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NewsWall to Wall boosts drama division
New Tricks producer Wall to Wall has made two new hires to boost its drama division.
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NewsBBC extends Wimbledon contract
Wimbledon will stay on the BBC until at least 2024 after the broadcaster and the All England Club extended their partnership by four years.
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NewsDiscovery hires VR exec
Discovery Communications has tapped former virtual reality advisor Rebecca Howard as senior vice-president, emerging platforms and partnerships, with oversight of the company’s virtual reality offerings.
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NewsBBCW hires former ITVS GE sales boss
BBC Worldwide has appointed former ITV Studios Global Entertainment sales director Andre Renaud as vice-president of sales for Italy and Iberia.
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NewsBroadcasters to end tape submissions in 2017
The BBC, BT Sport, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV, Sky and UKTV will no longer accept the delivery of new programmes on videotape after 1 October 2017, the Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has announced.
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NewsBaby Cow swoops for Zadie Smith novel
Baby Cow, the indie co-founded by Steve Coogan, is developing a television adaption of Zadie Smith’s latest novel Swing Time.
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NewsDuck Dynasty to end in 2017
US reality series Duck Dynasty, made by ITV America’s Gurney Productions, is coming to an end after five years on air.
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NewsIn brief: RTS; Brightcove; Peter Western; C4 & Visable; Pulse
The RTS has appointed a new chair, while the Snowman and the Snowdog animator is to be honoured by Bafta. Read on for more
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NewsIndielab seeks producers for investment training
Non-London indies will be offered the opportunity to receive training from Indielab to help them unlock funding, as the TV accelerator programme prepares to return for a second year.
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NewsClaudia Rosencrantz leaves Jamie Oliver Group
Claudia Rosencrantz is leaving Jamie Oliver Media Group after four years at the business.
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NewsVirtual reality in ‘urgent need’ of more formats
Virtual reality is urgently in need of formats, according to the producers of the BBC’s Easter Rising: Voice Of A Rebel and 7/7 bombing documentary Witness 360.new
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NewsDragonfly takes fresh approach for factual
Endemol Shine indie Dragonfly is looking to take inspiration from scripted series after Kim Shillinglaw called for a fresh approach to factual programming.
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NewsFramestore returns to TV VFX
Framestore is looking to make a fully-fledged return to television after successfully delivering visual effects (VFX) shots and graphics on a broadcast series for the first time in more than seven years.
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NewsTrade bodies merge to form UK Screen Alliance
Animation UK is to become a membership-based trade organisation for the first time after forming a partnership with the UK Screen Association.
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NewsViceland eyes acquisitions
Vice is to start acquiring third-party content in the UK for the first time as it looks to bolster the programming line-up of fledgling linear channel Viceland.
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NewsNHU producer joins Plimsoll
The series producer of Planet Earth II is to join Grant Mansfield’s Plimsoll Productions as the business expands its highend wildlife output.
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NewsITVS' Tall Story lands second order
Tall Story Pictures, the ITV Studios label run by Francis Hopkinson, has scored its second commission since a rebrand “put some air” between it and the rest of ITV’s drama units.
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NewsMoore on hunt for next big entertainment idea
BBC director of content Charlotte Moore is stepping up her search for the next generation of entertainment formats after the broadcaster lost The Voice and The Great British Bake Off.
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NewsAnalysts warn ITV faces tough times ahead
The sharp drop in TV advertising at the tail end of 2017, which resulted in ITV projecting an annual 3% drop in ad revenue, is likely to continue into 2017, analysts have warned.
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NewsITV reveals entertainment plan
ITV is hunting for entertainment formats with the potential to go viral as it seeks to change the tone of the channel with a raft of new weekday and Saturday teatime shows.