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NewseOne buys Alliance for £174m
Entertainment One, co-owner of Peppa Pig and distributor of The Walking Dead, has acquired indie Alliance Films in a deal worth a potential C$272m (£174m).
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NewsSyco appoints ad exec as creative director
Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment has appointed advertising executive Carole Davids as its creative director.
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NewsSky1’s Sinbad voyages to US
Fantasy adventure Sinbad has been acquired for broadcast in the US by Syfy.
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NewsXbox to offer seamless second screen viewing
Games console Xbox is introducing an app that could allow content from BBC iPlayer or 4oD to be viewed seamlessly as consumers switch between second screen devices and TV.
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NewsSennheiser launches Digital 9000
IBC 2012: Sennheiser today unveiled the Digital 9000, a wireless system that can transmit uncompressed audio.
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NewsThe Foundry launches Nuke 7
The Foundry has announced a “huge” new update to its compositing software Nuke.
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NewsExpress Newspapers hits back in BBC tax battle
The row between the BBC and Richard Desmond’s Express Newspapers has escalated since it emerged yesterday that the corporation had launched legal action against the Daily Star.
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NewsITVS on brink of UK and US Surprise Surprise double
ITV Studios is preparing for a double boost with the commission of a full series of classic entertainment show Surprise Surprise in the US and UK.
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NewsShine Intl boss stepping down after eight months
Shine International chief executive Camilla Hammer is leaving the distributor after less than a year in the role.
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NewsLeft Bank directors reward staff
Andy Harries and Marigo Kehoe are set to gift a fifth of their earnings from the £40m sale of Left Bank Pictures to key figures in the indie’s history.
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NewsInsiders warn of threat to C4’s 2013 programming budget
Autumn ad sales could be a key factor in determining Channel 4’s content budget for 2013, with some insiders fearing the current overall fund could be trimmed by as much as £40m.
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NewsUKTV plans leap into VoD market
UKTV is to become the first non-terrestrial broadcaster to make a major move in the free-to-air VoD market.
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NewsC4 drama chief Wenger on hunt for E4 pilots
Channel 4 head of drama Piers Wenger is establishing an E4 drama pilot scheme in one of his first strategic moves since taking the role in May.
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NewsGrimshaw producer reveals breakfast plan
The BBC Radio 1 breakfast show is to double the amount of music it features and focus more heavily on audience interaction as Nick Grimshaw takes over from Chis Moyles.
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Richard Curtis to adapt Roald Dahl tale for BBC1
BBC1 is on the brink of greenlighting an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s short story Esio Trot by Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral scriptwriter Richard Curtis.
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NewsFinal tax break pleas are lodged with government
The UK’s animation and facilities industries have made their final pleas to government in a bid to secure the best possible tax breaks.
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NewsPsychoville duo create Happy Endings for BBC2
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton are to create a fresh comedy horror show for BBC2 as part of a deal to back the Psychoville duo’s next two TV projects.
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NewsEx-Cineflix chief Heaney launches rights business TCB
Paul Heaney, the former boss of Cineflix Rights, is launching an international distribution company.
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NewsTwofour exec named Dragonfly's first fact ent head
Twofour’s head of factual is joining Dragonfly Film and Television as the indie’s first factual entertainment executive.