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NewsDownton Abbey series finale grips almost 11m
Downton Abbey reeled in a consolidated audience of almost 11m viewers for the climax of its final series – its biggest audience since the penultimate episode of last year’s run.
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NewsChancellor failed to warn BBC about £725m raid
George Osborne failed to warn Tony Hall about a £725m raid on the BBC’s finances at a meeting just three weeks before the chancellor’s plans were announced in parliament.
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NewsJohn Whittingdale: rushed BBC funding deal will not be repeated
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has admitted that the rushed funding deal between the BBC and the government in July was not what he would have “chosen” and will not be repeated.
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NewsIn brief: Runner Up; Objective; ICM; Nat Geo; Reef
RDF is lining up Dutch game show format The Runner Up with two broadcasters and Objective has landed a Channel 4 gadget series. Click for more
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NewsITV ups 2016 pay offer
ITV has decided to increase its pay offer for staff next year following the company’s “good performance”.
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NewsPOLL: which classic sitcom must the BBC revive?
The BBC is hoping to revive at least five classic sitcoms as part of a celebration of the genre. Which one would you like to see return?
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NewsBectu rejects plans to boost competition in BBC radio
Broadcasting union Bectu has begun campaigning for the BBC Trust to reject plans to inject more competition into radio production by offering up to 60% of the BBC’s output to indies.
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NewsZDF develops science show with Impossible co-founder
German distributor ZDF Enterprises has struck a development deal with Impossible Pictures’ co-founder for a two-part science series.
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NewsPlay To The Whistle scores second run
ITV has ordered a second series of Hungry Bear Media’s sports panel show Play To The Whistle.
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NewsIn brief: Netflix; Avalon; The Watcher; Monterosa; Tigerlily
Netflix has come on board Discovery Canada’s period drama Frontier while Avalon has scored a commission from Disney’s forthcoming VoD service.
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NewsAbraham: C4 can stand on own two feet
The breakdown of merger talks between Channel 4 and Channel 5 in 2009 point to the incompatibility of the C4 remit with privatisation, chief executive David Abraham has warned.
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NewsInfluential MP calls for clarity over BBC Studios
Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee (CMSC) chair Jesse Norman has written to Tony Hall requesting greater clarity on the BBC’s plans to commercialise its in-house production arm.
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NewsTVF cooks up Lat Am deals
Discovery Latin America has acquired a slew of series from UK distributor TVF International ahead of Mip Cancun.
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NewsBBC1 plans to revive five classic sitcoms
BBC1 is in talks to revive at least five classic sitcoms, including The Good Life, Are You Being Served? and Porridge, as part of a celebration of the genre next year.
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NewsKaboul Kitchen among Walter Presents acquisitions
Channel 4-backed digital service Walter Presents has acquired a new wave of foreign-language films including controversial French comedy Kaboul Kitchen.
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NewsNordic digital service Viaplay moves into originals
Nordic subscription VoD service Viaplay is moving into original programming with its first commission, comedy Swedish Dicks.
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NewsBBC boosts writers pay by 2%
The BBC has increased all minimum pay rates for BBC TV drama and scripted comedy writers by 2%.
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NewsIain Lee leaves BBC after ‘bigot’ row
BBC Three Counties Radio breakfast presenter Iain Lee has left his job after having to apologise for labelling the anti-gay views of a Christian group as “homophobic” and “bigoted”.
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NewsIn brief: RTS North West winners; Lionsgate deal; S+V land England deal; Bafta Scotland awards
Car Share drove off with four RTS North West awards as Sunset + Vine scored rights to five England Women’s matches.