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NewsC4 crime pilot to use footage supplied by public
Channel 4 is piloting a format that is like an updated version of Crimewatch and which will call on viewers and members of the public to contribute their own amateur footage of crime or anti-social behaviour.
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NewsHealey seeks answers in first major BBC3 series
BBC3 has handed immersive doc specialist Cherry Healey her first major series, in which she will examine the challenges faced by women in modern Britain.
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NewsR1 plans first scripted comedy in 12 years
BBC head of radio comedy Jane Berthoud wants to bring scripted comedy back to Radio 1 for the first time in more than 12 years, Broadcast understands.
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NewsSilver River puts retired people to work for BBC1
The BBC is to explore the effects of the country’s ageing workforce in a constructed experiment documentary that follows 2010’s The Day The Immigrants Left and this year’s The Street That Cut Everything.
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NewsITV to expand pay-TV offering
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has hinted at the possibility of launching more international pay-TV channels while detailing how the broadcaster’s transformation is ahead of schedule.
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NewsE4's Paul Mortimer lands ITV digital channels role
Paul Mortimer, E4 and More4’s head of scheduling, is to step down and join ITV as controller of digital channels.
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NewsJudge Jules to leave R1 in dance music shake-up
Radio 1 DJs Judge Jules, Gilles Peterson and Fabio & Grooverider are to leave after more than a decade in a refresh of the station’s dance music line-up.
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NewsIABM honours broadcast technology duo
The IABM has given honorary memberships to chairman of the IBC Partnership Board Mike Martin and Harmonic executive Larry Kaplan.
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NewsOnsight expands Shepperton base
Onsight has expanded its camera rental department with addition of a second building at Shepperton Studios.
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NewsBlack Mirror "pig sex" sparks 332 complaints
The first episode of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror attracted more than 300 complaints to Ofcom and Channel 4.
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NewsBBC1 collars Doorstep Crime series
Gloria Hunniford is to front a new daytime series for BBC1 that will help viewers avoid the tricks of cold calling con-men.
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NewsIndies call on Hunt to protect IP
Indies have urged culture secretary Jeremy Hunt not to reverse the current Terms of Trade and help protect their IP as part of the government’s Communications Review.
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NewsZone Reality bags Who Do You Think You Are?
The latest series of Who Do You Think You Are?, featuring Harry Potter author JK Rowling, has been acquired along with two other shows by Zone Reality.
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NewsBBC to mark Titanic centenary
The BBC is to recount the tragic story of the Titanic through performance, documentary and archive footage exactly 100 years after the ocean giant sank.
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NewsDQF cost £750,000 and rising
The BBC’s Delivering Quality First process has cost the corporation more than £750,000, a new FOI response has revealed.
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NewsBlackmagic acquires video processing firm
Blackmagic Design has acquired US video processing company Teranex Systems
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NewsTimmy Time promoted to CCTV1 in China
Aardman Animation’s Timmy Time is to air on leading Chinese channel CCTV1.
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NewsEndemol wins diversity award; ageism report preview
Big Brother producer Endemol has been honoured for promoting diversity at the annual CDN Awards - where the first findings of a new ageism report were revealed.
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NewsInquest into death of Sarah Mulvey adjourned
Former Channel 4 commissioning editor Sarah Mulvey died of an opiate overdose and was “systematically bullied” while working at the broadcaster, a coroner’s inquest has heard.
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NewsThorne acquired by HBO Asia
Thorne, Sky1’s crime thriller starring David Morrisey, has been picked up for broadcast in Asia by HBO.