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NewsITV poaches Tom Giles from BBC
Former Panorama editor Tom Giles has been appointed as ITV’s controller of current affairs.
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NewsStyleHaul: Appeal of YouTube stars will not fade as fans age
Vlogging will become a more mainstream form of video content as young fans grow up with the format, according to StyleHaul director of UK talent Jody Flanagan.
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NewsPorridge writers pen royal sitcom
The creators of Porridge and The Likely Lads have written a single-camera sitcom about a fictional king as part of a trio of Gold commissions.
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NewsEnvy mourns the passing of colleague Dougal Oldfield
Envy managing director Dave Cadle has paid tribute to colleague Dougal Oldfield who died earlier this month.
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NewsOfcom: delay off-peak live shows to cut subtitle latency
Ofcom wants broadcasters to consider delaying off-peak live shows to help reduce latency between subtitles and what is said on screen.
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NewsBase Media Cloud founder plans virtual facility add-on
Base Media Cloud founder Ben Foakes has set his sights on building a virtual facility for post houses and production firms that need extra editing capacity.
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NewsIndies unite to back the BBC
Producers rally round corporation as Broadcast kicks off campaign.
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NewsBacking the BBC: what happens next?
Broadcast has kicked off a major campaign that will pull together qualified support for the BBC from all parts of the TV industry.
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NewsBacking the BBC: indies have their say
Fifty indie bosses have backed the BBC as it gears up for charter renewal negotiations with a Tory majority government later this year.
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News50 production bosses warn against BBC squeeze
Production companies behind some of the biggest shows on UK television and with revenues of nearly £2bn have thrown their weight behind a Broadcast campaign of qualified support for the BBC.
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NewsShadow culture secretary fears ‘sustained attack’ on BBC
Shadow culture secretary Chris Bryant has expressed fears of a “sustained attack” on the BBC by the Conservative government and said the industry should be ready to protect the corporation.
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NewsBroadcasters snap up Bear Grylls
Bear Grylls’ ITV series Mission Survive is to travel to 150 countries after a swathe of broadcasters, including Discovery, acquired the celebrity endurance format.
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NewsSky to take arts to next level
Sky wants producers from the UK, Italy and Germany to bring it big budget ambitious arts projects for its new production hub in Milan.
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NewsSky Europe to centralise US acquisitions
Sky is to centralise the acquisition of big-budget US drama and comedy across its three main territories for the first time.
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NewsMulville & Thoday back BBC despite anger over BBC3
The two indie bosses behind the high-profile mission to prevent BBC3 from moving online have backed Broadcast’s campaign of qualified support for the BBC.
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NewsBBC to bide time until arrival of Studios boss
The BBC will wait to make some major decisions about the future shape and remit of BBC Studios until a director takes up the post at the end of summer.
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NewsHalf of UK homes own a tablet
More than half of UK homes own a tablet just five years after the devices launched.
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NewsUKTV prepares Watch re-brand
UKTV is set to re-brand pay-TV channel Watch to appeal to a more female-skewing audience.
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NewsNetflix 9m subs short of competing with Sky
Netflix must sign up a further 9m UK subscribers before it is able to compete with Sky for content rights.
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NewsFirst Dates scores bumper C4 order
Twenty Twenty has notched up a super-sized order of dating format First Dates for Channel 4.