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NewsC4 in director diversity push
Channel 4 has ramped up its diversity initiative by joining forces with the National Film and Television School to fund three bursary schemes for diverse applicants.
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NewsAdam Crozier reassures ITV staff after EU vote
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has reassured staff after the UK’s vote to leave the EU triggered a 19% fall in ITV’s share price.
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NewsBroadcasters tear up schedules following EU referendum
The UK broadcasters have torn up their schedules following the vote to leave the European Union.
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NewsIndustry set for huge changes following Brexit vote
The British television industry is set for huge changes after the country voted to leave the European Union.
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NewsKate Phillips pips Alan Tyler to top BBC entertainment job
BBC Worldwide creative director of formats Kate Phillips has been named the BBC’s new controller of entertainment commissioning.
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NewsEllie Simmonds to swim with dolphins for ITV
IWC Media is to document Paralympian Ellie Simmonds’ lifelong dream to swim with dolphins in a one-off doc for ITV.
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NewsIn Brief: Das Boot; Benefits Handout; Weinstein
German broadcaster RTL is remaking C5’s The Big Benefits Handout, while Sky boards a Das Boot adaptation and The Weinstein Company backs BBC1 drama SS-GB
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News360 Production lands US orders
Northern Irish indie 360 Production has won two major commissions in the US.
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NewsVice accelerates global expansion
Vice has struck a tranche of global deals that will see it roll out its linear TV channel to 51 territories.
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Networked Media task force starts next phase
The industry-wide Joint Task Force on Networked Media (JT-NM) has started work on the next phase of its drive to improve interoperability between IT-based media technologies and products.
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NewsWazee Digital Core to offer content management
Wazee Digital will be able to offer content management and distribution services via its Wazee Digital Core platform after agreeing a deal with Visual Data Media Services.
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NewsVizrt hires chief executive as Burkhalter retires
Vizrt has appointed the former chief executive of a Swedish customer experience management company as its new chief executive.
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NewsBasketball body names evS as technical partner
Belgian manufacturer EVS has been named as a technical partner for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which acts as the governing body for the sport.
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NewsPanavision to add support for iTechnology to cameras
Panavision will support the iTechnology open metadata protocol in some of its future products.
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NewsBBC Creative £7.75m post deal up for grabs
The BBC’s new in-house ‘agency’ BBC Creative is to outsource its post-production work to a third party in a deal that could be worth as much as £7.75m over three years.
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NewsBrit brands blaze trail in CEE
British wildlife documentaries, formats and action dramas are starting to make waves across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) – a market that has been reasonably challenging for UK titles in the recent past.
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NewsDistributors turn east for volume deals
British producers and distributors are continuing to strike major programming deals across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), despite a number of economic and political challenges.
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NewsITV2 finds focus on Love Island
The success of an evolved Love Island is helping to transform ITV2 from a “schizophrenic” channel into a more clearly defined youth brand, according to ITV’s digital channels controller.
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NewsUK indies face rethink as China deals formats blow
British producers looking to crack the Chinese market will have to change their approach after the country’s regulator imposed stringent rules on adapting international formats.
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NewsNHU’s Wendy Darke launches indie
Former BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) boss Wendy Darke has set up her own production company, with one eye on the growth of multiplatform natural history content.