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NewsEditworks in ‘delicate talks’
Editworks is in talks with potential investors as the post facility’s management team attempts to secure the company’s future.
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NewsCrow upgrades for file-based delivery
Crow TV is embarking on a series of upgrades that will enable it to offer file-based delivery to broadcasters within the next year.
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NewsTOWIE star could be witness in ITV/Belo copyright scrap
Sam Faiers could be approached to give a witness statement to support claims that ITV2’s The Only Way Is Essex has infringed copyright and breached confidence, according to an IP lawyer.
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NewsWartime Farm picked up for Eastern Europe and Canada
Wartime Farm, a forthcoming Lion TV production for BBC2, has been picked up by Viasat for Russia and Eastern Europe, and Knowledge Network in Canada.
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NewsSky bolsters comedy with four new faces
Sky has beefed up its comedy commissioning team with four appointments, including former head of BBC Comedy North Jon Mountague, and the creation of a new head of development role.
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NewsEx-ITVS comedy boss joins BBC in-house team
Former ITV Studios creative director of comedy Saurabh Kakkar has moved to the BBC’s in-house comedy division as an executive producer.
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NewsBBC Vision restructure set for September
BBC Vision Production’s factual restructure around genres rather than regional hubs has moved a step closer, with a view to launching in September.
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NewsPatten: BBC in-house commissioning guarantee will stay
Lord Patten has made clear that the BBC has no plans to reduce its in-house commissioning guarantee, despite indies winning a record share of the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) last year.
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NewsMSN exits Atvod as it pares back portal
MSN has withdrawn its membership of regulator Atvod after scrapping its long-form video offering.
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NewsUnreported World appoints editor to replace Waldrum
Channel 4 international current affairs strand Unreported World has appointed Monica Garnsey as series editor as it moves into its 24th series.
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NewsRedesigned BBC websites lose audience appeal
Overhauls of key BBC websites contributed to a decline in the broadcaster’s online audience appreciation (AI) score last year.
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NewsParthenon and OmniMovi forge archive alliance
Parthenon Entertainment has teamed up with library firm OmniMovi as it seeks to monetise its archive of programmes.
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NewsAgents defend BBC tax arrangements
TV agents including Jonathan Shalit have leaped to the defence of the BBC, amid mounting pressure over the broadcaster’s practice of paying talent and freelancers through limited companies.
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NewsC5 picks up American Civil War ratings winner
Kevin Costner’s American Civil War drama Hatfields & McCoys, which drew a record 14 million viewers in the US, has been picked up for exclusive UK broadcast by Channel 5.
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NewsEthics panel forces C4 to record drugs trial
Channel 4’s ambition to have people take ecstasy live on air as part of a scientific study failed to meet the approval of an ethics committee and the Home Office.
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NewsC4 creative diversity enlists 48 partners
Channel 4’s creative diversity department commissioned 48 new and emerging companies in the first quarter of 2012, and is preparing to launch a short-form strand for new directors.
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News24 Hours In A&E producer offers apprenticeships
The producer of 24 Hours In A&E is offering six editors the opportunity to learn their craft on the flagship Channel 4 series.
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NewsBBC2 eyes more Shakespeare in the wake of The Hollow Crown
BBC2 is in talks with producer Neal Street Productions to extend its The Hollow Crown series of Shakespeare adaptations to new plays.
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NewsHat Trick expands Spy ring to 105 countries for second run
The second series of Hat Trick comedy series Spy has been pre-sold to 105 countries including Japan, France, Norway and across Asia.
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NewsEnvy to hit 100 offline suites with fifth facility
Envy is opening a fifth site in Central London, taking the post-production firm’s offline capacity to 100 suites.