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NewsFocal Awards shortlist revealed
BBC2 50th anniversary quiz All About Two and BT Sport documentary An Ordinary Hero are among the programmes and films shortlisted for this year’s Focal International Awards.
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NewsTektronix expands file-based AQC line-up
Tektronix has expanded its file-based content analysis portfolio to include Aurora, an automated file-based QC product.
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NewsHelicopter crash kills 10 on Zodiak TF1 show
A helicopter crash in Argentina has killed 10 people working on French reality series Dropped, which is produced by Zodiak Media’s Adventure Line Productions for TF1.
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NewsDTG warns against 4K "exaggeration"
The Digital TV Group (DTG) has warned against over-promising the 4K experience after DSG Retail was rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority for its Currys PC World ad for 4K TVs.
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NewsForbidden wins IMG deal
IMG has licensed the use of Forscene for all of IMG’s digital rights channels in 2015.
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NewsDon't Tell The Bride travels to China
Don’t Tell The Bride is to be remade in China after distributor DRG sold the format to local broadcaster Shenzhen.
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NewsLabour and Lib Dems commit to keeping C4 in public hands
Business secretary Vince Cable and shadow minister for the arts Chris Bryant have committed to keeping Channel 4 under public ownership if Labour or the Liberal Democrats win the general election.
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NewsMP tells Rona Fairhead to resign
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chair Margaret Hodge has called on BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead to resign over her handling of the HSBC tax evasion scandal.
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NewsOfcom diversity record 'shabby'
Former RTS boss Simon Albury has branded Ofcom’s diversity record “shabby” in evidence to the media regulator’s PSB review.
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NewsBroadcast’s International Rising Stars open for nominations
Broadcast will celebrate talented young British execs making their mark in international TV with an awards cocktail event at Mip TV.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Twitter trends
Click for the latest data from Kanter Media about who is tweeting about TV in the UK.
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NewsBBCW hires Twenty Twenty producer
BBC Worldwide has appointed Twenty Twenty executive producer Kirsty Hanson as commissioning executive for its recently-launched international channel BBC Earth.
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NewsEuston Films options Tana French best-sellers
FremantleMedia UK indie Euston Films has optioned three murder mystery novels by Tana French as it establishes its development slate.
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NewsStudioCanal restructures TV division
The creator of The Killing and Red Production Company are to forge closer ties following a restructure of StudioCanal’s TV business.
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NewsHorror Channel heads to Freeview
The Horror Channel is to be made available in around 17m extra homes after striking a deal to launch on Freeview.
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NewsThree River Fiction hires drama exec
Three River Fiction, the drama division of Jonathan Drake’s indie, has hired former Emmerdale writer Ben McGrath as development producer.
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NewsLBC presenter handed ITV series
LBC Radio presenter James O’Brien has signed up to front a topical debate show for ITV Daytime in the run up to the election.
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NewsEndemol Shine merges global formats support divisions
Endemol Shine Group has merged its international formats support operations and has appointed former Shine TV creative director Lisa Perrin to run the new entity.
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NewsBBC questions 25% indie quota
The BBC has raised concerns about its ability to continue commissioning 25% of its content from qualifying indies amid seismic market consolidation.
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NewsBroadcasters stand firm on leaders’ debates
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have held firm on their original plans for the proposed election debates – raising the possibility of prime minister David Cameron being empty-chaired if he fails to participate.