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NewsBob The Builder leaps to YouTube
Bob The Builder is set for a move onto YouTube after Hit Entertainment kicked off production on a raft of shorts for the VoD platform, along with a second series of the CGI reboot.
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NewsITV brings back Prey as drama format
ITV crime thriller Prey is to return for a second series with a fresh story starring Life On Mars actor Philip Glenister.
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NewsITV tackles bullying with Fresh One format
ITV is to tackle teenage bullying after ordering a remake of a controversial Dutch format.
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NewsRaw lands Heathrow doc for ITV
Raw TV has secured access to Heathrow Airport for a three-part documentary series for ITV.
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NewsBT Media delivers playout service in deal with Deluxe
BT Media & Broadcast has signed a deal with Deluxe to deliver a playout service to broadcasters.
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NewsCDN appoints diversity guru
An equality heavyweight with 15 years’ experience has been named the first permanent boss of the Creative Diversity Network (CDN).
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Axle Video signs deal with Boris FX over transfer tools
Axle Video has struck a deal to become owner and sole publisher of Boris FX’s Transfer FCP and Transfer AE products.
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NewsSky Atlantic returns to Fortitude
Fortitude is to return for another ten chilling episodes after Sky Atlantic renewed the arctic crime drama for a second series.
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NewsFremantle launches digital indie Shotglass
Fremantle Media UK has relaunched its digital arm as Shotglass Media, which will produce an array of innovative digital content.
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NewsPotato slate includes Brainiac reboot for ITV
ITV Studios label Potato is planning to reboot Richard Hammondfronted series Brainiac: Science Abuse and will push into scripted and serious factual content as it bids to broaden its output.
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NewsIndies react to BBC daytime boss
Dan McGolpin can overcome a lack of commissioning experience to be successful as the new BBC daytime controller, but will need to foster relationships with producers after a number of them admitted they knew little about him.
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NewsBBCW tops drama sales table
BBC Worldwide distributed nearly half of 2014’s biggest UK drama series, as its relationships with high-end producers helped it dominate the genre of the moment.
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Japanese consortium buys localisation firm SDI Media
A Japanese consortium led by Imagica Robot Holdings has completed its acquisition of localisation firm SDI Media.
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NewsPoldark to return to BBC1
BBC1 has recommissioned historical drama Poldark and revealed the channel has secured its highest first quarter share of viewing in a decade.
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NewsEndemol Shine to restructure digital divisions
Endemol Shine Group is sizing up how to integrate its separate standalone digital divisions as it emerged Channelflip boss Claire Tavernier has stepped down and the multichannel network is to relocate to west London.
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NewsIn brief: 360; Z Nation; Alan Davies; Pluto TV; Scorpion; Lewis
360 has hired a creative director, Sky has acquired a zombie drama while there are recommissions for Alan Davies and Lewis. Click for more in today’s round-up.
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NewsKatie Hopkins to front TLC chat show
Controversial celebrity columnist Katie Hopkins is developing a primetime chat show for female-skewing channel TLC.
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NewsBBC revives Shannon Matthews drama
The dramatisation of the Shannon Matthews’ hoax kidnapping is to resume after the BBC halted production last year to address production and editorial issues.
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NewsV-Nova to demo "UHD at HD" compression tech
NAB 2015: A consortium of 20 industry firms including Hitachi Data Systems, Intel and Sky Italia have launched a range of compression products which they claim offers up to three times the compression gains compared with H.264, HEVC and JPEG2000.
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NewsAaton-Digital delivers Cantar X3
Aaton-Digital has begun delivery of its 24-track location sound recorder, the Cantar-X3.