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NewsDownton debuts on ITV3 to 456,500
Period drama Downton Abbey made its multichannel debut on ITV3 to an audience of 456,500 viewers (1.80% share).
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NewsLoft opens US base for 3D work
London facility Loft has opened a base in Los Angeles in a bid to snare some of the US market for 2D to 3D conversion.
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NewsStaff complain to bosses of divided C4 newsroom
More than 20 Channel 4 News producers and reporters have written to its head to complain about a divided newsroom, poor communication and staff shortages.
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NewsC5 relaunch puts lesbians centre stage
Channel 5 is to lift the lid on the lives and loves of lesbians in Candy Bar Girls (working title), a new flagship series marking the relaunch of the channel under Richard Desmond.
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NewsYounge talks tough as axe falls on BBC factual staff
Pat Younge has charged his team with aggressively growing BBC Vision Productions to safeguard its future after another 47 redundancies were revealed this week.
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NewsFreelancers face HMRC quiz over tax returns
HM Revenue & Customs is set to haul in thousands of TV freelancers for interview as part of its ongoing investigation into Christopher Lunn & Company.
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NewsGervais and co to set up indie for new series
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington are setting up their own indie and have won a debut commission to produce the second series of An Idiot Abroad for Sky 1.
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NewsConrad departs Betty after four years at helm
Betty TV managing director Andrew Conrad has left the indie after more than four years.
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NewsMood darkens at ‘daily battering’ of BBC cuts
BBC staff have reacted angrily to the cuts to Vision Productions, describing them as “a daily battering” and “a slow death”.
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NewsCohen wins BBC tug of war over Miranda
Danny Cohen has won the tussle over award-winning sitcom Miranda, snaring the third series for BBC1.
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NewsWarner and Jain in running for ITV digital channels chief role
BBC entertainment commissioner Karl Warner and former E4 head Angela Jain are thought to be in the frame to lead ITV’s digital channels.
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NewsCBBC’s Andrew becomes creative director at The Foundation
CBBC head of production Steven Andrew has left the corporation to take up the new role of creative director at The Foundation.
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NewsLygo promises creatives cash in ITVS masterplan
ITV Studios will pump a significant amount of cash into development and fund its own pilots as part of Kevin Lygo’s regeneration masterplan.
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NewsC4 Comedy Lab to wrestle with kabbadi theme
The first Channel 4 Comedy Lab for 2011 is based on kabbadi - the Indian sport that achieved cult status on C4 in the early 1990s.
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NewsNewby parts company with Dragonfly
Francesca Newby has left Shine owned indie Dragonfly by mutual agreement after six years at the business.
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Hat Trick joins mission to find comedy talent
Hat Trick Productions has won a second series of ITV1 daytime show Dinner Date and is to partner with Every 1’s A Critic for the 2011 Sitcom Mission to find new writers, actors and directors trying to enter the comedy world.
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NewsSilver River examines secrets of art for Channel 4
Channel 4 News culture editor Matthew Cain is to ask whether science can explain the secrets of art in a three-part series for Silver River.
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NewsAl-Jazeera English to up original content by 25%
Al-Jazeera English is upping the number of original hours of content it orders by more than 25% this year as it increases its number of dedicated seasons.
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NewsUpstairs extended for 2012
BBC1 has recommissioned revived period drama Upstairs Downstairs, doubling the run to six episodes.
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NewsBBCW skates into the clear as ITV drops protest
ITV has drawn a line under its spat with BBC Worldwide over US ice-dancing format Skating With The Stars.