great Britain’ banner.