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NewsRoot6 partners with Front Porch
Root6 has signed a reseller agreement with content storage firm Front Porch Digital.
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NewsTwofour to make splash for ITV
Mipcom: Twofour is set to produce ITV1’s latest big entertainment hope - a celebrity high diving competition.
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NewsFlovel and FOR-A unveil high sensitivity camera
Japanese firm Flovel has teamed up with FOR-A Corporation to launch the FZ-B1 high-sensitivity HD camera.
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NewsYouTube: create content for us, or get left behind
Mipcom: YouTube’s Robert Kyncl claims that its skippable ads are generating the same per-hour ad revenues as US cable networks – and that producers who do not create content for the platform will be left behind.
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NewsPaul Abbott calls time on Shameless
Channel 4 has called time on long-running comedy-drama Shameless – just six months after creator Paul Abbott declared it could run for 40 more years.
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NewsBill Gates says media can be 'conscience of the world'
Bill Gates discusses the media’s role in eradicating poverty and disease, Microsoft as a platform for the creation and distribution of filmed entertainment, his “friend” and “competitor” Steve Jobs, and says he won’t be running for president any time soon.
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NewsBBCW ties up with PBS
Mipcom: BBC Worldwide has sealed a double deal to co-produce period dramas The Paradise and The Lady Vanishes with PBS’s Masterpiece.
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NewsWME's Emanuel says now is 'greatest time' for content creators
Ari Emanuel says range of distribution options opens up more money for content creators. He says Silicon Valley is now taking steps to work more closely with Hollywood, and Madison Avenue also needs to come into the mix.
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NewsMedia growth seen in Abu Dhabi
Al Mubarak says 3,000 new jobs in media sector have been created in last four years.
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NewsPeter Rabbit hops onto CBeebies
Mipcom: CBeebies has acquired CGI series Peter Rabbit from Penguin, Silvergate Media and Nickelodeon US, 110 years after the first publication of the classic children’s book.
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NewsCineflix signs distribution deal with LMNO
Mipcom: UK distributor Cineflix Rights has secured the rights to distribute US producer LMNO Productions back catalogue of programming.
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NewsChimpact game aims to swing TV deal
Mipcom: Children’s game Chimpact could be brought to the small screen following a deal between games creators Yippee! Entertainment and Studio Liddell.
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NewsArrow Media engineering doc first for TCB Media
Mipcom: Arrow Media is making a Group M factual series for Channel 5 that will be the first title to be distributed by Paul Heaney’s new TCB Media Rights.
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NewsRightster buys stake in Charlie Bit My Finger stars
Mipcom: The stars of viral sensation clip Charlie Bit My Finger are to feature in new videos following the acquisition of a stake in talent management business Viral Spiral by online video network Rightster.
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NewsEmmerdale series producer takes helm at Corrie
Emmerdale series producer Stuart Blackburn will step-up to Coronation Street replacing producer Phil Collinson at the start of 2013.
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NewsCatchphrase returns to ITV1
Mipcom: ITV1 has commissioned a series of the revamped quiz show Catchphrase.
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NewsZodiak sets aside $50m for US acquisitions
Mipcom: Zodiak Media Group has allocated a $50m war-chest in a bid to supercharge its US operations.
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NewsBBC to investigate Savile claims
The BBC will investigate the claims being made against the late presenter Jimmy Savile once a police investigation has been completed, the Corporation’s director-general George Entwistle has promised.
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NewsYouTube reveals 60 channel partners
Mipcom: YouTube has revealed a raft of UK indies which have been selected to produce over 60 channels for the Google-owned site.
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NewsITV buys producer of Finland’s Dragon’s Den
Mipcom: ITV has taken the next step in its plan to create a Scandinavian creative hub by buying Finnish fact ent and reality specialist Tarinatalo.