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NewsITV goes jambusters with WW2 drama
ITV Studios scripted division is adapting World War II novel Jambusters into an ITV drama.
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NewsDisney hunts out Wildlife Jack
UK preschool broadcaster Disney Junior has acquired Wildlife Jack, an animated series created by Bafta-nominated director Ed Kellie funded through crowd-funding site Kickstarter.
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NewsTen Alps cuts losses to £1.1m
Ten Alps has significantly cut its losses, despite revenues falling 12.7% to £12.4m in the first half of its financial year.
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NewsRory Bremner calls for political risk taking
Rory Bremner has accused the BBC and other broadcasters of being scared to take risks on new political satire shows for fear of offending politicians.
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NewsVictoria Derbyshire, Shelagh Fogarty & Richard Bacon to leave 5Live
Victoria Derbyshire, Shelagh Fogarty and Richard Bacon are to leave Radio 5 Live as the BBC radio station shakes up its entire daytime roster.
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NewsFirecracker hires first factual boss
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings producer Firecracker Films has hired David DeHaney as its first director of factual.
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NewsITV drama boss ‘open to diversity commissioning quotas’
ITV drama boss Steve November has suggested that he is open to the idea of diversity quotas as the commercial broadcaster prepares to make a formal announcement on the issue.
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NewsOfcom investigates ITV binge drinking doc
Ofcom has launched an investigation into ITV’s Tonight: Britain’s Young Drinkers after the broadcaster picked up the bar tab for students featured in the documentary.
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NewsBBC Scotland accused of referendum bias
BBC Scotland faced a fresh barrage of criticism over its referendum coverage from protesters who gathered outside the broadcaster’s Glasgow headquarters this weekend.
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NewsBBC Academy boss to exit ahead of Midlands move
BBC Academy director Anne Morrison is to leave the training division ahead of its relocation to Birmingham in 2015.
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NewsKeshet developing drama with Death in Paradise indie
The UK arm of Homeland producer Keshet is developing a high-end international drama with Death in Paradise indie Atlantique Productions.
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NewsBenefits Street cleared by Ofcom
Channel 4’s controversial welfare series Benefits Street has been cleared of all wrongdoing in a comprehensive Ofcom ruling.
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NewsSky poised to buy into Love Productions
Sky has lined up a deal to take a majority stake in The Great British Bake Off producer Love Productions, Broadcast understands.
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NewsAndrew O'Connell joins ITV
Former Channel 5 commissioner Andrew O’Connell has joined ITV as a factual commissioner.
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NewsSky 1 returns to Yonderland
Yonderland is to return for a second series after Sky1 renewed the Working Title-produced fantasy comedy.
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NewsBBC2 prepares sweets series
Screenchannel TV is to head into the kitchen for a BBC2 sweet-making documentary series.
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NewsDCMS: diversity in TV and film falls
Diversity in the television, film, radio and photography industries has fallen over the past two years, according to a government report.
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NewsDigital edition: Broadcast TECH
The May/June issue contains a behind-the-scenes look at the Brazil World Cup, the migration from SDI to to IP-based workflows and an interview with Imagine Communications’ Charlie Vogt
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NewsC5 returns to Benefits Britain
Channel 5’s Benefits Britain is to return after the broadcaster green-lit two more series of the in-house welfare documentary.
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NewsBBC & ITV attend Act For Change diversity panel
ITV head of drama Steve November and BBC casting boss Julia Crampsie are to take part in a diversity panel to mark the launch of Danny Lee Wynter’s Act For Change Project.