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NewsHarry Hill: BBC3 shows "nonsense"
Harry Hill has laid into BBC3’s programming, describing shows as “just nonsense” and a waste of licence fee money.
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NewsSheila Hancock collects lifetime award
Sheila Hancock was honoured today with the Women in Film and TV lifetime achievement award marking for her 50 years in television.
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NewsUS firm Encompass to acquire Ascent Media's TX arm
US playout firm Encompass has agreed to buy Ascent Media’s content distribution business, including its London-based TX facility for a total of £76 million.
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NewsNews Corp in EU bid over BSkyB
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has offered the EU specific commitments in a bid to smooth over concerns raised by its proposed takeover of BSkyB.
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NewsUK leads way on digital TV take-up
The UK has led the way on digital TV take-up (91%) as the digital switchover is implemented, a report by media regulator Ofcom has revealed.
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NewsSamsung hits 1m app milestone
Samsung has seen 1m TV apps such as BBC iPlayer, Muzu.TV, Facebook and Twitter downloaded globally from its app store.
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NewsOfcom: Teletext value "limited"
The advantages of setting up a new teletext service to replace the one that closed down last year are “limited and diminishing”, according to communications regulator Ofcom.
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NewsHuw Davies joins ContentFilm
The former chief executive of HTV Wales has joined the board of TV and digital content rights owner ContentFilm as non-executive chairman.
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NewsShine hires BBC Films exec
Shine Group has appointed BBC Films commercial manager as its new senior vice president.
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NewsRadio 3 to broadcast nothing but Mozart
BBC Radio 3 is to throw its entire schedule over to the works of Mozart, playing every work written by the composer and nothing else.
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NewsBBC confirms Bennett's move to Worldwide
Jana Bennett will leave BBC Vision in February to become president of worldwide networks and global iPlayer at BBC Worldwide.
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NewsDeluxe's acquisition of Ascent branded 'deal of the decade'
Senior figures in the UK post sector have expressed their surprise that Deluxe Entertainment Services Group will pay just £9m for Ascent Media’s UK creative services and media divisions.
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NewsOverseas iPlayer to host ‘best of British’ content
The global iPlayer will host content from other UK broadcasters when it launches next year as part of a “best of British” brand proposition.
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NewsBBC and Living TV Group in Steadfast debt talks
The BBC and Living TV Group are attempting to recoup tens of thousands of pounds from Steadfast Television, and October Films has picked up the rights to the bust indie’s Brit Cops brand.
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NewsLeopard and Keo in talks over merger
Leopard Television is in discussions with Keo Films and a third party about a merger that could create a ‘mini super-indie’.
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NewsIPC managing director joins UK Screen board
UK Screen has appointed another board member in a bid to boost the broadcast sector’s level of representation on the trade group’s board.
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News'The Pool' production software unveiled
A cloud-based production management programme for TV, corporate and commercial productions has today been unveiled.
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NewsBBC3 applicants to learn fate before Christmas
The battle to become the controller of BBC3 is hotting up, with more than 30 candidates thought to have thrown their hats into the ring.
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NewsTalkback poaches I’m A Celebrity exec producer to run X Factor
Talkback Thames is to hand Beth Hart showrunner responsibilities for the next series of The X Factor after poaching her from the role of executive producer on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here.
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NewsUTV upgrades archive system
Northern Ireland’s UTV has installed a new archiving system to give the broadcaster faster access to its digital news packages and archive material as it moves towards a tapeless workflow.