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NewsC4 News develops first app
Channel 4 News is to launch its first mobile app as it embraces new platforms. While C4 has previously launched a range of iPhone apps, this will be among the first also available for the iPad.
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NewsOutcasts cast out of peak slot
BBC1 controller Danny Cohen has moved drama Outcasts from its peaktime Monday and Tuesday evening slots to 10.25pm on Sundays, after a less than arresting start to the series.
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NewsVision+Media cuts 40% of staff
Screen agency Vision+Media is to make 40% of its staff redundant as it bids to hit its budget ahead of being merged into Creative England.
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NewsC5 signs playout deal with Ascent Media Network Services
Channel 5 has switched the playout of its multichannels from Red Bee Media to Ascent Media Network Services (AMNS).
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NewsBBC Worldwide hires execs to drive digital conversion
BBC Worldwide has appointed two new directors as part of its strategy to become a “completely digital” business.
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NewsTop Teks launches hire services
Broadcast equipment reseller Top Teks has launched a contract hire programme for memory cards and cameras.
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NewsManchester broadcast conference unveiled
BVE: A new event in the broadcast calendar was announced today with the launch of BVE North.
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NewsBBC faces £20m more pain
The BBC will have to find an extra £20m not previously factored in to the cut to the licence fee to pay for redundancy and restructuring costs at the World Service.
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NewsITV probes how indies spend cash
ITV has kicked off a major audit of suppliers to establish how much of a programming tariff is spent on screen and how much is retained by the producer.
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NewsPact pushes for web rights in talks over terms
Pact is pushing for indies to be able to monetise websites associated with BBC shows as it puts multiplatform rights at the centre of negotiations with the corporation over new terms of trade.
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NewsSky drops Got To Dance event
Sky has been forced to postpone its three-day Got To Dance Live event, planned for next month at London’s Excel.
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NewsC4 spells out aims for multiplatform orders
Channel 4 is implementing a new framework for measuring the success of multiplatform commissions.
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NewsVirgin Media posts record revenue
Virgin Media managed to extract record customer spend and added subscribers in the final quarter of last year helping it to post its best ever full-year financial results.
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NewsBBC promotes internally to fill final Online roles
The final three positions in BBC Online’s new senior management team have been filled through internal appointments.
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NewsBBC2 HD still two years away
It will be at least two years before the BBC launches another simulcast high-definition channel - despite producers being required to supply all content as HD from 1 April.
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NewsMcGrath heads to Shanghai to help indies break into China
Former Gecko Productions and Redback Films boss Viv McGrath is heading to Shanghai to become a consultant helping UK indies do business in China.
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NewsLords offer ITV a way out of CRR obligations
ITV1’s CRR obligations could be scrapped as part of next year’s Communications Act if the broadcaster agrees to up its spend on original UK programming.
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NewsCompany wins raft of recommissions for major drama series
Company Pictures has landed major recommissions for George Gently and Shameless, and is in talks over another order for Wild At Heart.
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NewsMaverick to turn cameras on local feuds for Sky 1
Sky 1 has ordered a series from Maverick Television about solving neighbourhood disputes.
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NewsThe Garden pays visit to A&E for C4 fixed-rig doc
Nick Curwin and Magnus Temple are making their biggest ever fixed-rig show, using 70 cameras to film a London hospital’s accident and emergency department for Channel 4.