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NewsFlagship BBC services forced off air by NUJ strikes
BBC Breakfast and Radio 4’s Today Programme have been taken off air as BBC journalists strike over job cuts.
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NewsNUJ and Bectu petitioned Lord Hall pre-strike
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Bectu wrote to incoming BBC director general Lord Hall ahead of today’s 24-hour strike to ask him to intervene over job cuts.
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NewsMentorn swoops for RDF's head of factual
Mentorn Media has poached RDF Television’s head of factual Tayte Simpson to boost its output in the space.
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NewsE4 reopens My Mad Fat Diary for second series
E4 teen comedy drama My Mad Fat Diary, based on the real-life diaries of Rae Earl, is returning for a second six-part run.
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NewsSky launches new pack to boost 3D
Sky has introduced a new basic tier TV subscription designed to drive uptake of its 3D channel.
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NewsEndemol snaps up Common Denominator rights
Endemol has acquired the international format rights to gameshow The Common Denominator ahead of its UK launch on Channel 4.
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NewsSuperscrimpers handed fourth run
Channel 4 money saving tips series SuperScrimpers is returning for a fourth series.
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NewsDamian Kavanagh named BBC daytime controller
Damian Kavanagh is to become the BBC’s new daytime controller - after just six months as head of features and factual formats at Channel 4.
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NewsLord Patten demands ‘tougher terms’ on BBC payoffs
Lord Patten has demanded that the BBC introduces “tougher terms” on senior manager payoffs as part of a wide-ranging speech on consumer trust in the British media.
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NewsDaybreak's debate sparks controversy
Daybreak has provoked controversy after asking viewers whether women who are drunk or flirty can ever be blamed for an attack.
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NewsFunny Fortnight pilot set to secure C4 series
Objective Productions’ sitcom Toast of London, first piloted as part of Channel 4’s Funny Fortnight season, is on the brink of being commissioned.
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NewsBBC PR boss to leave corporation
BBC PR chief Paul Mylrea is leaving the corporation following the announcement of James Purnell as director of strategy and digital.
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NewsBBC hunts for Casualty & Holby City boss
The BBC is on the hunt for a new Casualty and Holby City showrunner as Johnathan Young looks set to leave the broadcaster.
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NewsBBC2 heads underground for fixed-rig animal doc
BBC2 is to shine a light on the way some of the UK’s most iconic wildlife behaves underground in a Dragonfly-produced fixed-rig series.
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NewsRemedy hires BBC exec as first head of development
Remedy Productions has hired former BBC executive Simon Horne as its head of development.
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NewsRightster and Polymath to take football show online
Rightster Studios has partnered with Polymath Media to produce 100-episode online football comedy show Off The Ball.
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NewsDiscovery eyes further acquisitions
Factual giant Discovery Communications is eyeing further acquisitions following its purchase of 12 Nordic channels, Italian kids broadcaster Switchover Media and a stake in Eurosport.
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NewsZodiak sells 80 hours to Belgium's VMMa
Belgian broadcaster VMMa has acquired a raft of British documentaries and factual entertainment formats after striking a deal with Zodiak Rights.
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NewsOfcom awards Leeds local TV licence
Made in Leeds has been awarded the local TV licence for the Yorkshire city - taking local TV operator Made Television’s tally of contracts to four.
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NewsBlinkbox buys James Bond catalogue
Online video service Blinkbox has acquired the James Bond catalogue of films after striking a deal with MGM.