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NewsC5 orders baby bling doc
Babies wearing mini Louboutin shoes are to be the subject of Channel 5’s latest documentary, Blinging Up Baby.
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NewsLion TV beefs up Scotland base
Lion Television is beefing up its Scottish production base ahead moving its Homes Under The Hammer series to Glasgow.
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NewsBT Sport reaches 2m homes
BT added almost twice as many TV subscribers as Sky over the last three months - as the number of homes with access to BT Sport grew to 2m.
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NewsLoveLive to launch music focused YouTube channel
Digital indie LoveLive has won a contract from the UK record industry’s trade body to produce a music-themed YouTube channel in response to the lack of opportunities for artists to appear on TV.
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NewsBBC1 orders Del Boys series
BBC1 is to track a group of real life ‘Del Boys’ for a new four-part documentary series from RDF.
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NewsStamping out the bullying
Unacceptable behaviour at the BBC will no longer be tolerated, says Donna Taberer
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NewsCameras enter appeal courts
A custom-made control desk will usher in an “important milestone” for UK broadcasting this week as the BBC, Sky and ITN begin using cameras in courts.
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NewsNHU producers hail benefits of shift to 4k
Producers of forthcoming BBC natural history series Survival (working title) have heralded the use of higher-resolution cameras as integral to the look of the show.
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NewsPost firms raise file concerns
Post-production bosses have raised concerns about the looming deadline for the file-based delivery of programmes, with the managing director of one facility warning of “significantly longer and more expensive” processes than tapebased workflows.
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NewsSony and London Live make senior digital hires
The ex-head of digital for Lion Television and Channel 4’s head of convergent formats have landed new positions at Sony Pictures Television and local TV operator London Live.
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NewsWainwright calls for ‘kick-ass’ females
Last Tango In Halifax writer Sally Wainwright, who is set to receive the Technicolor Writing Award 2013 at next month’s Women in Film and TV Awards, has said much more must be done to improve female representation on screen.
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NewsBBCW seeks global formats
BBC Worldwide is looking for ‘dude food’ formats and action adventure series for its portfolio of international channels as part of a commissioning revamp.
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NewsTwofour’s Educating... goes Dutch
Twofour’s Educating… format has been remade in the Netherlands as Educating Amsterdam, marking the first international version of the Channel 4 school-based doc series.
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NewsC4 appoints indie contacts
The Channel 4 features department is assigning indies with a ‘point person’ commissioner for their ideas, aiming to reduce duplication and improve creative processes.
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NewsUKTV adds on-demand to Sky carriage deal
UKTV series including sitcom You, Me And Them and US import Believe are to be made available via Sky’s digital platforms for the first time after the broadcaster renewed its carriage deal with the pay-TV platform.
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NewsHMRC revamps law on NICs
UK production companies could save millions of pounds after HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) revealed it will change the law to ensure they don’t have to pay National Insurance contributions (NICs) of 13.8% for actors and talent.
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NewsWatch plans to take magic to the ‘next level’
Watch is to return to the magic circle with its latest original commission The Happenings, from Derren Brown-producer Objective Productions.
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NewsNetflix eyes more Lilyhammer
Netflix is eyeing a third series of Norwegian mob drama Lilyhammer ahead of airing the second season.
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NewsAMC set for global expansion
AMC Networks, the US company behind Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead, could quickly rival international channel operators such as Discovery and UKTV co-owner Scripps following its $1bn acquisition of Chellomedia.
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NewsBBC and NFTS launch entertainment and sound courses
BBC Academy is joining forces with the National Film and Television School to deliver specialist courses in entertainment format development and in sound recording.