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NewsHarperCollins parades titles for licensing bids
Publisher HarperCollins has signed a groundbreaking licensing deal that will see 120 of its bestselling titles added to a ‘dating agency’ site designed to match indies with titles.
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NewsBBC eyes online docs archive
The BBC is considering creating a permanent online portal to house full-length documentaries as part of its plan to revolutionise how it uses its archive.
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NewsPitt oversees Screen England united front
The nine regional screen agencies have joined forces as Screen England, and recruited docs veteran Ruth Pitt and former Channel 4 head of corporate relations John Newbigin to head the new operation.
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NewsBBC Radio looks into indie sector commissioning
BBC Radio is conducting an internal review of its relationships with the indie sector, which is to be followed by a separate BBC Trust consultation in the new year.
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NewsVirgin Media website to host on-demand Disney content
Virgin Media is to launch a website hosting on-demand third-party content and has kicked off proceedings by signing a major three-platform deal with Disney.
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NewsBBC cuts My Family budget; orders two new series
BBC1 has cut the budget for My Family by 15%, and commissioned a 10th and 11th series of the sitcom.
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Shine exhumes corpses for BBC2’s History Cold Case
BBC2 has ordered a history series from Shine Television, billed as “Time Team for dead bodies”.
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NewsITV1 goes for Hat Trick’s Dinner Date
Hat Trick Productions is moving away from its comedy roots with a dating-meets-cookery show pilot for ITV1.
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NewsC4 plans fresh push in NI
Channel 4 has tasked three commissioners with finding returnable series from Northern Irish indies in a bid to reverse the “endemic” lack of commissions from the nation.
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NewsBradshaw attacks BBC Trust
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The BBC Trust is at loggerheads with the government after culture secretary Ben Bradshaw said its role as both “regulator and cheerleader” was unsustainable.
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Lazarus redundancy hits MySpace TV plans
MySpace’s UK web TV ambitions look set to be curtailed after the company made its senior director of business development for Europe redundant.
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NewsBBC signs up to gaming project
The BBC, Channel 4 and producers such as Endemol have signed up to a new online matchmaking initiative that aims to foster collaborations between the TV and film industries and games producers.
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NewsBradshaw may scrap BBC Trust before Charter Review
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The row between the BBC Trust and the government intensified late yesterday evening, with Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw suggesting he could scrap the Trust before the next Charter Review.
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NewsAscent closes in on ITN encoding deal
Ascent Media is to digitise more than 40,000 hours of ITN’s news back catalogue as part of a deal announced at IBC.
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NewsSky: free-to-air drama is getting bland
RTS CAMBRIDGE: BSkyB chief operating officer Mike Darcey has predicted that free-to-air drama will become increasingly bland as it chases audiences, compared to edgier programming on pay TV.
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NewsJana Bennett to stand down from BBCW board
BBC director of vision Jana Bennett is to step down from the BBC Worldwide board in a shake-up to prevent potential “conflicts of interest”.
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RatingsSecret Millionaire returns with 2.8m
Channel 4 held its own against BBC1 last night, with the return of The Secret Millionaire attracting 2.8m viewers.
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Murdoch forms company with ex-Bebo chief
Elisabeth Murdoch, chair and chief executive of Shine Group, has joined forces with former Bebo chief executive Joanna Shields to form a new digital content company.
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NewsThompson signals review will reduce size of BBC
RTS CAMBRIDGE: BBC director general Mark Thompson has given his clearest signal yet that the review of the BBC’s “size and scope” will result in a smaller organisation.
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NewsHarries: I’m a product placement convert
RTS CAMBRIDGE: Wallander producer Andy Harries has admitted the crisis in drama funding has changed his attitude to product placement.