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NewsHat Trick reports £4.8m profit
Hat Trick Productions, the indie behind Have I Got News For You, has reported £4.8m pre-tax profit for the 18 months ending on 31 December 2010.
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NewsAlibi acquires online Murdoch
UKTVs crime channel Alibi has acquired an online spin-off series from detective show Murdoch Mysteries that it will air on TV ahead of the fifth run.
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NewsReuters ties with Dailymotion
Reuters has signed a deal with video site Dailymotion to distribute its live stream and on-demand bulletins.
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NewsHorror Channel nails Hammer season
Chello Zone’s Horror Channel has picked up 30 films from Studio Canal including Christopher Lee’s The Scars of Dracula to form a nostalgic Hammer Horror Halloween Season.
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NewsITV may gamble on more Red or Black?
RTS CAMBRIDGE: Simon Cowell’s big money game show Red or Black? may return to ITV1, with the broadcaster’s chief executive noting there would be changes made to the format.
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NewsSky Go hits million mark
The Sky Go mobile video app has been downloaded more than a million times since its launch in July with sport proving the key driver and over 40 million pieces of content viewed last month.
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NewsAll3 boss: reduce BBC in-house production
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The Communications Act should not tamper with nations and regions quotas – but the BBC should reduce its commitment to in house production, Steve Morrison has said.
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NewsSorrell: TV industry as “vulnerable” as newspapers
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The business model for free to air TV is as precarious as that of newspapers, Sir Martin Sorrell has claimed.
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NewsShine buys social gaming start-up
Shine Group has acquired a social gaming business to support its multiplatform content and develop original IP.
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NewsC4 News appoints first weather presenter
BBC weather presenter Liam Dutton is set to become Channel 4 News’ first ever weather presenter.
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NewsMyVideoRights nets £2m prior to rebrand
Digital rights management business MyVideoRights has secured a £2.75m investment to boost its technical skills and international reach ahead of a rebrand as Base79.
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NewsBBC makes final decision on tech agency roster
The BBC has finalised the roster of agencies it will work with on its technology commissions following its decision to abolish the approved supplier list in November.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: C4 unveils autumn slate
Channel 4 has revealed a raft of new comedy, drama, entertainment and factual shows for its autumn line-up in a week that also included many other documentary commissions.
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NewsGovt considers VFX employment proposals
The Government is considering proposals that could make it easier for UK VFX companies to hire foreign talent.
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NewsPatten: BBC entertainment will suffer cuts
RTS CAMBRIDGE: BBC’s entertainment output will be hit harder than other genres by the corporation’s budget cuts, Trust chairman Chris Patten has confirmed.
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NewsDiscovery chief urges light touch regulation
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The boss of global broadcaster Discovery has urged Jeremy Hunt to retain the “level playing field” for rights regulation within the new Communications Act.
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NewsNAO wins full access to BBC accounts
The National Audit Office is to have access to any part of the BBC’s books it chooses, under new arrangements laid out by the government.
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NewsRTL rejected Hulu ad deal
RTS CAMBRIDGE: Google TV and other online TV services will fail to strike deals with mainstream broadcasters until they stop demanding control over adverts, the chief executive of RTL has claimed.
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NewsViewers concerns over data a “major challenge”
RTS CAMBRIDGE: Consumer fears about how companies use data present “a major challenge” for broadcasters and platforms, according to senior figures from Google and Channel 4.
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NewsBBC Worldwide competing for scale, says CEO
RTS CAMBRIDGE: “The inability to get hold of capital” is the biggest thing preventing BBC Worldwide from competing at scale, according to its chief executive John Smith.