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NewsYentob runs up £1,500 taxi bill
Under-pressure BBC creative director Alan Yentob ran up a taxi bill of nearly £1,500, according to expenses claimed in the first three months of the year.
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NewsTrust on the brink of BBC3 decision
BBC3’s fate is set to be decided in under a fortnight, as the BBC Trust finalises 11 months of work assessing if the channel should move online.
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NewsAmanda Groom, The Bridge
Sky’s former Channel Health chief Amanda Groom, now managing director of international co-pro enabler The Bridge, discusses funding opportunities in the pan-Asian market.
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NewsITV calls for BBC ban on formats
ITV has called for BBC1 and BBC2 to be banned from airing any international formats or acquisitions as part of its response to a Culture, Media and Sport Committee inquiry.
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NewsChina hungry for UK content
Chinese broadcasters and online giants have given their clearest indication yet that they are hungry for UK content following the historic state visit of president Xi Jinping.
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NewsOfcom to investigate Jekyll & Hyde
Ofcom is to open an investigation into ITV teatime drama Jekyll & Hyde after the show racked up over 800 complaints.
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NewsIndies welcome ‘decisive’ BBC entertainment controller
Producers have highlighted Alan Tyler’s decisiveness and cheesy music taste as he is poised to become the BBC’s acting controller of entertainment.
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NewsITVBe lags in female appeal
ITVBe is behind Dave, Film 4 and Disney Junior in attracting young female viewers, according to Broadcast analysis of the channel’s first year on air.
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NewsVice cements role as disruptor
Vice Media is set to shake up the British television landscape next year as it launches a linear channel and doubles its production presence.
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NewsNewsnight reporter's laptop seized by police
A Newsnight journalist who specialises in stories about British-born jihadists has had his laptop seized by police under powers granted to them by the Terror Act 2000.
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NewsHalo Post appoints postproducer as bookings head
Halo Post has recruited post-producer Jackie Smith as head of bookings.
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NewsTrickbox turns to Trilogy's Messenger for intercom
London broadcast services provider Trickbox TV has purchased Trilogy Communications’ Messenger intercom system to complement its multi-camera flyaway operations.
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NewsWGAE hopes ITV US hire will resolve dispute
The Writers Guild of America (WGAE) is hopeful that ITV Studios’ appointment of Brent Montgomery will help end its dispute with the broadcaster.
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NewsAframe to release update for cloud video platform
Aframe is to release an updated version of its cloud video collaboration platform next month.
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NewsThe Farm bolsters crew with post-producer hires
The Farm has expanded its production team with three hires as it prepares to move into a new 33,000 sq ft facility on Newman Street early next year.
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NewsSTV sends prison doc to Australia
Australian broadcaster Nine Network is remaking Sky 1 prison documentary Prison: First & Last 24 Hours.
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NewsEscape Technology adds to development team
Escape Technology has recruited Neil Parmar to its business development team.
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NewsDrone experts to discuss latest tech at symposium
Experts in drone technology will converge in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 3 November for a one-day symposium to discuss the latest drone developments in a variety of industries including TV and film-making.
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NewsRun VT to offer Forscene cloud editing tool
London post house Run VT will offer Forscene cloud editing software as part of its production kit for shoot, ingest, post and delivery.
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NewsC4 against closure of iPlayer loophole
Channel 4 has sounded concerns about government proposals to close the iPlayer loophole - but argued that if the move goes ahead it must include non-PSB services.