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NewsSky Player set for Freeview and web-enabled TV
Sky is extending the distribution of its premium online TV service Sky Player with IPTV service 3View in a deal which hints at what the broadcaster’s presence is likely to look like if it signs up to Project Canvas.
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NewsKlein: BBC4 will not become dry or dusty
BBC4 is to dramatise the beginnings of Coronation Street as controller Richard Klein attempts to prevent the channel becoming “a drier, dustier world” following the BBC Strategy Review.
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NewsRagdoll adds DVS SpycerBox in storage update
Teletubbies producer Ragdoll Productions has completed an overhaul of storage capabilities at its post facility in Stratford-upon- Avon with the addition of a 48- terabyte DVS Spycer Box with fibre-channel connectivity.
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NewsBBC Children’s departures hint at fears over careers
Senior BBC Children’s staff who had signed up to the Salford move are leaving the department amid concerns over career progression.
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NewsIndie mergers and acquisitions to reach three-year high
Mergers and acquisitions in the indie sector will reach their greatest value for three years in 2010, building on a pick-up in the market in 2009, according to new research.
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NewsSony stalls sale of its minority stake in Shine
Sony Pictures Entertainment is dragging its feet selling its 21% stake in Shine Group - but the deal is still expected to go ahead.
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NewsC4 launches web hub for Chancellor debate
Channel 4 News is rolling out a major online hub in support of next week’s Ask The Chancellors TV debate that will integrate blogs, Facebook and Twitter with live video-streaming for the first time.
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NewsITN brings in Read to grow factual multiplatform portfolio
ITN has appointed former Sky 1 commissioner Emma Read as its first creative director of factual, features and factual entertainment.
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NewsTigress to track the story of an elephant’s carcass
Tigress Productions has won an order from Animal Planet US and Channel 4 for a doc about the scavengers that slowly demolish a dead elephant.
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NewsBBC North commissioning drive begins to pay off
BBC North director Peter Salmon’s efforts to encourage more commissioning from the north of England has kicked off with a first children’s order for Leeds-based factual producer True North.
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NewsC4 bolsters Embarrassing brand with spin-off
Channel 4 has extended what has become one of its key brands by ordering an Embarrassing Bodies spin-off series and another 18 episodes of the main show.
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Survivor’s Parsons gives backing to start-up Nerd
Charlie Parsons, the double Emmy award winner responsible for Survivor, has invested in start-up indie Nerd (New Entertainment Research & Design).
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NewsSinnerton swaps Quicksilver for C4 current affairs
Quicksilver Media producer Siobhan Sinnerton has joined Channel 4 as news and current affairs commissioning editor - as predecessor Ed Braman returns to the Unreported World indie.
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ITV Global secures RAI Cinema deal
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold more than 100 movies to Italian broadcaster RAI.
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Fireworks lands global rollout for vampire series
Distributor Fireworks International has signed a two-year multiplatform deal that will see new vampire drama Valemont air on MTV and Viva channels around the world.
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NewsKatie's Beautiful Face to be seen worldwide
Mentorn International has secured a raft of sales of Katie: My Beautiful Face, the story of a former model’s recovery after being maimed in an acid attack.
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NewsCarolyn McCall to leave GMG
GMG chief executive Carolyn McCall is stepping down to join easyJet.
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NewsFreesat hits million mark
Freesat has notched up its millionth customer 18 months after launch with 40% of its customer base churning from Sky households.
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NewsTouch lands Tyson for pigeon pilot
Touch Productions is behind a Animal Planet US pilot that will see boxing bad boy Mike Tyson make his pigeon racing debut.
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NewsBBC North launches radio indie fund
Radio indies in the north of England are set for a boost following the creation of a £40,000 commissioning fund by the BBC.