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NewsAdobe to host Creative Week
Next week Adobe will host its inaugural Creative Week, an event billed as “a celebration of creativity in the UK”.
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NewsZodiak to distribute Rebound
Global distribution rights to French supernatural thriller Rebound have been acquired by Zodiak Rights.
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NewsAbsolute Radio adds voice control
Absolute Radio has beefed up its connected TV app to allow listeners to navigate the service using voice controls.
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NewsCheryl Taylor named CBBC controller
Cheryl Taylor, the BBC comedy commissioner behind Rev and Miranda, has been appointed controller of CBBC.
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NewsBB complaints top 1,000 after "gorilla" jibe
Big Brother sparked a further 50 complaints to Ofcom last night after a housemate branded a black contestant a “gorilla”, pushing this week’s total number of complaints over 1,000.
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NewsBBC blasts Ofcom PSB report
The BBC has criticised Ofcom data showing the corporation’s total spend on original content fell 11% to £1.25bn last year.
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NewsThomson: BBC will never put profits before programmes
The BBC’s chief operating officer has insisted that the corporation will never put profits before programming.
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NewsC4 lines up magic and dating
Channel 4 has lined up two new entertainment programmes that includes a new show from a “world leading illusionist” and an adaptation of a US dating series.
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NewsJamie Oliver secures PP deals
Jamie Oliver’s forthcoming daytime series for Channel 4, in which the celebrity chef cooks meals in 15 minutes, has secured a brace of product placement deals.
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NewsC4 and C5 in talks with YouTube over new deals
Channel 4 and Channel 5 have kicked off renegotiations over their distribution deals with YouTube ahead of the expiry of their existing three-year deals.
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NewsBBC3 web strand to test comedy for TV
A string of emerging producers and directors are vying for TV commissions on BBC3 following the launch of seven online comedies.
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NewsIncredible Edibles gets second outing
CBBC series Incredible Edibles will be returning to the channel for a second series with a change to the format that will see each episode culminating in a feast.
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NewsC4 launches first ever graduate scheme
Channel 4 is launching its first ever graduate scheme that will result in three individuals being placed in the marketing and communications or audience technology and insight teams.
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NewsFormer Input CEO joins Compact
The former chief executive of indie Input Media has joined independent rights administrator Compact Media Group.
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NewsITV reveals summer micropayments launch
ITV is gearing up to make 1,000 hours of archive content available to rent online this summer when it finally launches its micropayments system.
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NewsMPs react to C4's undertaker doc
Labour MPs have tabled an early day motion following True North’s Dispatches: Undercover Undertaker on Co-operative Funeralcare that aired earlier this week on Channel 4.
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NewsPSB programme spend falls to 13-year low
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5’s total spend on content in 2011 contracted at its fastest rate and to its lowest point in 13 years, according to Ofcom figures.
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NewsNews Corp board approves split
News Corporation, 39% owner of Sky, has confirmed it intends to split into two separate businesses divided between its TV and film and publishing operations.
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NewsITV calls for cuts across Studios and Network
ITV shows including Coronation Street and Daybreak have been ordered to tighten their belts in a wide-ranging cost-cutting exercise.
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NewsBBC unveils DTO project proposals
The BBC is circulating a business plan for Project Barcelona as it looks to launch its premium download-to-own portal this year.