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NewsBBC News and BBC World News to stay separate
BBC News and BBC World News will continue to broadcast as separate channels, director of news and current affairs James Harding confirmed to staff.
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NewsC4 refocuses Secret History strand
The focus of Channel 4’s Secret History strand is set to shift onto recent history with four new documentaries.
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NewsHave your say on TV pay: Edinburgh survey
The Edinburgh International TV Festival wants to tackle pay inequality and to help you earn the going rate by surveying salaries in TV.
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NewsBBC Worldwide targets US expansion
BBC Worldwide is planning a concerted push in the US, with details emerging of its Netflix-rival SVoD service and a renewed drive to adapt UK dramas.
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NewsBBC factual boom reaches BAME viewers
The BBC aired 300 more hours of factual programming over the year to 31 March than in the same period in 2014/15, taking the total to almost 8,000 hours.
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NewsShillinglaw lands Endemol Shine empire
Endemol Shine UK has made Kim Shillinglaw its first director of factual and handed her responsibility for its three UK indies that specialise in the genre.
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NewsTurner tracks down C4 data chief
Channel 4 data chief Pedro Cosa is to join Turner to help transform the commercial broadcaster into a ‘consumer-centric, data-driven’ business.
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NewsDiscovery targets UK indies
US cable network Discovery Channel is to build bridges with smaller British producers following the hire of Andrew O’Connell.
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NewsWainwright & Shindler demand female voices
Last Tango In Halifax creator Sally Wainwright and Red Production Company boss Nicola Shindler have called for British broadcasters to address a lack of female drama writers.
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NewsBBC faces further reform as Hall plans for future
The age of reform at the BBC is not over yet, according to director general Tony Hall, who used the publication of the corporation’s annual report to signpost further changes over the next 12 months.
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NewsBBC Studios launches diversity scheme
BBC Studios director Mark Linsey has launched a diversity scheme to address the under-representation of BAME and disabled people in creative positions in factual, entertainment and comedy production.
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NewsCrime & Investigation orders real-life Cracker
Crime & Investigation has ordered a true crime series fronted by Cracker star Robbie Coltrane.
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NewsInternational Briefs: Guy Ritchie; BBC Polish format deal; Robot Wars
Guy Ritchie moves into TV with Endemol Shine Deal, while BBC format Honey We’re Killing The Kids is being remade in Poland and Robot Wars has been sold into Germany.
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NewsEricsson to cut broadcast jobs
A global cost-reduction and efficiency drive at Ericsson will result in job cuts at its Broadcast and Media Services division in the UK, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsLive TV loses young viewers
There has been a marked decline in the amount of linear TV watched by younger audiences, according to data from Ofcom’s annual report.
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NewsLionsgate backs Gogglebox duo
Lionsgate has acquired a stake in Primal Media, the new UK indie established by Gogglebox Entertainment co-founders Mat Steiner and Adam Wood.
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NewsEnders lukewarm on broadcaster shorts
There are very few broadcaster-led online commissions and many of those available are loss-leaders for producers, according to an Enders Analysis report.
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NewsC4 braves fourth series of The Jump
Channel 4 has recommissioned a fourth series of its controversial celebrity winter sports show The Jump.
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NewsCucumber producer joins Doctor Who
Cucumber and Misfits producer Matt Strevens is to join Doctor Who as executive producer alongside new showrunner Chris Chibnall.
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NewsSpotnitz poaches Eleven's Hall
Big Light Productions, the indie established by The X-Files writer Frank Spotnitz, is making a push into the UK after hiring Eleven’s head of production Jamie Hall.