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Chaos and cost fuel VoD piracy
A fragmented video-on-demand (VoD) market, combined with overpriced content, is pushing viewers towards illegal downloads, according to new research.
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Scrase-Dickins takes buying role at BBCW
BBC Worldwide Channels has appointed a former Paramount acquisitions executive as its new vice-president of acquisitions.
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NewsDistributors join forces to create export group
The UK's biggest distributors are to work together on boosting the country's international television business through an advisory body supported by the government.
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Digital radio figures up 35%
RAJAR Q408: Take up of DAB has increased by 35% year-on-year during Q4 2008, according to Rajar figures for Q4 2008.
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Barack Obama boosts R4
RAJAR 4Q08: BBC Radio 4's breakfast show boosted its listenership by 490,000 in the last three months, partly credited to its coverage of US president Barack Obama and the global recession.
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Disney to launch Camp Rock talent show spin-off
Disney Channel UK will go in search of the next generation of young British music stars in an original commission inspired by its hit movie Camp Rock.
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Parthenon takes stake in sea-faring Arcadia
Parthenon Entertainment has acquired a 48% stake in a Canadian production company that specialises in ocean-related factual programming.
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Archie makes its kids debut with karaoke remake
Archie Productions is to remake a Finnish children's show for six new territories after landing its first ever kids' commission.
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Question mark over cash ITV put aside for regions
The future of at least£2m earmarked by ITV for funding indies in the nations and regions has been thrown into doubt after the fund editor was made redundant.
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BBCW faces radical shake-up threat
BBC Worldwide is bracing itself for the DCMS select committee to call for a radical change to the way it acquires BBC programmes.
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GMG Radio lines up six blasts from music's past
GMG Radio has ordered six major music documentaries from three indies. Smooth Operations will make The Pacific Coast Sound, a nine-part series about the influence of the US west coast on music over the years. It will air from 18 April.
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Barnes steps down from Five digital channels
Five digital channels director of programmes Hannah Barnes has resigned.
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Zig Zag lands Five doc deal
Five has signed a fast turnaround output deal with Zig Zag Productions for six popular culture documentaries, three of which are for the Where Did it All Go Right? strand.
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Anderson move prompts ITV factual reshuffle
ITV's factual commissioning team has been reshuffled following Jeff Anderson's move to news and current affairs last month.
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UTV to keep news at its heart in PSB shake-up
UTV managing director Michael Wilson has revealed plans to “completely reinvigorate” the Northern Irish broadcaster following the second phase of Ofcom's PSB review.
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Ballard builds team for 10 Star indie
Bea Ballard has hired three “core team members” for her recently launched indie 10 Star Enter-tainment.
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Pay hope for BBC rank and file
The BBC wants to look after rank-and-file staff despite clamping down on bonuses and executive pay rises this week.
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Fonejacker to spring face-to-face pranks
The Fonejacker, Kayvan Novak, has lined up a new comedy prank show for Channel 4 - but is hanging up his phone.
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Richards: Review of C4 terms of trade inevitable
A review of Channel 4's terms of trade with indie producers would be “almost inevitable” under a joint venture with BBC Worldwide, Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards has admitted.
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BBC Worldwide facing stricter control
BBC Worldwide looks set to face a clamp down on what it can and cannot do, after the BBC Trust gave its clearest signal yet that the commercial operation has extended too far.