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NewsMatt Edmondson to front BBC3 pilot
STV Productions has won its first ever commission for BBC3 – a non-TX comedy panel show pilot starring Radio 1 DJ Matt Edmondson.
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NewsBBC producer heads to Wise Buddah
Wise Buddah has hired the producer of Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show Clare Chadburn.
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NewsForbidden targets offline edit
The developer of cloud-based video platform FORscene has set its sights on the offline editing process as it looks to build on last year’s 25% increase in sales.
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NewsBBC wipes out Total Wipeout
The BBC is canning teatime hit Total Wipeout at the end of this year.
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NewsCopyright reform 'could destroy' archive industry
The UK’s commercial archive market could be “devastated” and “destroyed” by a government review of intellectual property laws, according to key figures in the sector.
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NewsIndie bosses quiz BBC on pay-to-download plans
Mark Thompson and senior BBC executives have held face-to-face talks with the bosses of some of Britain’s biggest indies about how to make its proposed pay-to-download service commercially feasible.
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NewsCrozier's 2011 pay package worth more than £2m
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier earned almost £2.15m last year after the broadcaster reported progress on its five-year transformation plan.
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NewsNews Corp attacks Panorama as Murdoch takes to Twitter
News Corp has branded the BBC Panorama investigation into NDS a “gross misrepresentation” and Rupert Murdoch has taken to Twitter to talk of “lies and libel” and “preparing to hit back hard”.
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DPP and IABM kick off workflow initiatives
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) and the International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM) are launching separate initiatives to help production companies, post firms and broadcasters improve their file-based workflows.
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NewsBBC agrees Directors UK deal
The BBC and Directors UK have signed a landmark agreement aimed at putting directors back at the centre of programme-making.
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NewsC4 in talks with Pact over template for sharing viewer data
Channel 4 is looking to establish a contractual template for sharing the viewer data that indies generate through their multiplatform properties.
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NewsS4C strives to make a Welsh killing
S4C is hoping to turn Wales into the next Denmark by creating programming to be sold worldwide.
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NewsMaverick swoops for ex-BBC factual boss
Maverick Television has drafted in Ben Gale to its senior UK management team and hired its first US boss as it gears up for growth.
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NewsGold greenlights Yes, Prime Minister revival
Yes, Prime Minister is to return to TV after an absence of 24 years as UKTV’s comedy channel Gold kicks off its original commissioning push.
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NewsTouchpaper returns to supernatural for ITV2
The indie behind Being Human is to create a supernatural drama for ITV2 about contemporary witches living in London.
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NewsSky Atlantic signs comedy duo
Sky Atlantic has commissioned a Mrs Merton-style comedy chat show hosted by two American Jewish mothers.
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DNI sets out ambitious plans
Discovery Networks International has ordered 20 hours of content from indie Maverick Television, as Julian Bellamy outlined the broadcaster’s “step change in ambitions” at the Broadcast Business Breakfast.
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NewsKindle updates Dickens for BBC1
Bafta-winning kids’ indie Kindle Entertainment is reimagining Charles Dickens’ The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby in a 21st century setting for BBC1 Daytime.
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NewsViacom to pilot gameshow with slo-mo action replays
Viacom is to pilot a pioneering 3D-ready physical gameshow that is co-produced by ITV Studios USA and Zig Zag USA.
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NewsKirkwood returns to Lime to boost structured reality
Former EastEnders executive producer Bryan Kirkwood is returning to Lime Pictures to expand the producer’s catalogue of structured reality and scripted programming.