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NewsTalkSport World Cup deal helps shake off revenue drop
TalkSport has lessened the blow of a 15% fall in revenues this year by signing a deal to broadcast the 2014 World Cup.
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NewsBettany Hughes calls for 'radical revolution'
Historian Dr Bettany Hughes battled “extraordinary prejudice” when she first tried to enter the TV industry and believes there has to be “radical revolution” for women to achieve equality.
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NewsFox buys gangster drama Mob City
Pay-TV broadcaster Fox has acquired US period drama Mob City along with a documentary about Mike Tyson.
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NewsHeroes and Homeland creators partner for Dig
Heroes creator Tim Kring and Homeland creator Gideon Raff have teamed up for a new murder mystery set that has been ordered USA Network.
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NewsDiversify: gallery
All the pictures from yesterday’s event, organised by Broadcast and Screen International
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NewsPatten hits back at Grant Shapps
BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten has branded Tory MP Grant Shapps’ attack on the corporation last month as “exceptionally ill-judged”.
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NewsLenny Henry calls for racial quotas
Television and film stars including Lenny Henry and Kwame Kwei-Armah have called for broadcasters to implement quotas to increase racial diversity on UK screens.
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NewsITV shoots for Rising Star
ITV is buying Israeli musical talent competition Rising Star as its next big entertainment show.
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NewsDiversify: practical steps forward
Speakers at the Diversify forum have outlined a number of practical measures and action points designed to help the industry improve its level of diversity.
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NewsJackson exits C4 for Sundance
Channel 4 arts commissioner Tabitha Jackson is to leave the broadcaster to head up Sundance’s documentary programme in the US.
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NewsBaldwin gets Dragon backing
Dan Baldwin is to establish a production company with Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones after his departure from Talkback was revealed last week.
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NewsSplash Media sinks into administration
Splash Media, the indie run by Strictly Come Dancing commissioner Jane Lush, has fallen into administration after failing to win enough commissions.
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NewsC5 to launch free-to-air repeats channel 5 Later
Channel 5 is preparing to launch a free-to-air channel repeating shows from the main channel – similar to Channel 4’s 4Seven.
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NewsTV and film fail on diversity
BBC commissioning editor for religion Aaqil Ahmed has said the UK TV and film industries should be “ashamed” of the decline in BAME representation across the creative media.
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NewsBBC2 to tell story of Messiah
BBC2 has commissioned a drama documentary from Reef Television about Handel’s Messiah.
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NewsFormer Daybreak editor returns to ITN
Former ITV News At Ten programme editor Ian Rumsey has returned to ITN to become head of topical programmes at the company’s production arm.
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NewsLynda La Plante’s UK indie shuts
Prime Suspect creator Lynda La Plante has shut down her UK production company La Plante Productions.
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NewsVM boss backs VoD and fibre
Virgin Media chief executive Tom Mockridge has restated that high-speed broadband is at the heart of the business and revealed plans to ramp up VoD services.
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NewsFraudsters steal cameras and lenses worth £750k
Facilities firms across the country have fallen victim to a gang of fraudsters who have stolen Arri Alexa cameras and lenses worth an estimated £750,000.
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NewsLondon Live to be supplied by Ericsson
Local TV station London Live has selected Ericsson to provide it with a range of broadcast services ahead of its launch early next year.