All News articles – Page 2006
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NewsMiller writes to BBC over sexist sports coverage
Culture secretary Maria Miller has written a sharply worded letter to Tony Hall asking if the BBC plans to take action over John Inverdale’s comments about Wimbledon women’s champion Marion Bartoli.
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Zig Zag signs up for Jack Black's Hide and Seek
Zig Zag Productions hopes to produce a UK version of gameshow Hide And Seek after striking a deal with Jack Black’s US production company Electric Dynamite.
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NewsRemedy bolsters Trace rebrand
International broadcaster Trace Sport has commissioned more than 100 hours of lifestyle and entertainment programming from indie Remedy Productions to help build on its rebrand.
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NewsIndustry initiatives reverse exodus of women
The number of women working in TV has increased substantially in the past three years, helped by a boom in the indie sector.
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NewsPatten: talent exodus on the horizon for BBC
Lord Patten has warned that the BBC’s ongoing drive to reduce costs will ultimately lead to the corporation losing talented staff and on-screen presenters.
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NewsBBC2 bears brunt of DQF cuts
The BBC slashed the amount it spent on content for BBC2 by £11.8m in the last financial year, as part of the Delivering Quality First cuts.
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NewsITV returns to Wall to Wall for human interest formats
ITV is hoping to build on returning factual brand Long Lost Family with two new human-interest shows from Wall to Wall Television.
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NewsBroadcast and Edinburgh TV Festival team up for commissioning survey
Broadcast has teamed up with the Edinburgh International TV Festival to launch a major health check on the state of commissioning in British television.
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NewsHall calls for the consultants
BBC director general Tony Hall has drafted in consultants from McKinsey & Company to help radically simplify the corporation and refocus its culture on creativity.
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NewsQ&A Clive Edwards, BBC
Commissioner for UK current affairs, BBC reveals his commissioning wishlist
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NewsSyfy lands Sharknado for the UK
Syfy has confirmed it will air mockbuster action thriller Sharknado after the Tara Reid-fronted TV movie became a Twitter sensation in the US.
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NewsDavie retunes focus of BBCW
France, India and the US will become core production hubs as BBCW reviews global alliances
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NewsCensus reveals BAME drain
The UK’s biggest broadcasters have launched a project to address the dramatic decline in the number of black, Asian and ethnic minority staff working in the industry.
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NewsTulisa agent calls for committee to investigate Sun sting
Tulisa Contostavlos’ agent is calling for MP John Whittinghale, chairman of the culture, media and sport select committee, to investigate The Sun after the former The X Factor judge was the subject of a sting by the paper.
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NewsJohn Kaye Cooper to leave ITV at end of the year
John Kaye Cooper’s long-standing association with ITV is to come to end after the entertainment commissioner decided to go freelance.
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NewsPBS America sells Sky slot to UKTV
Pay-TV broadcaster PBS America has sold its Sky slot to UKTV in a move that will see PBS shift to the documentary section of Sky’s EPG and UKTV’s Drama to entertainment.
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NewsSky Atlantic's Ray Donovan recommissioned
US premium broadcaster Showtime has renewed gritty US drama Ray Donovan for a second season.
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NewsUS cable net Oxygen eyes international formats
US cable network Oxygen is searching for international formats to remake following the promotion of Cori Abraham.
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NewsSky launches kids sports show
Sky Sports is launching a live Saturday morning kids show to encourage more children to get involved in sport.
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NewsBBC launches in-house ideas sharing platform
The BBC has teamed up with software firm Wazoku to launch an online platform for production staff at the broadcaster to share ideas for new programmes.