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NewsBBCW faces production challenge
International broadcasters have welcomed the idea of original pitches from an independent BBC Productions – but warned that it could impinge on BBC Worldwide’s existing global production strategy.
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NewsImmigration to get Benefits Street treatment
Love Productions wants to build on the success of controversial series Benefits Street by creating another UK-wide debate, this time around immigration.
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NewsThe Garden lands access double
High-street bank NatWest and airline Virgin Atlantic are the latest companies to open their doors for access documentaries made by The Garden Productions.
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NewsSurge in indie digital income
The indie sector’s digital revenues tripled to £100m last year on the back of more “credible” moneymaking opportunities in the space, according to a Pact report.
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NewsBBC S&PP delays TVC return
BBC Studios and Post Production (BBC S&PP) will not return to Television Centre until 2017.
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NewsBBC to quadruple disabled talent levels
The BBC is to appoint a disability executive and aims to quadruple the level of disabled talent appearing on-screen over the next three years.
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NewsTime Warner rejects $80bn Fox takeover
Time Warner has rejected an $80billion takeover bid from Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox.
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NewsBBC Store hunts boss ahead of Simon Danker exit
BBC Worldwide is hunting for a general manager of BBC Store ahead of the departure of Simon Danker this autumn.
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NewsITV's High Noon wins US gameshow
ITV-owned US indie High Noon is to make a queue-based gameshow for US broadcaster Game Show Network.
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NewsComedy Central debuts Sky Living show
Sky Living sitcom Give Out Girls is to debut on Comedy Central after the broadcasters reached an agreement over the Big Talk Productions show.
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NewsOfcom hits Discovery with £100k fine
Ofcom has fined Discovery £100,000 for broadcasting several episodes of Deadly Women which featured dramatic reconstructions of torture, knife attacks and dismemberment before the 9pm watershed.
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NewsWatch cleans up with Bin There, Dump That
Watch is to explore Britain’s waste industry in its new ob-doc series Bin There, Dump That.
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NewsTrevor McDonald meets mafia for ITV
Trevor McDonald is to follow up his hard-hitting prison documentaries by delving into the murky world of the American mafia in a two-part series for ITV.
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NewsUnion strikes to disrupt BBC Commonweath Games coverage
The BBC’s coverage of the opening day of the 2014 Commonwealth Games faces disruption as unions agreed to strike after rejecting a revised pay offer from the corporation.
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NewsDanny Cohen signals major terms of trade shakeup
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has argued that super-indies should not receive the same terms of trade as smaller producers.
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NewsC4 orders classical music drink & drugs doc
Northern Irish indie Big Mountain is to explore the lives of a group of 10 classical musicians struggling with alcohol and drug addiction in a Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsBBC rejects subscription model
BBC policy director James Heath has argued replacing the licence fee with a subscription model would create “many more losers than winners”.
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NewsArqiva, Bauer & UTV team for DAB bid
Arqiva, Bauer Radio and UTV Media have issued a joint bid to operate a second DAB multiplex offering the capacity for a further nationwide 10 digital radio stations.
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NewsBBC culture committee hearing
Click to catch-up with the live blog from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s (CMSC) inquiry into the future of the BBC - which heard evidence from four of the corporation’s most senior executives.
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NewsJeremy Dear sets up indie following Pioneer exit
Pioneer Productions programming chief Jeremy Dear has left the factual business to set up his own indie.