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ITV lines up Michael Bublé Xmas special
Michael Bublé is to host a special Christmas show for ITV1 that will see the crooner duet with X Factor judge Kelly Rowland.
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Blackberry in T4 product placement deal
Blackberry and Puma are to feature in two Channel 4 shows following separate product placement deals.
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NewsUKTV inks VoD player deal with Capablue
UKTV has signed a deal with video on-demand provider Capablue as it prepares to launch its online player funded by advertising and micropayments.
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NewsHit secures major ABC Australia deal
Children’s rights holder Hit Entertainment has sold hundreds of hours-worth of programming to Australian broadcaster ABC.
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NewsPact and C4 talk equality
Pact and Channel 4 are holding a joint roundtable discussion about the Equality Act a year after its introduction.
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NewsDQF: the impact starts now
Delivering Quality First will begin affecting commissioning and content strategy decisions almost immediately, one of the chief architects of the report has told Broadcast.
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NewsITV backs retransmission fee review
ITV has said it would back a review into whether public service broadcasters should be compelled to pay premium platforms to carry their channels.
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NewsBBC eyes WoCC wins with in-house rejig
The BBC is shaking up its in-house production arm in a bid to win more of the Window of Creative Competition from the indie sector.
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NewsInquest into the death of C4’s Mulvey to restart
The inquest into the death of former Channel 4 commissioner Sarah Mulvey has been scheduled to take place on 6 December at St Pancras Coroner’s Court.
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NewsMark Sammon leaves Sky
Mark Sammon is stepping down from his position as head of factual entertainment at Sky to set up his own indie.
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NewsBBC Wales in management rejig to boost collaboration
A new leadership structure has been outlined for BBC Wales to encourage greater collaboration with the wider network – partly as a result of the efficiencies required under Delivering Quality First.
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NewsDyke takes aim at Hunt's local TV plans
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has led a stinging attack on a key element of Jeremy Hunt’s local TV vision.
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NewsiPlayer launches in Scandinavia
BBC’s Global iPlayer has been rolled out into a further three territories - Finland, Sweden and Denmark.
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NewsMinghella to make Du Maurier classic for ITV1
Doc Martin creator Dominic Minghella is to turn Daphne du Maurier novel The Scapegoat into a single drama for ITV1.
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NewsChannelFlip diversifies with sale of The Stuffs
Online TV channel ChannelFlip is aggressively diversifying by selling its The Stuffs production to Turner UK and acquiring the rights to Pesky Productions’ Bafta-winning animation The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers!.
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NewsDQF: staff face up to plans
BBC staff across the corporation are coming to terms with what DQF means for them as Bectu general secretary Gerry Morrissey gears up for a country-wide tour to canvass concerns from members.
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NewsScaling back of BBC Birmingham comes under attack
The dramatic scaling back of the BBC’s presence in Birmingham was one of the Delivering Quality First proposals to attract the most ire this week, both inside and outside of the corporation.
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NewsScripps mulls launch of a UK travel channel
Scripps Networks Interactive is analysing the potential for launching The Travel Channel or a similar travel lifestyle brand in the UK.
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NewsTake Me Out spin-off for ITV2
ITV2’s next spin-off show will be based on ITV1 Saturday night dating format Take Me Out.
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NewsBBC and C4 plan WWI seasons
The BBC is planning to commission an “ambitious” season of programmes across a raft of genres to commemorate the centenary of the start of World War I, which is still three years from now.