More News – Page 2018
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NewsHat Trick sets up HIGNFY channel on YouTube
Hat Trick has extended its presence on YouTube with the launch of dedicated channels for Have I Got News For You and Dinner Date UK.
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News5 Live series going for gold
Colin Murray will attempt to track down all 114 of Britain’s living gold Olympic medallists for a new series on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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NewsScripps to serve up Food Network app
Scripps Network’s Food Network UK is launching a connected-TV app that will feature catch-up content from 12 shows and how-to video shorts.
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NewsCBBC's Trade show to return
Leopard Films is taking its CBBC show Trade Your Way to the USA on the road ahead of a second series.
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NewsBBC America to air Twenty Twelve
BBC America has acquired Olympics comedy Twenty Twelve ahead of the summer games in London.
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DCD exec out of action
Charles Thompson, creative director of DCD Media, is expected to be out of action for up to four months after breaking his back.
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NewsFast Train seeking nominations
Fast Train, the free training day for freelancers, is seeking nominations for its new Six of the Best awards.
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NewsCohen steps down at FremantleMedia
Tony Cohen is to step down as the chief executive of FremantleMedia after 17 years with the company, to be replaced by Cécile Frot-Coutaz.
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NewsBBC threatened with Jubilee strike
BBC unions are threatening strike action during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee after the corporation sent out offers of a pay rise ahead of formal negotiations.
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NewsITVS creating Canadian soap
ITV Studios is in advanced talks with a Canadian broadcaster about creating a new soap opera on the scale of Coronation Street.
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NewsKudos to make C4 conspiracy thriller
Kudos Film and Television is to make its first Channel 4 drama in more than a decade – a dark conspiracy thriller written by the co-creator of Olivier Award-winning musical Matilda.
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NewsN&S planning adult channels on YouView
Channel 5 owner Northern & Shell wants to capitalise on its position as a YouView shareholder by launching premium adult channels via the IPTV service.
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NewsUnpaid invoices dog freelancers
Freelancers lost out on more than £500,000 in 2011 and face being even more out of pocket this year as a result of “significant” increases in bad debt.
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NewsMencap hands out criticism and praise to C4 on disability
Charity Mencap has questioned Channel 4’s approach to disability, praising it for developing talent and pushing issues into the mainstream, but issuing stinging criticism of Derek and the marketing for The Undateables.
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NewsProducers slam Gambling Commission probe
Senior entertainment producers have railed against the Gambling Commission’s (GC) intervention in established gameshow formats after it ruled out publishing guidance on the issue.
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NewsAttenborough to front Eden nature project
Sir David Attenborough is to front a series about the ways animals adapt themselves in a rare original commission by UKTV natural history channel Eden.
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NewsITV1 doc to tell story of Soham victim’s family
ITV1 is to mark the 10th anniversary of the Soham murders with a documentary featuring exclusive access to the family of one of the victims, Holly Wells.
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NewsUK falls behind in TV social media link-ups
The UK is lagging behind other countries when it comes to TV engaging with social media and the wider multiplatform world, according to new statistics and industry experts.
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NewsCDN supports pledge – but opts not to sign
The Creative Diversity Network has opted not to sign Broadcast’s Expert Women pledge but has promised to endorse it and its actions in writing.
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NewsKemps to front C&I gangs doc
Brothers Martin and Gary Kemp are to front a documentary series about British gangs for Crime & Investigation Network.