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Hunt's permanent secretary dodges MPs' News Corp questions
The DCMS has defended Jonathan Stephens’ refusal to answer questions about his role in the row over Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt and News Corp.
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NewsC4 News boss stepping down
Channel 4 News editor Jim Gray is to step down after 14 years on the programme
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NewsHunt denies backing Sky bid
“The idea I was backing this bid is laughable,” said Jeremy Hunt, fighting for his political career in parliament this week, following a series of dramatic revelations at the Leveson Inquiry.
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NewsBBC plans doc answer to Channel 4’s fixed rig
BBC commissioning editor for documentaries Charlotte Moore has greenlit three films that rely on footage supplied by the public – a move characterised by insiders as a calculated answer to Channel 4’s vogue for fixed-rig documentaries.
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NewsITVS set to relocate Daybreak from Thames-view studio
Daybreak is to be uprooted from its state-of-the-art, river-view studio when ITV Studios revamps the show later this year.
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NewsVic and Bob back on C4 as part of anniversary plans
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer will return to Channel 4 after nearly 20 years as part of the broadcaster’s plans to celebrate its 30th anniversary.
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NewsFreeview backwards EPG set to challenge YouView
Freeview is planning to launch backwards EPG functionality, which will pit the platform against forthcoming IPTV service YouView.
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NewsBBC unveils post-DQF daytime strategy
The BBC is creating a more varied daytime schedule, with no more than two programmes of any genre a day and an end to long-running series.
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NewsTreasury contemplates expanding tax credit
The Treasury could expand the animation tax credit to include programmes that have a mix of live action, following further submissions from the industry.
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NewsITV poised to sign fresh news contract with ITN
ITV and ITN are deep into discussions over extending their news contract, with both parties preparing to sign off on a new multi-year deal.
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NewsITV planning ‘big splash’ as it returns to comedy
Big Talk Productions is to produce ITV1’s first pre-watershed comedy in almost 10 years as the broadcaster prepares to make a “big splash” in the genre.
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NewsEx Gallowgate MD takes DCD role
Former Gallowgate managing director Tim Hammond has joined DCD Media in the newly created role of managing director of UK production.
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NewsITV1 to hand TOWIE's Mark Wright German format
Former The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright is to co-host a madcap ITV1 gameshow based on a hit German format.
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NewsCBS tests The Audience as Garden pilot goes global
US network CBS is to pilot innovative new Channel 4 format The Audience, with further adaptations lined up for France and the Netherlands.
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NewsGrylls working up programme ideas with Betty
Discovery-owned production company Betty TV is understood to be developing new programme ideas with survival star Bear Grylls.
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NewsC4 picks up Fremantle daytime quiz show
FremantleMedia UK format 1001 Things You Should Know has been picked up for a daytime series on Channel 4.
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NewsSky Atlantic wins Pitch for Studio Lambert series
Sky Atlantic has acquired a US series from Studio Lambert in which ad agencies go head to head to win business.
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NewsBlackmagic monitors reaction
Blackmagic Design is waiting to discover what the market makes of its recently unveiled digital cinema camera before it decides whether to launch a second device.
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NewsSony to support reseller in Arri legal battle
Sony has said it could take legal action against Arri after a former Arri exec admitted hacking into the email account of US digital cinema company Band Pro.
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NewsAJA releases ‘simplest device ever’ for Mac
NAB 2012: AJA released the T-Tap adapter (pictured) at NAB, which it described as its “simplest device ever”.