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NewsConnected Set hires head of development
Multiplatform content creation firm The Connected Set has recruited Fuel4 events manager Amber D’Albert as head of development.
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NewsSky given all-clear in Competition Commission's final pay-TV report
The Competition Commission (CC) has cleared Sky of “adversely affecting competition” in the UK pay-TV market - a result which has disappointed some of Sky’s competitors, one of whom said “British consumers will continue to pay more than they should”.
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NewsSony appoints new Europe boss
Sony has appointed Katsunori Yamanouchi as vice president of its Professional Solutions Europe (PSE) business.
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NewsC4 online viewers edge to 5m
David Abraham’s vision of using data to reinvent Channel 4’s relationship with viewers and advertisers is gathering pace, as it closes in on 5 million registered viewers online.
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NewsYouTube chooses content partners
Maverick Television, Fresh One Productions and Hat Trick Productions are understood to be among the indies selected to create the first batch of YouTube Original Channels in the UK.
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NewsHeggessey snaps up Linehan indie
Lorraine Heggessey has swooped to buy Graham Linehan’s indie Delightful Industries days after taking control of Boom Pictures as executive chairman.
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NewsClaridges opens doors to BBC for 200th anniversary
Luxury London hotel Claridges is opening its doors to doc-makers for the first time in its 200-year history.
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NewsBBC takes gold as Games beats rivals
The London 2012 Olympics has helped the BBC to some of the biggest audiences in its history and badly dented the performance of its fiercest rivals.
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NewsR1's Moyles hits five-year low
RAJAR: BBC Radio 1 breakfast show Chris Moyles has seen his audience slip below 7m listeners ahead of his departure from the flagship show in September.
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NewsPrebble heads Trust’s impartiality review
Former ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble is poised to lead a wide-ranging BBC Trust review into the impartiality of the BBC’s news and current affairs output.
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NewsGroupM to fund first drama commission
GroupM Entertainment is to invest in its first drama commission, The Poison Tree, after ITV ordered the two-parter from STV Productions.
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NewsTwofour sets up distribution arm to market UK content
Twofour Group has launched a distribution arm that will be led by commercial director Anthony Hughes.
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NewsBBC2 to go backstage at Westminster Abbey
BBC2 is to spend a year behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey and take on Channel 4 with a Grand Designs-style show in a brace of factual commissions.
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NewsLove takes another look at multiculturalism
The producer of Make Bradford British is returning to issues of social integration and multiculturalism for Channel 4, by following a group of foreign adults learning English.
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NewsBBC1 primetime move for Sheriffs
BBC1 daytime show The Sheriffs Are Coming has been recommissioned and will also be reworked as a primetime series.
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NewsBBC’s Shearman to run Keo Bristol
Factual indie Keo Films is opening an operation in Bristol, to be run by the BBC’s Nick Shearman, as it continues to reshape itself under Debbie Manners.
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NewsMartin to take dessert road trip for Good Food
UKTV’s cooking channel Good Food has commissioned its ninth series fronted by celebrity chef James Martin, who will travel the US exploring desserts.
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NewsRicochet and C4 to help women win dating game
Channel 4 has ordered a dating and makeover series from Ricochet that will help women who are struggling to find love.
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NewsDenison to lead global charge as Talkback revamps
Talkback has overhauled its development team, with Juliet Denison promoted to take on a more prominent global role within the FremantleMedia group.
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NewsC5 Revealed strand delves into witch hunts and Nazis
King James I’s witch-hunt obsession and the first excavation of the World War I battlefield at Messines are among the topics featuring in Channel 5’s latest Revealed documentary strand.