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NewsCRR set to stay for Comms Act
ITV is unlikely to be handed relief from its advertising trading restrictions, the Contract Rights Renewal scheme (CRR), in the government’s new Communications Act.
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NewsC5 places double order and eyes wider genres
Channel 5 has ordered a personal history World War II series and an in-house-produced Jedward show for 5*, as it gears up to move beyond its popular factual and fact ent core.
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NewsBBC warns over spikes in Olympic web use
The BBC has provided ISPs and mobile operators with a “heat map”, which will alert them to an anticipated huge spike in traffic around “four or five” London 2012 Olympics events.
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NewsComedy Blaps delivers first C4 TX pilot
The Rubberbandits is the first Comedy Blap to earn a broadcast pilot for Channel 4 following a successful online debut.
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NewsPratchett off to Borneo for BBC2
Fantasy novelist Sir Terry Pratchett is to travel to Borneo and track down an orangutan king as he contemplates the meaning of mankind’s existence for a new BBC2 documentary.
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NewsUKTI looks for indie input into three-year plan
UK Trade & Investment is embarking on a tour of UK indies, film-makers and games developers as it pulls together a fresh three-year plan to ensure it is spending intelligently.
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NewsC4 boosts fact ent commissioning with two hires
Channel 4 has bolstered its fact ent commissioning team, responsible for some of the broadcaster’s biggest hits – including Big Fat Gypsy Weddings – with two appointments.
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NewsAbsolute Radio kicks off Twitter campaign
Absolute Radio has become the first radio broadcaster to advertise using Twitter’s promoted trend spot.
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NewsE4 acquires Suburgatory
E4 has acquired the broadcast rights to new ABC comedy Suburgatory, bolstering its line-up of American sitcoms.
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NewsEmbarrassing apps push self-diagnosis
The second series of Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic will be supported by a set of groundbreaking mobile apps that draw on audio watermarking.
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NewsC4 to rework SFTW as Sunday Brunch
Channel 4 has effectively picked up axed BBC2 magazine show Something for the Weekend, after commissioning Princess Productions to make a Sunday morning series.
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NewsUKIE lobbies for relaxation of laws around crowd funding
The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE) is planning to lobby the government to relax laws surrounding crowd funding, making it potentially easier for indies to finance projects.
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NewsSky Living looks to give concerned celebs a platform
Sky Living is considering a strand called Cause Celeb in which celebrities explore a different cause or issue that is important to them personally.
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NewsTwofour hires Educating Essex editor
Twofour has appointed the series editor of Educating Essex to the new role of head of documentaries.
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NewsDiscovery orders history triple
Chinook helicopters, World War II artefacts and the Titanic are to be investigated by Discovery in three historical orders for the channel.
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NewsC4 to spotlight Secret Eaters
Overweight families will be put under 24-hour surveillance for a Channel 4 series that aims to examine the psychology and science of eating habits.
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NewsBarb chief executive to quit
Barb chief executive Bjarne Thelin is to step down at the end of 2012 to pursue other interests.
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NewsDeltatre in nine-year BBC deal
Deltatre has signed its longest-ever contract, agreeing a nine-year deal to supply BBC Sport with a new scheduling system in time for this year’s Olympics.
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NewsDCD takes post in-house after Sequence buyout
DCD Media has revealed plans to complete all post-production work in-house after the super-indie acquired struggling facility Sequence this week.
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Pixel: new office will showcase technology
Playout systems provider Pixel Power has opened a new office in Chiswick Park.