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NewsDrinks Tube event stirs interest
A live cocktail week event, produced by Jamie Oliver’s Fresh One Productions to support its Drinks Tube online channel, helped push the volume of weekly subscribers up by almost 50%.
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NewsBBC Academy plans freelance drama training
BBC Academy is to host two training days for drama freelancers in Birmingham and Salford later this year.
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NewsTrue North co-founder departs
True North co-founder Glyn Middleton has left the indie after 13 years following investment secured from Channel 4.
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NewsHBO Europe hires London-based drama exec
HBO Europe has hired its first London-based executive, The Borgias producer Steve Matthews.
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NewsFormer Discovery exec Andrew Jackson joins Plimsoll
Former Discovery executive Andrew Jackson has joined Grant Mansfield’s fledgling indie Plimsoll Productions.
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NewsBrown Bob wins first BBC show
Fledgling indie Brown Bob Productions has hired Flame Television’s head of development and picked up its first commission - a BBC daytime format.
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NewsArri to release UHD upgrade for Amira
Arri has entered the Ultra High-Definition (UHD) camera market with a software upgrade for its Amira that will allow the camera to shoot ProRes UHD footage.
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NewsBBC3 cooks up chicken shop sitcom
A sitcom set in a fried chicken shop, produced by Bwark and Two Brothers Pictures, is one of three comedies green-lit by BBC3.
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NewsLove heads to Stockton for Benefits Street follow-up
Stockton-On-Tees’ Kingston Road has been selected by Love Productions as the location for the second series of Channel 4’s Benefits Street.
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NewsSex Box scores US series
Controversial Channel 4 show Sex Box has been picked up for a full series in the US following a successful local pilot.
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NewsBBC First creates interactive Twitter drama
International channel BBC First has called for Twitter users to contribute ideas to an online drama.
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NewsAmazon pilots The Foundation & Brown Bag kids shows
UK kids producers The Foundation and Brown Bag Films have picked up pilots from online video streaming service Amazon.
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NewsWorld Cup boosts UTV profits 62%
UTV has reported a 62% boost in profits as a result of an improving advertising market driven partly by the World Cup 2014.
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NewsCBS to remake Friday Night Dinner
US network CBS is to remake Big Talk Productions sitcom Friday Night Dinner.
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NewsSherlock pulls off Emmy hat trick
BBC1 drama Sherlock has won a trio of awards at the 2014 Emmy Awards.
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NewsC4 named best channel at Edinburgh TV Awards
Channel 4 picked up a hat trick of gongs at this year’s Edinburgh International TV awards including the prize for channel of the year.
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NewsMoore blames social media for Generation Game mishap
BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore has blamed social media for the confusion over Miranda Hart’s involvement in a revival of The Generation Game.
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NewsBBC3 shows to air in BBC1 peaktime
Some BBC3 shows will play in the heart of peaktime on BBC1 after the youth-skewing channel moves online, as part of a push to better serve young viewers.
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NewsTory MP: government has interfered in BBC Trust hire
Conservative MP Conor Burns had admitted the government has interfered in the appointment of the next BBC Trust chair.
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NewsBen Stephenson urges industry to back BBC
BBC drama controller Ben Stephenson has called on the TV industry to get behind the corporation as it faces a “worrying time” in the run up to charter renewal.