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NewsNew BBC social networking rules warn against political bias
The BBC has clamped down on its employees’ social networking activity, asking programming staff not to reveal anything on the likes of Facebook or Twitter that may betray their political allegiances.
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NewsShine hires Discovery exec to lead business development unit
Elisabeth Murdoch’s Shine Group has hired Discovery’s Alden Mitchell and Channel 4’s Lucinda Hicks to help form a group-wide global business development unit.
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NewsTrust reviews Radio 3, 4 and 7
The BBC Trust has launched a review of BBC Radio 3, Radio 4 and Radio 7 to check licence fee payers are getting the best from the stations.
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NewsEdelstein to build indie links for NBC Universal
NBC Universal is seeking new alliances with factual entertainment indies following the appointment of Michael Edelstein as head of its international TV production unit.
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NewsBBC3 tackles science with the inside story of drugs
BBC3 is to make its first foray into science with a CGI series about the effects of drugs on the human body.
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NewsBBC calls up Libero replay technology for World Cup
The BBC is beefing up its replay technology ahead of this month’s World Cup to show 360-degree rotating freeze-frames of incidents using actual footage rather than computer graphics.
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NewsVideo content at heart of Radio 1 website revamp
BBC Radio 1 will overhaul its website later this year, with a focus on rich video content and audience interactivity via social networks.
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NewsWorzel Gummidge put out to pasture as RDF option lapses
Worzel Gummidge and RentaGhost are unlikely to get a new lease of life any time soon, after indie RDF Media decided not to renew its option to adapt the kids’ classics.
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NewsBBC World Service braces itself for budget cuts
The BBC is preparing to drop some of its international radio services in line with an expected cut to the World Service budget.
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NewsBBC4 doc recalls the WWII bomber built in a day
BBC4 has ordered a 60-minute documentary on an extraordinary British propaganda film from the Second World War.
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NewsViva commissions pop and celebrity magazine show
MTV’s Freeview entertainment channel Viva has ordered a tongue-in-cheek music and celebrity magazine series.
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NewsITV to stream mobile services for World Cup
ITV is capitalising on the mobile boom by launching apps to stream its content and provide access to catch-up service ITV Player.
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Cowboy Builders to be remade by French channel
Exposé series Cowboy Builders is being remade for leading French broadcaster TF1.
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NewsCorrie postponed after Cumbria murders
Coronation Street was last night replaced by a repeat of Harry Hill’s TV Burp in the wake of the Cumbrian shootings.
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NewsBBC calls time on Last of the Summer Wine
BBC comedy Last Of The Summer Wine will not return after this summer’s series - retiring from the schedules after nearly 40 years.
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NewsZodiak closes RDF deal
RDF Media Group and Zodiak Entertainment have finalised their deal to create a £500m global production giant.
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NewsFive unveils new Extraordinary People
Five has commissioned four new films for its Extraordinary People strand that includes the world’s smallest girl and twins who share a head.
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NewsN-Dubz make "Peep Show" series
A new Channel 4 series is to provide a Peep Show-style view of British band N-Dubz.
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NewsBBC1 rides with cab comedy
BBC1 has commissioned a three-part comedy-drama about a group of “salt of the earth” Northern women launching an all-female cab company.
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NewsSofia's Diary indie signs new partners
Beat Generation, the online magazine series from the creators of Sofia’s Diary, has signed two distribution deals following its launch.