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NewsReport calls for a digital WoCC and rights return
The BBC should set up a digital WoCC and hand back the rights to multiplatform content as the default position, according to an academic report into the sector.
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NewsBBC Connected Studio reveals first pilots
The BBC’s Connected Studio programme has invested in a series of prototypes including a “smart search” Weather service and a Cbeebies travel app.
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NewsYouview fees could be up to £200k
The largest content providers on Youview could be charged up to £200,000 per year to distribute an app on the IPTV platform it has emerged.
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NewsC4 to launch Hotel GB mobile game
Channel 4 is to launch a mobile game as part of its multiplatform strategy to support Optomen’s forthcoming factual entertainment series Hotel GB.
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NewsBT take on TalkTalk with free YouView offer
BT is to offer new subscribers to its Infinity package a free Youview set-top box to rival the offer revealed by TalkTalk.
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NewsConch Awards winners revealed
Envy triumphed in the TV Mix Facility of the Year category at last night’s Conch Awards.
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NewsBBC1 pulls Good Cop drama
BBC1 has pulled the final episode of its contemporary police drama Good Cop tonight following the shootings in Manchester this week.
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NewsBBC set for radical shake-up
George Entwistle will kick off his tenure as BBC director general with a plan to radically reshape the corporation for a digital future.
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NewsITV explores launch of pay-TV channels
ITV has been investigating two ideas as potential pay-TV channel launches, Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsComedy veteran Michael Hurll dies aged 75
Michael Hurll, the man behind some of the best British TV comedy of the last 50 years, has died.
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NewsLifetime eyes 2013 UK debut
AETN is preparing to launch Lifetime in the UK and is expected to spark a 2013 battle for female viewers with Sky Living and Discovery’s TLC.
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NewsOpie quits Twofour for BBC Vision
Twofour digital boss Lisa Opie is to become one of BBC Vision’s new business controllers as part of efforts to cut red tape and put more money on screen.
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NewsSky ‘fit and proper’ to hold TV licence
Ofcom has ruled that Sky is a “fit and proper” company to hold a broadcasting licence but criticised former chairman James Murdoch’s conduct in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.
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NewsSky 1 pilots Dragons’ Den-style property show
Sky 1 has ordered a Dragons’ Den-style property show that will pit estate agents against each other to win the chance to sell someone’s house.
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NewsReef hires BBC’s Jubilee exec as head of factual
Reef Television has appointed the BBC exec editor responsible for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee coverage as its head of specialist factual.
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NewsBBC: ‘bring coding to life’
BBC Learning head of commissioning Abigail Appleton has called on the production community to bring the dry subject of coding to life for a potential TV series.
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NewsShameless duo link up for BBC drama
Exile writer Danny Brocklehurst has joined forces again with Shameless colleague Jim Poyser for a BBC1 contemporary crime drama.
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NewsAhmed unravels Ottoman Empire for BBC2 series
BBC head of religion Aaqil Ahmed is to fulfil a long-held ambition to explore the Ottoman Empire in a documentary series for BBC2.
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NewsC5 orders first constructed doc
Channel 5 is attempting to launch the “constructed documentary” genre with a series following larger-than-life residents of Blackpool.
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NewsHMRC refreshes tax rules for freelancers
HM Revenue & Customs has shaken up its TV tax guidelines, potentially giving freelancers the freedom to work longer on productions in a self-employed capacity.