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NewsAll3Media eyes further acquisitions
All3Media is eyeing further acquisitions after bolstering its stable with Penny Dreadful producer Neal Street two months ago.
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NewsJason Manford handed topical ITV series
Jason Manford will grow his annual comedy review show, It’s A Funny Old Year, into a four-part weekly series for ITV.
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NewsBBC3 to be less ‘secretive’ about production process
BBC3 is to open up its production processes as it bids to reach audiences online, according to the channel’s digital controller.
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NewsCBS Reality steps up originals
UK free-to-air broadcaster CBS Reality is ramping up its original commissioning drive with a ten-part crime doc from Sky Vision.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Car Share, BBC1
The consolidated viewing figures for BBC1 comedy Peter Kay’s Car Share.
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NewsCohen: licence fee cuts will threaten BBC services
Danny Cohen has admitted that a bad licence fee deal next year would spell inevitable cuts to BBC services.
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NewsTop Gear could return with guest hosts
Top Gear could return with a different host each week as part of its overhaul, according to reports.
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NewsProSiebenSat.1 eyes drama co-pros
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 is looking to develop long-running drama procedurals with UK producers and writers as part of its international co-productions drive.
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NewsPaul Heaney's TCB hires MD
Distributor TCB Media Rights has poached a top Cineflix International executive to become managing director.
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NewsPrecious performs MBO from Whizz Kid
Advertiser-funded producer Precious Media has undergone a management buy-out from Whizz Kid Entertainment.
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NewsDanny Cohen eyes global push for BBC Studios
Danny Cohen has outlined ambitions for BBC Studios to make programmes for broadcasters all over the world.
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NewsBBC campaign: quotes from high-profile indie backers
Nearly 60 production bosses have pledged their support to Broadcast’s Backing the BBC campaign and below, some of the high-profile leaders explain why.
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NewsiPlayer figures fall for third consecutive month
BBC iPlayer requests dropped for the third consecutive month in April prompting platform boss Dan Taylor-Watt to write a blog putting the figures in context.
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NewsBBC Trust rejects Top Gear number plate complaint
The BBC Trust has found that a car displaying a H982 FKL number plate in the Top Gear Patagonia Christmas special was not a deliberate reference to the Falklands War.
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NewsITV returns to Ninja Warrior
ITV ordered a second series of physical entertainment show Ninja Warrior ahead of the final of the opening run on 30 May.
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NewsIn brief: Betty; ITVS; Arrow Media; Endemol Shine; Food Network; Cineflix
Betty has scored an Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners spin-off series and ITV Studios has hired a digital games exec. Click for more in today’s round-up.
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NewsSky Atlantic ties with NBC on plague drama
Sky Atlantic has partnered with US network NBC and Fortitude producer Fifty Fathoms on a big-budget plague drama from the writer of The Imitation Game and the director of World War Z.
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NewsITV taps into Periscope for BGT final
Britain’s Got Talent is preparing to use live video streaming service Periscope to offer viewers a behind the scenes glimpse of this weekend’s final.
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NewsIndies unite to back the BBC
Producers rally round corporation as Broadcast kicks off campaign.