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NewsBT Sport set to strike Virgin Media carriage deal
Virgin Media is poised to close a deal to carry BT Sport’s three sports channels on its cable TV platform, making them available to a further 4m potential customers.
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NewsLittleloud shuts down after 13 years
Littleloud, the digital agency behind C4 Education projects including mobile game Sweatshop, has shut down.
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NewsDCMS aims to protect PSB content on digital platforms
The DCMS will set out measures to protect the prominence of PSBs on new content platforms in the long-awaited Communications Act strategy paper this week.
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NewsCNBC orders All3Media gambling series
US cable network CNBC has commissioned All3Media America to produce gambling format Money Talks.
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NewsSee-Saw spies WW2 drama
Top of the Lake-indie See-Saw Films is co-developing a Second World War spy series with distributor Cohen Media Group.
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NewsBauer Media buys Absolute Radio
Bauer Media has bought Absolute Radio in a deal understood to be worth more than £20m.
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NewsBonafide strikes deal with ZDFE
Talking to the Dead-producer Bonafide Films has struck a development deal with German distributor ZDF Enterprises.
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NewsC4 commits to Kavos after casting controversy
Channel 4’s teen Brits abroad doc What Happens In Kavos is to return for a second series despite producers Dragonfly being reprimanded over “deeply inappropriate” casting references.
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NewsNetflix to air Breaking Bad in line with US
The series conclusion of Breaking Bad will be available in the UK hours after its US broadcast as Netflix extended its deal with Sony Pictures Television.
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NewsSky profits bolstered by Now TV
Sky has reported operating profits of £1.3bn for the last 12 months, helped by 50,000 day-pass sales of its fledgling IPTV service Now TV.
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NewsBig dog Tim Westwood bows out of Radio 1
Hip hop DJ Tim Westwood is leaving Radio 1 after 20 years as part of a schedule shake-up.
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NewsOfcom clears Utopia in child violence investigation
Utopia, the controversial Channel 4 drama that featured a shooting in a school, has been cleared by an Ofcom investigation.
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NewsITV buys Big Talk for £12.5m
ITV has acquired Rev and Friday Night Dinner indie Big Talk Productions outright for an initial cash payment of up to £12.5m.
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NewsHall demands answers over Fincham’s BBC payoff
BBC director general Tony Hall has asked for a detailed account of the circumstances surrounding a reported £500,000 payoff to former BBC1 boss Peter Fincham.
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NewsHall and unions set for August showdown over pay
The BBC unions are set for showdown talks with director general Tony Hall next month as both parties seek to resolve the ongoing pay dispute.
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NewsC4 renews The Returned
Channel 4 has acquired the rights to the second series of French-language drama The Returned.
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NewsAvalon preps Yahoo! Edinburgh Fringe show
Russell Kane and broadcaster Emily Dean are to front a Yahoo! series showcasing acts at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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NewsH2 conjures up invention format
US cable network H2 has ordered a new invention format from T Group, the production company set up by former Target Entertainment executive Jenny Daly.
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NewsSweet TV lands Scripps orders
Scripps channels Food Network and the Travel Channel have commissioned three series from Sweet TV.
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NewsTim Kring, Hulu & C4 booked for Keshet event
Israeli producer and distributor Keshet is organising an international TV conference with speakers including Hulu’s director of content acquisition Alex Kruglov, Heroes’ creator Tim Kring and Channel 4 commissioner Justin Gorman.