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NewsOctober wins drama doc order for US cable channel
October Films has won a major drama documentary commission from Investigation Discovery, a new US customer for the indie.
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Ratings24 Hours in A+E treats record audience
Channel 4’s 24 Hours in A+E made a record return, edging out Victoria Wood’s BBC1 tea documentary – as Mad Men’s audience failed to match its hype.
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NewsIndies score record Sony Award nods
Independent production companies are in pole position to pick up a record number of Sony Radio Awards after securing 26 nominations in 13 categories.
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NewsC4 Education game aims to send teens to sleep
Channel 4 Education has launched a mobile game designed to help teenagers understand the importance of a good quality night’s sleep.
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NewsBBC will not play Ding Dong the Witch is Dead in full
The BBC has decided against playing Ding Dong the Witch is Dead in full on the Radio 1 chart show this Sunday.
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NewsSimon Cowell: Britain's Got Talent to return
Simon Cowell has given his clearest indication yet that he will renew his deal with ITV for entertainment juggernauts Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor.
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NewsMiranda and David Walliams strike BBCW deal
BBC Worldwide has struck a development and distribution deal with King Bert Productions, the indie set up by Miranda Hart, David Walliams and Absolutely Fabulous producer Jo Sargent.
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NewsSky lands Love in first indie deal
Sky has confirmed a deal to buy 70% of Love Productions and is understood to have the option to acquire the remainder of the company after a period of several years.
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RatingsMonty Python delivers record ratings for Gold
SUNDAY: The live broadcast of Monty Python’s final-ever performance has become the highest-rated show to air on Gold.
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CriticsTV Critics: The Mill; Child Genius; People Just Do Nothing; The Seven Wonders Of The Commonwealth
“It grips with the power of a story shrieking to be told.”
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RatingsBBC2's Proms open with 580k
FRIDAY: BBC2’s First Night of the Proms audience fell from last year’s opener while Channel 4’s The Million Pound Drop leapfrogged Channel 5’s On the Yorkshire Buses.
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NewsChallenge Fund: Skillset tells industry to ‘use it or lose it’
Creative Skillset has urged producers to tap in to a multi-million pound fund to help train staff – or risk losing the government investment.
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NewsBBC cuts payoffs to £25m
The BBC handed out nearly £26m in staff payoffs in its 2013/14 financial year as the scandal over severance payments raged on.
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NewsTrust: BBC is back on its feet
The BBC has “got back on its feet” by cutting costs and reducing senior management headcount after a tumultuous 2012/13 period, according to the BBC Trust.
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NewsBBCW contributions to BBC rise £20m
BBC Worldwide returned around £20m more to the corporation in 2013/2014 than the previous year and upped its investment in BBC commissions.
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NewsBarcroft preps debut YouTube show
Factual indie Barcroft Media is to preparing to launch its first presenter-led show on YouTube as its channel passes the 500m views milestone.
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NewsNewsnight names Evan Davis as Paxman replacement
Radio 4 Today programme presenter Evan Davis has been hired as the replacement for Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight.
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NewsLosses widen at BBC Studios and Post Production
BBC Studios and Post Production (BBC S&PP) made a £3m loss this year, following a series of changes including the relocation of the facilities company from Television Centre to Elstree.
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NewsAppreciation for all BBC TV channels falls
The BBC’s main television channels have all posted declines in audience appreciation and reach as Delivering Quality First (DQF) began to bite, according to new figures.
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NewsIndies improve BBC WoCC performance
The indie sector’s performance in the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) improved last year – adding fuel to the fire of the BBC’s decision to scrap quotas.