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NewsBBC's Ariel to go online only
The BBC’s in house newspaper is to fold after 75 years and has gone online only as part of the corporation’s Delivering Quality First cuts.
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NewsTulloh’s new indie gets two backers
Award-winning producer Clive Tulloh is partnering with his former colleague Peter Bennett-Jones to launch a new indie called Burning Bright.
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NewsCurrent affairs hit by BBC2 cost-cutting
Single documentaries about travel and history are likely to suffer after BBC2 confirmed it would cut almost 20% of its current affairs output.
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NewsJill Green wins first order for new indie
Jill Green’s latest venture, Eleventh Hour Films, has won its first commission – an extended second series of BBC2 comedy drama Vexed.
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NewsCartoon Network acquires Harry Hill series
Harry Hill is to appear on Cartoon Network following a deal by Turner veteran Gary Finnegan, who has been handed a new UK-dedicated content role at the broadcaster.
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NewsBullseye creator plans US remake
The creator of classic 1980s gameshow Bullseye is in talks for a US remake, which could have a million dollar jackpot.
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NewsJust a Minute makes TV move
The BBC is adapting long-running Radio 4 comedy series Just A Minute for TV to celebrate the series’ 45th anniversary.
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NewsWall to Wall hires ent boss; wins consumer commission
Wall To Wall is piloting a live early evening consumer affairs show for BBC1 and has hired the woman who will executive produce The Voice for the channel.
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NewsPrincess to build Love Machine for Sky Living
Sky Living has ordered a dating show fronted by BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles and X Factor contestant Stacey Solomon, and which features a giant machine filled with singletons.
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NewsGrowth in Welsh shows helps C4 pass Ofcom quota
Channel 4 is expecting to exceed its nations and regions commissioning quota thanks in part to a significant growth in orders from Wales.
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News5* seeks male-leaning shows
Channel 5’s digital station 5* is hunting two horror, fear, survival or action shows to air from spring.
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Base79 hires ITV and BBC execs
Digital rights management business Base79, formerly myvideorights, has hired two high-level technical execs from ITV and BBC to develop its connected-TV apps.
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NewsC4 drops Vacation, Vacation, Vacation
Kirsty Allsopp and Phil Spencer’s holiday show Vacation, Vacation, Vacation, will not be returning to Channel 4 for another series.
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NewsAMWA draws up delivery spec
A common specification for the delivery of programmes to multiple devices will be released by the Advanced Media Workfl ow Association (AMWA) next month.
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NewsClear Cut builds for drama drive
Clear Cut Pictures is building a 5.1 audio theatre as part of its drive to take a greater slice of the drama audio post market.
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NewsFrame rates on SMPTE's LA agenda
Faster frame rates will be high on the agenda at the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers’ (SMPTE) annual conference next week in LA.
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NewsRapid expands online and grading capacity
Rapid Pictures is adding a fourth floor to its West London base, with the additional online and grading suites due to open early next year.
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NewsCox joins Procam team
Twofour Broadcast camera facilities manager Simon Cox (pictured) will join hire company Procam as camera facilities manager at the end of this month.
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NewsAmis boosts HD offering
Amis Productions is claiming to be one of the biggest providers of HD stabilised camera systems in the world following its Azule Finance-backed £635,000 investment in two Flir cameras and three Cineflex V14 HD cameras.
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NewsGrass Valley plans UK PubliTronic expansion
Grass Valley will seek to build on PubliTronic’s UK install base following its acquisition of the Netherlands-based company.