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BBC England COO named
Jenny Baxter has been named as the new chief operating officer of BBC England.
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Virgin Media to invest £3bn in broadband
Virgin Media is working with parent company Liberty Global to invest £3bn in extending its broadband reach to an additional four million homes around the UK.
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BBC allows SPOTY sponsorship
The BBC Trust has lifted the ban on sponsorship of Sports Personality of the Year.
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First round of redundancies sweeps Endemol Shine
Endemol Shine Group is preparing for the first wave of redundancies since its mega-merger with around 20 roles set to be axed across its international distribution business.
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Immigration Street downsized to single film
Channel 4’s controversial documentary series Immigration Street has been scaled back to just a single episode after disruptions to filming resulted in a lack of footage.
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Delays hit BBC’s IT upgrade
Elements of a major upgrade to the BBC’s back-office technology have been delayed by up to a year.
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Small indies in dash for deals
The consolidation that swept through the top end of the production sector last year is filtering down to small indies as they bid to keep up with the industry’s major players.
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C4 restructures sport commissioning team
Channel 4 has handed Ed Havard its head of sport role and promoted Ian MacKenzie to nations and regions manager following the departure of Stuart Cosgrove.
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Studio Lambert lures BBC exec to lead drama
Susan Hogg, the senior BBC producer behind Lark Rise To Candleford, is leaving the corporation to establish Studio Lambert’s drama division.
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In brief: Bad Robots; Yesterday; Snapchat; Bear Grylls; Freeview; Power
Bad Robots return to haunt E4 and Sky News & Sport launch on messaging service Snapchat. Click for more in today’s news round-up.
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Big Talk comedy for E4 set in disused hospital
Big Talk Productions is to make a sitcom for E4 following six property guardians who live together in a disused hospital.
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INFOGRAPHIC: What £5.1bn would buy
Click to discover what the money BT and Sky spent on Premier League rights could have bought.
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BBC2 leads BPG Awards nominations
BBC2 has racked up nine nominations for the 2015 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, as the likes of Marvellous, Line of Duty and W1A all vie for gongs.
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SMPTE chair: UHD television in need of the ‘wow factor’
Early providers of 4K content like Netflix may have moved too soon, according to SMPTE UK section chair and Sky chief engineer Chris Johns.
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Bait and Cloth Cat set up home in Cardiff's GloWorks
Cardiff-based VFX and motion graphics facilities Bait Studio and Cloth Cat Animation have taken over 3,500 square foot of space at GloWorks, the creative industries centre in Cardiff Bay.
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C4’s Orpheus Warr to become chief technology officer
Channel 4 has appointed Orpheus Warr to the role of chief technology officer.
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TIMA and Reuters team up to offer location services
Reuters has partnered with facilities firm TIMA to offer location services including studio facilities and logistical support to broadcasters and online media outlets.
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All3Media secures global buyers for C4’s Indian Summers
All3Media International has closed seven deals for forthcoming Channel 4 drama Indian Summers.
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Sky Arts hunts for Guitar Star
Somethin’ Else has scooped its biggest-ever commission after landing a nine-part series from Sky Arts in which it will launch a hunt for the nation’s best guitarist.
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Football rights deal laid bare
There was an audible gasp among the roomful of journalists when Premier League boss Richard Scudamore revealed that Sky and BT had paid more than £5.1bn to keep live rights to the competition until 2019.