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NewsFEU welcomes external help on BBC bullying
The broadcasting unions have welcomed the BBC’s pledge to introduce external input into its bullying and harassment procedures.
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NewsITV factual in the spotlight
ITV’s factual strategy is in the spotlight after a number of recent commissions struggled to make an impact.
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NewsTrust would consider BBC3 bid
Avalon and Hat Trick Productions’ £100m bid to buy BBC3 will be considered by the BBC Trust if it is submitted as part of the official consultation process.
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NewsCelebrity Big Brother takes over Twitter
Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother steamrolled the competition on Twitter in January – accounting for eight of the top ten most tweeted about shows.
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NewsZodiak Americas boss exits
Zodiak Americas chief executive Jonny Slow is leaving the super-indie after more than ten years.
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NewsCBeebies signs up Footy Pups
Arsenal footballer Rachel Yankey OBE has signed up to front a new Dot to Dot Productions sports skills series for CBeebies.
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NewsRona Fairhead criticises BBC data
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has voiced “surprise” at the lack of data the corporation has about its audiences.
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NewsSky posts nine year subscriber high
Sky added over 200,000 TV subscribers in the UK in the last three months of 2014, its fastest rate of growth in nine years.
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NewsLove wins Broadcast’s indie crown
Love Productions was crowned Best Independent Production Company and scooped the Best Popular Factual Programme award for The Great British Bake Off at the 20th annual Broadcast Awards.
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NewsFox UK brings in Jeff Ford
Jeff Ford is to return to the UK to take up the role of managing director of Fox International Channels UK.
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NewsLoft adds pair of QC suites
Loft London has expanded its QC and AS-11 file-based delivery capacity with the build of two more QC suites
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NewsUK Screen to host pensions seminar
UK Screen has teamed up with payroll and production management software firm Sargent Disc and commercial law firm Wiggin to host a seminar on pensions.
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NewsTVT appoints Brotherston to new chief exec role
The former head of Ericsson’s UK broadcast services division has been appointed chief executive of media services and post production firm TVT.
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NewsBBC bullying cases to be resolved externally
The BBC has agreed to introduce external input into its bullying and harassment procedures following lobbying from broadcasting unions.
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NewsRona Fairhead makes case for BBC Trust
Rona Fairhead has made a passionate case for the BBC Trust’s role in protecting the BBC’s independence amid growing calls for the governing body to be abolished.
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NewsBBC reschedules controversial royal doc
The BBC has rescheduled controversial royal family doc Reinventing The Royals, a month after it postponed the two-part series.
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NewsSky lands exclusive rights to The Open
Sky Sports has snatched exclusive rights to cover The Open from the BBC, which has aired the golf championship for the past 60 years.
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NewsBFI: high-end TV spend hits £600m
More than 80 TV productions with a total spend of over £600m benefited from the UK’s high-end TV tax break in 2014.
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NewsIn brief: Take Me Out; TalkTalk; RTS; Drinks Tube
Take Me Out prepares to revamp its social media strategy and TalkTalk adds 115k TV subscribers. Click for more in today’s news round-up.
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NewsBoundless hires The Undateables exec
The Undateables producer Sarah Spencer has become Boundless’ second hire in less than a month.