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Tessa Ross to leave Film 4
Long-time Film 4 head Tessa Ross is stepping down from her role later this year to become chief executive of the National Theatre.
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Buyers look forward to NAB
Trade show delegates eagerly await new products from the likes of Sony and Panasonic
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Sky simulcasts Game of Thrones debut
Sky has struck a deal with HBO allowing it to air Game of Thrones at the same time as it launches on the US cable network.
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ITV adds The Dentists to access docs slate
ITV is paying a visit to the dentist with an ob-doc from Keo Films that will form part of its slate of access projects.
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Sky Atlantic to air Gomorrah
Sky Atlantic has acquired its first foreign-language series, the hotly anticipated Italian crime-drama Gomorrah from distributors Arrow Films and Beta Film.
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Shine chief warns of VoD scripted content ‘bubble’
The current level of investment in acquisitions from VoD providers such as Netflix is unsustainable, Shine Group chief operating officer Tim Robinson has warned.
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Sky Arts unveils bold strategy
Sky Arts is to enter a new phase of growth with an increased budget under new boss Phil Edgar-Jones.
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Sky hunts head of entertainment
Sky is searching for a replacement head of entertainment and Stuart Murphy wants to act quickly. He could unveil a replacement for Phil Edgar-Jones within the next four weeks.
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Celebrity Juice producer joins BBC
Celebrity Juice and Sweat The Small Stuff producer Ed Sleeman is to join the BBC’s entertainment commissioning team and take on the BBC3 brief left by Sean Hancock.
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Sky boosts diversity drive with scholarships
Sky is to strengthen its support of diversity within the TV industry by offering five new scholarships for young people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Pop targets original series
Kids channel Pop wants to move into original commissioning for the first time after launching on free-to-air platform Freeview this week.
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BBCW exec to partner Clerkenwell in new indie
The exec producer of BBC Worldwide- backed dramas including Death In Paradise and Parade’s End has partnered with Clerkenwell Films to found his own scripted indie.
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BBC faces licence fee review
The BBC faces an uphill battle to fight off the biggest overhaul of TV licence laws in more than a decade as plans to decriminalise evasion took a leap forward this week.
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Departing Ross to retain C4 growth fund role
Film 4 boss Tessa Ross will continue to play a role in Channel 4’s £20m indie investment plans despite leaving the broadcaster in September.
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Drama set for return to BBC4
BBC4 is to return to drama with a series of theatrical two-handers produced by Mammoth Screen, as part of the corporation’s ambitious arts push.
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Ericsson's Red Bee deal given final clearance by Comp Commission
The Competition Commission has formally cleared Ericsson’s takeover of Red Bee Media.
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TV Critics: MasterChef; W1A; Dead Famous DNA
“After a decade it’s feeling like same old same old.”
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Baby Cow, Big Talk and Shed break into US
Baby Cow, Big Talk and Shed Media have secured series from a range of cable networks as UK indies continue to make substantial gains in the US.
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ITV adds Sony kit for regional HD push
ITV has bought 190 Sony PMW-400 and PMW-200 cameras to support the transition to HD by its regional news teams.
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Zig Zag preps Prince Harry dating show for Fox
US network Fox has commissioned Zig Zag Productions to produce a secret dating format in which American girls try to woo a man they think is Prince Harry.