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NewsBBC misses Dock10 studio targets
The BBC is set to increase the number of shows based at Dock10’s studios at MediaCityUK after it struggled to keep pace with a minimum spend agreement with the facility.
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NewsHall: BBC must be best creative partner in TV
Tony Hall has urged the BBC to commission bold drama and become the industry’s “best” creative partner in his first high-profile public engagement as director general.
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NewsFenia Vardanis leaves Splash Media
Fenia Vardanis has stepped down as the joint managing director of Splash Media - ending a 19-year creative partnership with Jane Lush.
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RatingsFrankie debut treats 4.6m
Frankie, BBC1’s new drama about a district nurse, failed to make the healthiest of debuts on Tuesday - as BBC2’s Keeping Britain Alive bowed out on a low.
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NewsITV growth set to slow
ITV’s rapid growth is set to slow as ITV Studios’ revenue fell by 5% in the first three months of 2013 - and the broadcaster predicted a decline in advertising revenue.
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RatingsHoney Boo Boo charms TLC viewers
The launch of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo performed well for fledgling UK channel TLC, as Hannibal held its audience for Sky Living in a strong night for multi-channel.
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NewsDSP reshuffle as Ware retires
Blue-chip factual producer Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP) is reorganising its management team following the retirement of co-creative director Julian Ware after 40 years in the industry.
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NewsBBC opts not to recoup Entwistle payoff
The BBC Trust has decided not to attempt to claw back any of George Entwistle’s £450,000 payoff, a move under consideration after the former director general changed his evidence to the Pollard inquiry.
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NewsWhen Vacations Attack visits Pick TV
Sky has acquired free-to-air rights to long running disaster documentary series When Vacations Attack from Passion Distribution.
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NewsBBC2 tucks into restaurant business
Spun Gold spin-off Brassy TV has won its first order as BBC2 green-lights two series which delve into the restaurant world.
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NewsBBC1 develops Scandinavian detective series
BBC1 is developing a returnable detective brand based on a series of crime novels by bestselling Norwegian writer Anne Holt.
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NewsBurns backs C4 indie relations
Channel 4 chairman Lord Burns has pledged to monitor the broadcaster’s relationship with the indie sector, but said that much of the recent criticism of the C4 creative process had been “blown out of proportion”.
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NewsC4 plans lessons with Mr Drew
Children pushed to the margins of the education system will be offered a route back into the mainstream by Educating Essex teacher Stephen Drew and Channel 4.
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NewsChannelFlip: TV red tape is driving talent online
Mainstream TV stars are increasingly looking to explore their passions online to enable them to bypass the “red tape” of broadcasting, according to the head of operations at ChannelFlip.
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NewsLA Screenings by network
Broadcast’s guide to all of the pilots picked up by the US networks ahead of LA Screenings
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NewsMachinima eyes UK market
Machinima, the US online video network, is entering the UK market, with plans to spend six-figure sums on original commissions.
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NewsBT Sport targets female fans
BT Sport is hoping to attract a broader, more female-skewing audience with the launch of its channels.
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NewsGrimshaw’s Radio 1 breakfast sheds 1m listeners
Rajar: Nick Grimshaw’s BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show shed nearly a million listeners in the first quarter of 2013 - as Chris Evans posted a record audience.
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NewsHarman slams lack of women on TV
Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has published new data that shows female television presenters “disappear into a black hole” when they reach 50.
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NewsStephenson’s tax warning
BBC drama controller Ben Stephenson has warned producers that high-quality shows do not necessarily need to be big budget in the new age of tax breaks.