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NewsViasat hires ITV's Ross for UK formats push
Pan European broadcaster Viasat is ramping up its interest in UK formats with the hire of ITV Studios format exec Merrily Ross as vice president of formats.
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NewsBT Sport signs UFC deal
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has signed a deal with BT Sport which will see up to 400 hours of content air on the new channel.
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NewsHorror Channel takes flight with Wonder Woman
The Horror Channel has acquired 1970s cult superhero series The New Adventures of Wonder Woman after striking a deal with Warner Bros.
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NewsDG to consider halting DQF job cuts
BBC director general Tony Hall is expected to make a decision on whether to halt Delivering Quality First job cuts as the corporation bids to ward off further strike action.
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NewsPeter Barron in frame for BBC return
Peter Barron is being widely tipped to rejoin the BBC from Google as the contenders to become Newsnight editor emerge.
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NewsC4 digital shake up prompts departures
Channel 4’s head of convergent formats Anna Cronin and head of multiplatform drama Hilary Perkins are understood to be exiting the broadcaster as part of a digital shake-up.
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NewsBBC3 eyes My Brother the Islamist follow-up
BBC3 is exploring the possibility of commissioning a follow up to My Brother the Islamist after the film’s subject Richard Dart was jailed last week for plotting terrorist attacks in the UK.
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NewsNesbitt explores New Zealand for ITV
James Nesbitt is to tour New Zealand for ITV, offering a unique perspective on the country he adopted as a temporary home during the production of The Hobbit film.
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NewsVoD deal sees Skins head to China
Company Pictures’ youth drama Skins is to be distributed in China after All3Media International struck a deal with VoD provider Tencent.
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NewsC4 books second series of The Mimic
Channel 4 sitcom, The Mimic, starring Terry Mynott is returning for a second series.
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NewsVaizey announces update to Future of Innovation in TV Technology Taskforce
The Digital TV Group (DTG) has published the first status update of the government-backed Future of Innovation in Television Technology (FITT) Taskforce.
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NewsGetty Images triumphs at Focal International Awards
Getty Images picked up the award for Footage Library of the Year at last night’s Focal International Awards.
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NewsReport exposes bullying and sexual harassment at the BBC
The BBC has pledged to radically overhaul its policies on bullying and harassment after publishing a report on the matter that it admitted makes “uncomfortable reading”.
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NewsC4 in GroupM Ent co-pro deal
Channel 4 is asking producers to strike deals with content funding agency GroupM Entertainment (GME) to get their entertainment and factual entertainment formats commissioned.
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NewsHall’s red flag system for BBC
Tony Hall has overhauled the BBC’s top-level conversations about high-risk programmes in a bid to prevent a repeat of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
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NewsBBC and Fremantle in battle for Lawrence legacy
The BBC is developing an epic mini-series on the story of Lawrence of Arabia, which will go head to head with a Fremantle Media International project on the same subject.
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NewsBBC cuts ent and daytime
The BBC is losing a commissioner from both its daytime and entertainment commissioning teams as part of cost-cutting measures across the corporation.
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NewsBBC ‘appalled’ by Stuart Hall actions
The BBC has said it is “appalled” at the behaviour of former Radio 5 Live broadcaster Stuart Hall, who has today admitted to 14 charges of indecently assaulting girls.
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NewsDQF made BBC bullying worse
The BBC’s cost savings programme Delivering Quality First (DQF) has exacerbated bullying and harassment at the corporation, according to the Dinah Rose report.