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NewsStarkey to profile Henry VIII for C4
David Starkey is to produce a four-part “psychological profile” of Henry VIII for Channel 4.
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NewsAll3Media chief backs BBC and C4 PSB roles
All3Media chief executive Steve Morrison has thrown his weight behind a PSB model that protects the public service role of the BBC and Channel 4 and introduces competitive funding for any other PSB content.
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NewsTV veterans outline PSB options
The future options for PSB funding were scrutinised today in a debate at the London School of Economics ahead of this month's publication of the second phase of Ofcom's PSB review.
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PSB model 1: Evolution
Public service broadcasters retain their designated PSB role, either reducing their duties or receiving more support.
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NewsPSB model 2: BBC only
The BBC becomes the sole UK-wide provider of PSB content. Limited plurality is provided only to the extent possible through other broadcasters' commercial output.
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NewsPSB model 3: BBC and Channel 4
This model would see BBC and Channel 4 have a PSB role while others bid for limited competitive funding.
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NewsPSB model 4: Broad competitive funding
Commercial PSBs pitch for long-term but transferable contract for specific PSB content, with funds awarded by a funding agency.
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NewsPenk: I want to lead a new talent Revolution
Veteran radio and TV presenter Steve Penk has hit out at commercial radio for failing to nurture new talent and plans to launch a “crusade” to find new presenters after buying a station in Oldham.
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ITV1 doc looks at hunt for paedophile
Folio is to piece together the worldwide hunt for the paedophile dubbed “Mr Swirl” in a 60-minute doc for ITV1's Real Crime strand.
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BBC2 film revisits The Satanic Verses
BBC2 is to examine the controversy around Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses - despite silence from the author and his publisher for fear of reprisals.
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NewsCITV: we want indies' ideas
CITV controller Emma Tennant has revealed that the channel once more “has money to spend” and is actively looking for original formats.
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Outright takes international rights to C4 terrorism doc
Outright Distribution has picked up the international rights to Channel 4 documentary Car Bomb.
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NewsAfrica's GTV to double volume of UK shows
Pan-African broadcaster GTV plans to double the amount of UK-made content it buys so that it accounts for around 40% of all acquisitions.
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ITV3 revisits TV's classic costume drama
ITV3 will look at the changing face of costume drama this autumn as part of a push for more peak factual programming on the digital channel.
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Cutting Edge fraud doc goes to series
Channel 4 is to turn a recent Cutting Edge documentary on insurance fraud investigators into a full series.
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NewsITV1 seeks fact ent pitches for 9pm slot
ITV controller of alternative programming Layla Smith has asked indies to offer up ideas for a new factual entertainment show for ITV1 - but has warned she is not looking for “the next Apprentice”.
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NewsCash injection deal sets Pulse racing
Cross-sector producer Pulse Films, best known as a producer of music videos and commercials, is embarking on an acquisition and hiring spree funded by Sir Harry Solomon, the food and property mogul.
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NewsTwo Four launches Media Freedom
Two Four will launch a new internet broadcasting platform called Media Freedom at IBC.
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NewsBBC backs Cleopatra doc
The BBC is to back a macabre new documentary being made for Discovery that promises to reveal the darker side of iconic Egyptian royal Cleopatra.
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NewsArmstrong & Miller reveal sitcom plans
Comedy duo Armstrong & Miller have teamed up with up-and-coming writers to develop a “slacker sitcom” about office temps.