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NewsScripps invests £4m in original UK shows
Food Network and Travel Channel owner Scripps Networks is to spend nearly £4m on original UK shows next year as it ramps up its local commissioning ambitions.
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NewsITV staff pay offer raises speculation over sale
ITV’s offer of a 2% pay rise for staff next year could be a sign of the broadcaster preparing for a sale, according to industry sources.
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NewsViacom bolsters buying team
Channel 5 is to increase the amount of big-ticket US comedy and drama it buys in conjunction with MTV, Comedy Central and Spike UK following a management reshuffle.
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NewsSex, crime and self-harm feature in raft of C4 docs
Self-harm, child sex offenders and Europe’s largest brothel will be explored in six Channel 4 docs from the commissioner behind The Paedophile Hunter.
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NewsMcVay hails ‘formidable’ Pact chair Geater
Pact chief executive John McVay has claimed that the trade body’s newly elected chair Sara Geater will be a “formidable” leader.
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NewsBBC reveals comedy plans
A Ruth Jones comedy is among a raft of projects on BBC1’s radar as it bids to plug the hole left by Miranda and now Mrs Brown’s Boys.
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NewsTwofour overhauls Devon edit suites
Production company Twofour has upgraded its post facility to help deal with the demands of file-based delivery.
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NewsBBC3 online plans revealed
A fifth of BBC3’s new £30m digital budget will be ploughed into short-form content as the corporation bids to put the channel at the heart of young audiences’ online worlds.
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NewsObjective takes Reflex gameshow to China
Objective Productions has scored its second major format deal in China after VoD service iQiyi commissioned a local version of BBC gameshow Reflex.
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NewsComedy Central appoints head of development
Comedy Central UK has named Joe McVey as its new head of development.
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NewsGuy Martin short films race onto Channel 4
Guy Martin’s Passion For Life has become the first show from Channel 4’s online Shorts platform to make the leap onto linear television.
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NewsKudos lands Channel 4 comedy pilot
Broadchurch actress Olivia Coleman will feature in a Channel 4 comedy pilot from Kudos Film & Television to be penned and directed by Bafta-nominated Will Sharpe.
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NewsVoltage expands executive team
Posh People: Inside Tatler executive producer Danny Horan has joined Voltage TV as one of a number of senior hires.
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NewsTedial recruits director of operations and support
Media asset management and storage software firm Tedial has appointed Terry Spittle as its new director of global operations and support.
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NewsLewiston joins Root6 engineering team
Root6 has appointed Adam Lewiston to the role of technical pre-sales engineer.
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NewsSilverglade opts for Avid S6 console
Post facility Silverglade has equipped its 5.1 dubbing studio with a 16-fader Avid S6 M10 control surface.
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NewsBrainstorm releases 3D Importer module
Brainstorm Multimedia has released new software to increase the compatibility of the company’s products with a host of 3D file formats.
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NewsMarshall launches compact HD camera
Marshall has launched a compact 2.2 megapixel HD-SDI camera for news, sport, reality TV and hidden camera filming.
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NewsFtrack upgrades project management software
Ftrack has launched an updated version of its project management platform for the VFX and animation sectors.
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NewsFeatures & formats at risk from BBC3 online move
BBC3 formats such as Don’t Tell the Bride and Sun, Sea and Suspicious Parents could become potential casualties of BBC3’s proposed move online.