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NewsFremantle Media to cut corporate jobs
Fremantle Media is in consultation with corporate and back office staff in a process that could see around 35 roles made redundant.
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NewsITV3 buys WWII drama Bomb Girls from Canada
Canadian World War II drama Bomb Girls has been acquired for drama channel ITV3.
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NewsTimeline: how a TX u-turn threw the BBC into a public crisis
All the key dates in the Savile scandal
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NewsSky Atlantic lines up top directors for Footprint docs
Bafta and Academy Award-winning directors Beeban Kidron and Errol Morris have been commissioned to produce feature-length films for Sky Atlantic’s Footprint strand.
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NewsBBC and Broadcast join forces for Expert Women training day
Broadcast is working with the BBC Academy and FindaTVExpert.com to launch a free training day for aspiring female TV presenters or experts keen to appear on air.
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NewsDiscovery in Facebook push for Nutopia series
Discovery’s US and International divisions have teamed up to launch a social media campaign to support Nutopia’s forthcoming series How We Invented The World.
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NewsPrincess sees the funny side with two BBC orders
Shine Group’s Princess Productions is making moves into scripted comedy with a CBBC sketch show commission and a BBC pilot.
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NewsPulse secures £2.3m to boost growth bid
Pulse Films has secured a £2.3m investment from film producer Sharon Harel as it ramps up its growth strategy. Harel has taken a 20% stake in the Pineapple Dance Studios producer, and her husband, financier Sir Ronald Cohen, will join the company’s advisory panel.
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NewsC4 partners SecondSync to track shows’ social media reach
Channel 4 has forged a partnership with social media analytics service SecondSync, which is aiming to become the Barb of Twitter.
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NewsBBC drama exec to join Company Pictures as MD
BBC drama executive John Yorke has been confirmed as the new managing director of All3Media drama producer Company Pictures.
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NewsC5 told not to skimp on Ford’s successor
Industry sources have warned Channel 5 against hiring an inexperienced director of programmes to replace Jeff Ford, following his departure this week.
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NewsSavile saga exposes BBC factions
The failure of BBC2’s Newsnight to run its investigation into Jimmy Savile has exposed the divisions and faultlines within the programme and affected morale within BBC News, sources have alleged.
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NewsOlympics production duo set up sport and events specialist
Two directors who ran a production hub at the London 2012 Olympics have set up a sport and events production company.
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NewsHyperactive to supply Avid for Autumnwatch
Hyperactive Broadcast is supplying six Avid Media Composer workstations for BBC2’s upcoming series of Autumnwatch.
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NewsPost firms in line for QC role
UK broadcasters are considering an overhaul of programme delivery guidelines that could lead to post houses taking over ultimate responsibility for the quality control (QC) process.
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NewsDiscovery delves into city engineering with CGI series
The hidden engineering and layers of geology in six major world cities will be peeled back and revealed in a Discovery Networks Western Europe series.
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NewsUnasked questions haunt DG
Entwistle ‘disappointed’ by Rippon blog as chain-of-command defence puts focus on Boaden
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NewsDSP brings Frankenstein to life
Darlow Smithson will attempt to create a modern-day Frankenstein’s monster for Channel 4 using $1m worth of cutting-edge science and technology.
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NewsC4 urges British shoppers to haggle in Optomen series
Channel 4 has tasked businessman Justin Preston with turning British shoppers into bargain hunting hagglers in a 6 x 60-minute series.
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NewsEmma Swain contacts suppliers over Savile
BBC controller of Knowledge commissioning Emma Swain has emailed the BBC’s suppliers urging them to pass any information they receive about Jimmy Savile to the BBC or the police where appropriate.