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NewsMyVideoRights nets £2m prior to rebrand
Digital rights management business MyVideoRights has secured a £2.75m investment to boost its technical skills and international reach ahead of a rebrand as Base79.
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NewsBBC makes final decision on tech agency roster
The BBC has finalised the roster of agencies it will work with on its technology commissions following its decision to abolish the approved supplier list in November.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: C4 unveils autumn slate
Channel 4 has revealed a raft of new comedy, drama, entertainment and factual shows for its autumn line-up in a week that also included many other documentary commissions.
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NewsGovt considers VFX employment proposals
The Government is considering proposals that could make it easier for UK VFX companies to hire foreign talent.
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NewsPatten: BBC entertainment will suffer cuts
RTS CAMBRIDGE: BBC’s entertainment output will be hit harder than other genres by the corporation’s budget cuts, Trust chairman Chris Patten has confirmed.
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NewsDiscovery chief urges light touch regulation
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The boss of global broadcaster Discovery has urged Jeremy Hunt to retain the “level playing field” for rights regulation within the new Communications Act.
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NewsNAO wins full access to BBC accounts
The National Audit Office is to have access to any part of the BBC’s books it chooses, under new arrangements laid out by the government.
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NewsRTL rejected Hulu ad deal
RTS CAMBRIDGE: Google TV and other online TV services will fail to strike deals with mainstream broadcasters until they stop demanding control over adverts, the chief executive of RTL has claimed.
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NewsViewers concerns over data a “major challenge”
RTS CAMBRIDGE: Consumer fears about how companies use data present “a major challenge” for broadcasters and platforms, according to senior figures from Google and Channel 4.
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NewsBBC Worldwide competing for scale, says CEO
RTS CAMBRIDGE: “The inability to get hold of capital” is the biggest thing preventing BBC Worldwide from competing at scale, according to its chief executive John Smith.
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NewsC4 unveils autumn line-up
Channel 4 has revealed the new programmes that will populate its autumn schedules including a series about gender reassignment, a new live game show and a Big Fat Gypsy Wedding spin-off.
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NewsC4 reveals VoD ad formats
Channel 4 is to start offering VoD advertising campaigns based on demographic and genre - launching four new online ad formats.
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NewsWarning over World Service
The integration of the World Service into the BBC could take up to five years, senior figures have warned, with cultural and budgetary tensions threatening to “drown out” the service’s international voice.
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NewsHunt sets out vision for media
Relaxed PSB obligations, cross-platform regulation and the curtailing of the BBC’s news market share are among the key areas Jeremy Hunt is considering as part of a new Communications Act.
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NewsPrimeval goes dark for spin-off
Impossible Pictures has secured an order from Canadian sci-fi broadcaster Space for an “older, darker and scarier” post-watershed spin-off of dinosaur drama Primeval.
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NewsYesterday expands commissioning strategy
UKTV factual channel Yesterday is moving beyond its traditional heartland of 1940s-themed programming to the end of the 1970s as the channel ramps up its investment in UK content.
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NewsSpeech: Sara Geater, TalkbackThames
A copy of the full speech delivered by Sara Geater, chief executive of TalkbackThames, addressing the Government’s plans for a new Communications Bill.
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NewsSky 1's Trollied to return
Sky 1 has ordered two more series of supermarket comedy Trollied as part of its commitment to boost original content spend by 50% over the next three years.
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NewsMilestone buys Oil to flesh out digital offer
Oil Productions, the multiplatform producer behind Channel 4 Education project Routes, has been acquired by AIM-listed technology and media consultant Milestone Group.
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NewsITV1 and C5 cut regional spend
ITV1 and Channel 5’s out-of-London spend and production hours declined last year, with ITV1’s dropping for the second year in a row.