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NewsNetflix UK hits 1m subscribers
Video on demand service, Netflix, has reached a million subscribers in the UK and Ireland just seven months after launch.
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NewsBBC rejects IDS bias claims
The BBC has defended itself from claims by work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith that the corporation has a left-wing bias.
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NewsX Factor launches first iPad app
FremantleMedia UK Interactive and ITV have relaunched the digital offering for The X Factor including online video and its first dedicated iPad app.
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NewsTalkSport scores Premiership Rugby rights
TalkSport continues to hoover up sports rights after signing a deal to become an official broadcaster of Aviva Premiership Rugby.
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NewsA+E hires Viacom exec for distribution push
A+E Networks has appointed a former Viacom executive to head up the distribution of its channels including Bio and History across the majority of EMEA.
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NewsDHX Media acquires Cookie Jar in £70m deal
Rastamouse distributor DHX Media has acquired Canadian kids company Cookie Jar Entertainment.
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NewsOlder viewers favour PVR over laptop
Older people are increasingly likely to catch-up on their favourite shows using a PVR box rather than a laptop, according to a study.
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NewsO'Dowd to star in BBC2 mockumentary
The IT Crowd’s Chris O’Dowd will star in a mockumentary comedy series for BBC2 and HBO.
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NewsSony adds to NXCAM range
IBC 2012: Sony has unveiled the NEX-EA50EH, the latest addition to its range of NXCAM devices.
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NewsESPN relaunches Goals app
ESPN is to relaunch its Premier League mobile goals app with fresh functionality for the new season this weekend.
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NewsBBCW Labs selects six start-ups
BBC Worldwide has partnered with six start-up digital media businesses including a one-click-to-buy recipe tool and ethical virtual world for kids.
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NewsSky hires Let's Dance entertainment exec
Sky has appointed the exec producer of BBC1’s Let’s Dance For Sport Relief and Epic Win as a commissioning editor in its entertainment team.
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NewsAndré Singer indie appoints head of development
Spring Films, the indie behind Werner Herzog’s Channel 4 Death Row series, has appointed Frost on Nixon producer Figs Jackman as its head of development.
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NewsClear Cut teams up with Mytherapy
Clear Cut Pictures chief executive Horacio Queiro has taken a stake in grading facility Mytherapy.
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NewsNew MPEG standard to double compression efficiency
The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) has unveiled a draft standard of a new video-compression format which it says is twice as efficient as current standards.
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NewsEvolutions completes Editworks deal
Evolutions has struck a deal for the creative and technical team from Editworks to re-launch the post facility at its Berners Street headquarters.
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NewsThompson named New York Times chief executive - update
BBC director general Mark Thompson is to become the president and chief executive of the New York Times Company.
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NewsBlackmagic reassures customers over camera delay
Shipments of Blackmagic Design’s eagerly anticipated Cinema Camera have been delayed.
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NewsBBC3 orders Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show successor
BBC3 is aiming to build on the success of Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show by ordering a new Simon Brodkin comedy character vehicle.
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NewsGetting On to be piloted by HBO
HBO is to pilot a US version of BBC4’s Bafta-winning Jo Brand comedy Getting On.