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NewsBBC rapped for ‘misleading’ wildlife doc
The BBC’s Natural History Unit (NHU) has been rapped for potentially undermining trust in the corporation’s “world class” wildlife output by faking part of a scene in The Great Bear Stakeout.
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Re:fine increases storage capacity by half a petabyte
Content processing business Re:fine has invested £300,000 in a major infrastructure update at its west London HQ.
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NewsC4 promotes Glover and Mirsky
Channel 4 has promoted David Glover and Nick Mirsky to the newly created positions of head of specialist factual and head of documentaries respectively.
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NewsBBC3 pilots Lion dating show
BBC3 is to pilot a dating show exploring whether love can blossom based solely on people’s characters.
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NewsUK signs culture deal with China
British indies looking to expand in China have received a boost after the UK government struck an agreement with Chinese authorities to boost cooperation in the TV business.
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NewsRecord iPlayer mobile and tablet stats
The volume of traffic to BBC iPlayer from mobile and tablet devices is almost on a par with computers, according to the latest data released by the BBC.
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NewsHalle Berry to produce History miniseries
US cable network History is developing Hannibal, a miniseries produced by Red Arrow Entertainment and Monster’s Ball star Halle Berry.
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NewsBFI: Only 7% of UK films make profit
Just 7% of UK films make a profit, according to figures revealed at the Screen Film Summit from the BFI Southbank.
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NewsNUJ apologises to BBC HR boss
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has apologised to BBC HR director Lucy Adams for suggesting she was involved in a “dirty tricks campaign” to undermine its members.
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NewsBBC preps Laurel and Hardy biopic
BBC has ordered a biopic of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy produced by the BBC’s comedy arm and Harvey Weinstein’s US indie.
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NewsSky Movies: Netflix not a competitor
Sky Movies boss Ian Lewis has told the Screen International Film Summit that Sky does not consider VoD services Netflix and LoveFilm as competitors.
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NewsUK firms head to Asia TV Forum
UK producers and distributors attending the Asia Television Forum, including Cineflix and TVF, have closed a series of pre-show deals.
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NewsBBC Savile review put back to 2014
Dame Janet Smith’s review into sexual harassment at the BBC during Jimmy Savile’s tenure will not be finalised until the end of January 2014.
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NewsBBC1 to go Inside KFC
BBC1 will go behind the scenes at fast food giant KFC as part of Charlotte Moore’s ambition to reinvigorate the channel’s factual output.
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News4Shorts out the gate with celeb skiing shorts
Channel 4 has commissioned a slew of short-form content to support its forthcoming celebrity skiing show The Jump.
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NewsDCD Rights secures Liberty of London pre-sales
DCD Rights has sold Channel 4’s forthcoming Liberty of London ob doc series to broadcasters in Australia and Norway.
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NewsBroadcast and RTS celebrate Hot 100
Broadcast and the RTS are joining forces to celebrate the magazine’s Hot 100, with members of RTS Futures invited to hear from some of industry’s leading lights at the event.
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NewsCompany Pictures options rights to plane crash thriller
Company Pictures has optioned TV rights to Sarah Lotz’s novel The Three, with the intention of turning the novel and its sequel into an international mini-series.
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NewsKrishan Arora to help French producer evolve
Former BBC indies exec Krishan Arora is to to work with French factual producer Gedeon to help shape its output and identify co-production opportunities in the UK and overseas.