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Child care for freelancers
A child-care service specifically aimed at TV freelancers has launched, offering cover at short notice or to cover non-office hours.
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NewsDiscovery acquires 10 Shine series
Discovery Networks Western Europe has signed more than 10 series from Shine International including 24 Hours In A&E and One Born Every Minute US to air across its female lifestyle TLC network.
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NewsHalo moves into Pepper Post's old Soho premises
Halo Post Production has taken over the lease of Pepper Post’s former premises on Noel Street.
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NewsBBC agrees minimum rates
The BBC has become the first broadcaster to agree a minimum pay rate for freelancers, striking a deal that covers in-house drama following five years of negotiation with Bectu.
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NewsITV extends content services deal with ITFC
ITV’s acquired content is being archived to LTO-5 as part of a renewal of the broadcaster’s deal with content services firm ITFC.
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NewsBBC to cap redundancy payouts
BBC redundancy packages such as Mark Byford’s £1m pay-off will be a thing of the past under proposals being put forward to the BBC Trust as part of Delivering Quality First.
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NewsC4 eyes second playalong show
Channel 4 is working with Twofour on a project that could become the interactive gameshow follow-up to The Million Pound Drop Live.
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NewsLazarus launches with DCD
The executive behind Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab is to head up his own indie as part of a joint venture with DCD Media.
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NewsRoss Kemp launches indie
Ross Kemp is parting ways with Tiger Aspect after five years to set up his own indie, Freshwater Films.
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NewsBwark raids BBC for creative director
Bwark has made its first hire since it was bought by Zodiak Media Group, appointing Simon Wilson as creative director.
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NewsTVF’s Monks joins Zig Zag
Indie Zig Zag has appointed Leila Monks to the newly created role of vice-president of commercial and current production as it looks to generate 50% of its business from the US within two years.
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NewsDoc-makers slam ITV YouTube slip
Documentary-makers have highlighted the dangers of sourcing archive clips from YouTube as they rail against an ITV1 film that presented footage from a video game as real.
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NewsSky buys cult satire show
Sky Arts has bought the first series of satirical news show The Onion News Network from international distributor Starz.
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NewsSomethin’ Else to create virtual soap for C4 online
Channel 4 Education has commissioned a virtual “soap opera improvised by robots” from digital indie Somethin’ Else.
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NewsLittleford steps up as iPlayer launches in Australia
Matthew Littleford has been promoted to general manager of BBC Worldwide’s global iPlayer, expanding his responsibilities as the service launches in another territory.
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NewsIndependent and Mercury to offer docs via website
Mercury Media is joining forces with the Independent newspaper to launch a documentary film club based on the distributor’s online VoD service, Joining the Docs.
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NewsBBC3 puts jobs on Hire site
BBC3’s Up For Hire season is being given a bumper multiplatform project, which features job adverts, online-only films, extensive advice and a careers questionnaire.
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NewsJain sets sights on young viewers at old-skewing ITV2
Angela Jain has made driving down the average age of the ITV2 audience one of her key strategic aims.
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NewsImpossible partners Kindle on CGI series for CBeebies
CBeebies has ordered a CGI animated dinosaur series from the children’s division of Impossible Pictures, the indie responsible for dino-drama Primeval, and Kindle Entertainment.
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NewsFirecracker gives MTV platform to bullying victims
MTV International has ordered a one-off documentary from Firecracker Films tackling bullying, which will air across its non-US network, along with global documentary series Hoods, which takes celebrities back to their roots.