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NewsDarroch pledges cash for Sky content push
BSkyB boss Jeremy Darroch has pledged to continue investing in content, and aims to increase spend in line with increases in revenue – meaning a potential boost to programming of £200m.
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NewsITV2 lines up Kerry Katona series
Kerry Katona has been lined up to feature in a new ITV2 ob doc and could go on to become a long-term replacement for Katie Price.
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NewsAnimation companies call on Clegg to introduce tax breaks
A group of animation companies has written to deputy prime minister Nick Clegg calling for a meeting to discuss incentives needed to make the UK industry competitive globally.
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NewsHunt fights corner over O’Reilly misogyny claims
Former BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has hit back at claims that four female presenters were culled from Countryfile because she “hated women”, arguing that the suggestion was “profoundly distressing”.
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NewsITV already drawing up plans for Salford
Granada Reports has scoped out a space at MediaCityUK in Salford and Coronation Street is believed to have agreed a site near the hub as ITV edges closer to relocating its north-west operations.
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NewsCohen sets sights on stronger BBC1 online presence
Danny Cohen has made building a stronger, more coherent online presence for BBC1 a key priority.
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NewsBBC2 targets access doc
BBC2 is on the hunt for a major access documentary after being turned down by British Airways, as part of a raft of factual opportunities at the corporation.
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NewsBBC cuts to see World Service scaled back
Entire services from the BBC World Service could be closed as part of its £67m cuts, with those broadcasting to areas such as the Caribbean, Vietnam and Macedonia thought to be most at risk.
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NewsC4 sends chefs to cookery school for daytime series
Channel 4 has ordered 50 episodes of a new daytime cookery series starring Cook Yourself Thin chef Gizzi Erskine.
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NewsRadio 1 visualisation suite feeds video demand
BBC Radio 1 has installed a visualisation suite in its Portland St headquarters as it ups the amount of video content it offers listeners.
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NewsFerguson to front C4 series on the rise of Western civilisation
The Ascent Of Money historian Niall Ferguson is to return to Channel 4 for a new series charting the rise of Western civilisation.
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NewsDiversity award winner to be decided by Broadcast readers
Broadcast readers are to decide whether Cast Offs, The Sex Education Show or My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding is the most groundbreaking show at this year’s Cultural Diversity Network awards.
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NewsMorgan set to join Mentorn as head of development
Emma Morgan has been appointed head of development and executive producer at Mentorn Media after nearly eight years at rival indie Twofour.
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NewsWild hires head of development in factual push
Wild Pictures has hired a head of development as part of plans to turn the company into a major player in the factual arena.
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NewsBBC3 to pilot panel show from Twenty Twenty
BBC3 has ordered a non-TX pilot for a comedy panel show from Twenty Twenty called 10 Things You Don’t Know About Your Mum.
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NewsQuickfire lines up Grant for Arabian Nights doc
Bristol-based independent Quickfire Media has secured Richard E Grant to front a 1 x 60-minute film about the Arabian Nights for BBC4.
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NewsRoot6 hires Avid's Smith
Root6 has appointed Malcolm Smith to the newly created position of senior broadcast account manager.
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NewsAvid launches 'most open' Pro Tools release
Avid has unveiled the latest version of its audio production platform Pro Tools.
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NewsAll3Media signs content deal with Sweden
Fake Or Fortune and Undercover Boss are heading to Sweden as part of a raft of new deals between All3Media International and national broadcaster SVT.