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Five cuts 7pm news in half
Five is to slash its 7pm news bulletin to 15 minutes from January after Ofcom agreed to reduce its news output requirement by more than 60 hours a year.
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BBC4 explores Vanity Fair
Flashback Bristol is to make a film about highbrow celebrity glossy Vanity Fair as part of a series of magazine profiles for BBC4's Profile strand.
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C4 gives go-ahead for civil war series
Channel 4 has confirmed a commission for its former director of television Tim Gardam's landmark two-part series about the English Civil War. Mentorn is producing Civil War: Blood on our Hands and Civil War: Regicide for January after getting the ...
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Imago puts new boy together for C4
Norwich-based indie Imago Productions is making a one-hour documentary designed to change four teenage boys' lives for Channel 4. New Boy , created and presented by life coach Kate Marlow, takes the four participants away from home for a month and teaches them how to ...
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4 Ventures to bring German quizzes to E4
Channel 4's commercial division, 4 Ventures, has struck a deal with a German broadcaster to trial interactive quiz formats on entertainment channel E4.
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Pepper grades Lawless for ITV1
Pepper has completed grading and special effects on Newcastle-based police drama Lawless. The two-part ITV1 series produced by Company Pictures focuses on corruption within the police force and stars Trevor Eve. Pepper's effects team, Scott Hinchcliffe and Simon Giblin, created special effects including a ...
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TSI spends£500,000 to boost audio facilities
TSI Post Production is spending£500,000 on audio facilities following a huge increase in audio bookings over the past year.
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September agrees£550,000 of overseas sales
September International has picked up around£550,000 worth of overseas sales, including shifting its forthcoming BBC1 commission Kid Camp to four territories.
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News200 more jobs to go in ITV regions
Another 200 jobs are set to be axed from the ITV regions as a result of Ofcom's proposal to cut the broadcaster's regional programme commitments.
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News'PSP could be the UK's HBO'
Ofcom senior partner Ed Richards this week said the regulator's proposed public service publisher (PSP) could be the UK equivalent of HBO, as he issued a
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NewsBroadcasters fight CPS ban
The BBC, BSkyB and ITN have teamed up to mount a challenge to the Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) ban on giving TV producers access to video evidence used in criminal trials.
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NewsC4 to seek£100m from public purse
Channel 4 is planning a radical shift in its thinking and will seek about£100m in public funding, possibly through tie-ups with the BBC.
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BBC Worldwide in Endemol deal
BBC Worldwide has signed its first output deal with an indie, securing distribution rights for all of Endemol UK's BBC commissions for the next three years in an agreement expected to be worth more than£5m.
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C4 unveils new season
Channel 4 is planning to broadcast the decomposition of a human body as part of a winter season of factual programmes.
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Governors' role 'must change'
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has said the BBC's current governance system is no longer sustainable.
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Redmond takes over Hollyoaks storylines
Hollyoaks creator Phil Redmond is to take back overall control of the Channel 4 soap's storylines after its joint series producers left following a clash over its creative direction.
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Watson guides BBC series
Veteran documentary-maker Paul Watson has cemented his relationship with the BBC by agreeing to mentor film-makers on a new daytime documentary strand.
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ITV1 slots in late games
ITV1 is looking to hand over its Friday and Saturday late-night slots to interactive gaming and quiz shows in a bid to increase revenue.
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Mckerrow sets up Love with a yen for factual
Former Maverick TV managing director Richard Mckerrow has set up an indie to make factual entertainment, features and documentaries.
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UKTV finds cash for fresh orders
UKTV is to commission an extra 100 hours of original content next year in a bid to beef up its nine multichannel offerings.