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NewsThompson warns government: "We can't do this again"
Mark Thompson has fired a warning shot across the bow to prevent the government from imposing future cuts on the BBC.
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NewsITV links eight sites in tapeless workflow bid
ITV has connected eight of its sites in London, Manchester and Leeds via a dedicated fibre-optic network as part of its drive towards a fully tapeless workflow.
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NewsSuppliers hit out at DPP report
Suppliers to the UK production and post-production sector have criticised the Digital Production Partnership’s (DPP) report on file-based workflows for failing to acknowledge the role of disk-based archiving and cloud-based storage.
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NewsRed Bee signs PBS UK playout deal
Red Bee Media has signed a deal to supply playout services for PBS in the UK.
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NewsBBC S&PP hires post chief
BBC Studios and Post Production has appointed The London Studios post production head of sales Julie Sangan to the new role of post-production resource manager.
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NewsFlying TV signs Getty deal
Aerial filming company Flying TV has signed a distribution deal with Getty as demand for HD aerial footage increases.
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News24-7 joins The Bottle Yard
Bristol production facility The Bottle Yard has signed its first permanent tenant
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NewsBBC confirms 2,000 job cuts
Around 2,000 BBC staff will lose their jobs by 2017 and a further 1,000 will move to Salford, where BBC3 will relocate as part of the corporation’s cost-cutting measures revealed this morning.
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NewsFoley guru Carr returns to Goldcrest
Foley mixer Paul Carr has come out of retirement to set up a Foley studio at London post facility Goldcrest.
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NewsApproval for DTG spec
The seventh edition of the Digital TV Group’s (DTG) interoperability specification for UK Digital Terrestrial Television and Hbb TV-based connected TVs has been formally approved by the DTG Council.
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NewsBBC2 orders Wartime Farm series from Lion TV
BBC2 has commissioned a third version of Lion TV’s successful …Farm format, this time looking at rural life during World War II.
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NewsCurrent TV to expose booze and sex danger
Current TV has ordered three docs and its first series recommission as part of a season planned for the run-up to Christmas that tackles the dangers posed by unlicensed alcohol and unprotected sex.
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NewsTalkback wins CBBC order for science sitcom
Talkback Thames is moving into the children’s space with a CBBC commission for a science-based kids’ sitcom.
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NewsKids’ shows shine at Mipcom
The children’s market was easily the hottest at this year’s Mipcom, with some of the industry’s largest companies prioritising a push into the sector.
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NewsC4 exec joins Ukrainian broadcaster
A Channel 4 factual entertainment executive producer has left to join a prominent Ukrainian broadcaster.
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NewsJames Grant planning major financing push
Talent agency James Grant Group is ready to plough millions of pounds into TV production financing as part of a bid to secure format rights.
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NewsC4 rekindles 2005 ‘gay or straight’ dating format
Dating reality format Playing It Straight is being remade for Channel 4 following its first outing in 2005.
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Cwmni Da revives doc on history of toilet
BBC4 and Welsh broadcaster S4C have revived plans to produce a history of the toilet.
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NewsMaverick hires exec producers for upcoming shows
Maverick has appointed two exec producers as it hopes to close a raft of new commissions with terrestrial and multichannel broadcasters.