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NewsPrime Focus returns salaries to former levels
Prime Focus is to reinstate the full salaries of all the UK staff that took a pay cut last year.
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NewsVisual Impact wins £1.5m Sky Sports order
Visual Impact has been awarded a £1.5m contract to supply camera kits to all freelance crews working for Sky Sports.
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NewsC4 drops doc strands in religion shake-up
Channel 4 is shaking up its entire religious output by ditching strand Revelations after just one series and moving away from authored historical polemics in favour of finding the “One Born Every Minute of religion”.
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NewsHigh churn expected in BBC Salford move
The BBC is bracing itself for a major churn in personnel as some staff who had signed up to the Salford move seek new jobs in a bid to stay in London.
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NewsEx-EastEnders boss sets up indie with Kudos aid
Former EastEnders exec Diederick Santer is leaving the BBC after a decade to set up his own indie under the umbrella of Kudos Film and Television.
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NewsRTL reports 7% revenue growth
Five’s parent company RTL has reported year-on-year revenue growth of 7% in the first quarter, its best results since 2008.
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NewsAbsolute up for six Arqiva awards
Absolute Radio is well placed for success at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards, picking up six nominations that will see DJs Dave Gorman and Geoff Lloyd go head-to-head.
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NewsRuby readies ITV1 surgeon thriller and social drama for C4
Ruby Films is developing an ITV drama series following a feisty female surgeon, adapted by Mistresses co-creator SJ Clarkson from the bestselling surgery memoir Direct Red.
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NewsE4 signs up Natalie Cassidy for pregnancy reality doc series
E4 is to follow former EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy’s pregnancy in an observational reality series.
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NewsCook Yourself Thin returns for C4 daytime run
Channel 4 daytime show Cook Yourself Thin is to return to screens after three years away, after securing a sponsorship deal.
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NewsAP picks Colt for new London studio
Business communications and IT managed services company Colt is providing HD connectivity for AP Global Media Services’ new studios in central London.
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NewsOutright makes first sale of Blood, Sweat… format
BBC3 factual strand Blood, Sweat and… is to get its first international remake, with young Danes heading to India to investigate working conditions in the country.
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NewsLion wins drama order for BBC2 war pilot film
Lion Television is to recreate the “claustrophobia and frenzy” of life in the cockpit of a Spitfire in a new BBC2 drama about young pilots fighting in the Battle of Britain.
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NewsYesterday lines up Blitz and royals for war season
Yesterday has ordered two wartime documentaries about the Blitz and the Royal Family as part of its yearlong Spirit Of 1940 season.
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NewsBookaboo wins second run
CITV’s Bookaboo is to return for a second series, ending fears that funding pressures would lead to the Bafta-winning children’s show being axed.
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NewsYentob to address ‘problem’ teens post-Switch axe
Shows on BBC Switch will live on after the teen service is axed, BBC creative director Alan Yentob has claimed - admitting that the corporation has yet to find a way of properly serving teen viewers.
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NewsHandford takes on development role at IWC Media
The Apprentice producer Clare Handford has joined IWC Media to become head of specialist factual development.
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NewsNat Geo orders oil rig disaster doc
Steadfast Television is to make a fast turnaround documentary about the recent Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster for National Geographic.
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NewsMTV UK’s Booth to lead comedy and drama push
MTV has promoted UK vice-president of programming David Booth to a new role helping to ramp up its international scripted drama and comedy output to 500 hours a year.