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NewsAll3Media secures global buyers for C4’s Indian Summers
All3Media International has closed seven deals for forthcoming Channel 4 drama Indian Summers.
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NewsRoot6 to demo tools for 4K, UHD and DPP deliverables
BVE 2015: Root6 is promising to host a raft of firsts on its stand at BVE, including the UK debut of Rohde and Schwarz’s Spycerbox Cell SAN.
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NewsTruTV eyes UK indie content
Turner’s free-to-air channel TruTV is to commission content from UK indies for the first time and is hunting for character-driven reality series.
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NewsSky Arts hunts for Guitar Star
Somethin’ Else has scooped its biggest-ever commission after landing a nine-part series from Sky Arts in which it will launch a hunt for the nation’s best guitarist.
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NewsBBC Trust under pressure over in-house plans
The BBC Trust is coming under increasing pressure to perform a thorough review of the corporation’s plans to commercialise BBC Productions.
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NewsDelays hit BBC’s IT upgrade
Elements of a major upgrade to the BBC’s back-office technology have been delayed by up to a year.
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NewsFootball rights deal laid bare
There was an audible gasp among the roomful of journalists when Premier League boss Richard Scudamore revealed that Sky and BT had paid more than £5.1bn to keep live rights to the competition until 2019.
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NewsC4 restructures sport commissioning team
Channel 4 has handed Ed Havard its head of sport role and promoted Ian MacKenzie to nations and regions manager following the departure of Stuart Cosgrove.
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NewsStudio Lambert lures BBC exec to lead drama
Susan Hogg, the senior BBC producer behind Lark Rise To Candleford, is leaving the corporation to establish Studio Lambert’s drama division.
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RatingsComic Relief Bake Off stirs up 6.4m
WEDNESDAY: The Great Comic Relief Bake Off move to BBC1 helped it add 3m viewers, as Wolf Hall continued to roar on BBC2.
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CriticsTV Critics: The Great Comic Relief Bake Off; Wolf Hall; An Idiot's Guide to Politics; Exposure: The Kill List
“It was such fun you might forget the horrible irony of cooking ingredients going to waste in the cause of the starving.”
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: What £5.1bn would buy
Click to discover what the money BT and Sky spent on Premier League rights could have bought.
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VideoVIDEO: UKIP: The First 100 Days, C4
Watch the trailer for Raw TV’s fictional documentary about UKIP’s first 100 days in power.
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NewsIn brief: Bad Robots; Yesterday; Snapchat; Bear Grylls; Freeview; Power
Bad Robots return to haunt E4 and Sky News & Sport launch on messaging service Snapchat. Click for more in today’s news round-up.
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NewsFirst round of redundancies sweeps Endemol Shine
Endemol Shine Group is preparing for the first wave of redundancies since its mega-merger with around 20 roles set to be axed across its international distribution business.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows 2 Feb - 8 Feb 2015
The second episode of Sky Atlantic’s icy epic Fortitude achieved 561,000/2% on Thursday at 9pm, 161,000 short of last week’s debut.
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RatingsTop 15 consolidated shows 26 Jan - 1 Feb 2015
After its Argentinian mis-adventure over Christmas, BBC2’s Top Gear returned for its winter series on Sunday 25 January at 8pm with a final rating of 6.4 million/22%
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RatingsTop 100 network programmes 2 Feb - 8 Feb 2015
BBC1’s Call The Midwife topped the table with 8.8 million/33%
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RatingsTop 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5) 2 Feb - 8 Feb 2015
The CBB final at 9pm on Friday delivered 2.5 million/12% (199,000 +1) to C5, down on 2014’s Wednesday finale
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes 2 Feb - 8 Feb 2015
BBC2’s Digging For Britain made its BBC4 debut on Tuesday at 8pm with 700,000/3%