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NewsMolinare wins ITV deal for Beowulf post-production
Molinare has been appointed by ITV to undertake picture and sound post-production on upcoming drama Beowulf, which is an adaptation of the epic Old English poem.
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NewsDisabled care doc series leads Ricochet slate
A BBC3 doc series about young jobseekers unwittingly thrown into care work leads a slate of new Ricochet commissions.
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NewsBBC Radio 4 Extra leads digital radio gains
Radio 4 Extra grew its audience to over 2m weekly listeners, as sister spin-off station Radio 5 Live Sports Extra bolstered its listenership by almost two-thirds on the back of the Cricket World Cup.
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NewsSunset+Vine to make C5 Football League show
Sunset+Vine has clinched a three-year contract to produce Channel 5’s 9pm Football League highlights show.
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NewsFortitude exec joins Creative Summit line-up
Patrick Spence, executive producer of Sky Atlantic drama Fortitude is the latest speaker to join the line-up of the Creative Summit 2015, part of Broadcast’s Creative Week.
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NewsFreddie Flintoff fronts BBC fitness format
Freddie Flintoff is to front a BBC2 series that will put super-fit men and women through a series of military-inspired recruitment tests.
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NewsLA Screenings: UK broadcasters eye James Corden talkshow
A number of British broadcasters are lining up to acquire The Late Late Show with James Corden but the show is unlikely to air in the UK before the end of the year.
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NewsSpotify moves into video
Digital music service Spotify has agreed deals with rights holders including BBC Worldwide, Comedy Central, Maker Studios, Turner Broadcasting and Vice Media as it prepares to feature a raft of audio and video content.
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NewsBBC freezes recruitment for digital content director
The BBC has called a temporary halt to its hunt for a digital content director after it struggled to find the right candidate and to allow incoming executive Emma Swain to clarify the remit of the role.
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NewsRacing firms to unite for single production centre
Racecourse Media Group (RMG) and Arena Racing Company (ARC) are set to join forces and create a single production centre for their picture and data feeds of horse racing events from around the UK.
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NewsIn brief: Lime Pictures; The Garden; Nan; Radio 5 Live 606
Lime Pictures is to delve into the world of clairvoyants for Channel 4 and Nan is to return for a two-part series on BBC1. Click for the rest of today’s news round-up.
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NewsThe Farm set to expand presence in Bristol
The Farm is to open up its Deal or No Deal post-production facility in Bristol to other productions.
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NewsBBC1 to reunite relatives in gameshow
BBC1 will help long lost relatives win a reunion in an exotic location in a fresh Saturday night National Lottery entertainment format.
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NewsCrackit hires former C5 commissioner
Crackit Productions, the indie behind Katie Hopkins: My Fat Story, has hired former Channel 5 factual and fact ent commissioner Jason Wells as an executive producer.
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NewsStudy finds 15% of TV workforce attended fee-paying schools
A Creative Skillset study has revealed that staff employed in the TV industry are twice as likely to have attended a fee-paying school or have a degree as the national average.
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NewsKenton Allen on board with Mulville/Thoday BBC3 campaign
Jimmy Mulville and Jon Thoday renewed their plea for fellow indie producers to help them save BBC3 at an event at Bafta last night - prompting Big Talk’s Kenton Allen to openly back the campaign.
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NewsBroadcast Digital Awards: second wave of nominees unveiled
The second shortlist for the Broadcast Digital Awards 2015 has been revealed – featuring nominations in categories including channel of the year, multiplatform project and digital children’s content.
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NewsUKTV profits leap 10%
UKTV’s underlying earnings leapt by 10% in 2014 propelled by the broadcaster’s highest ever share of commercial impacts (SOCI), including a surge in viewing on demand.
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NewsZodiak secures Versailles sales
Versailles, the English-language Canal+ drama written by Simon Mirren and David Wolstencroft, has been pre-sold in Germany and Spain by Zodiak Rights.
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NewsDigging deeper
Getting to know viewers on an individual level can pay dividends for broadcasters, says Ruth Peters