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BBC Three
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BBC orders United States of Hate Islam doc
The BBC has greenlit United States of Hate: Muslims Under Attack, a one-off doc looking…
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BBC Three online deal Oz drama Cleverman
BBC Three has acquired its first overseas drama since moving to an online, over-to-top distribution…
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BBC Three reports online success
Strong viewing figures for new BBC Three drama Thirteen shows that the youth network’s content “cuts…
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BBC to rework lost sitcom scripts
UK pubcaster the BBC will recreate three classic ‘lost’ sitcom episodes, as part of a…
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BBC Three goes off air and online today
Youth-skewing channel BBC Three has gone off-air and was an online-only service from noon today…
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BBC Three reveals switchover content plans
The BBC announced two new platforms and a raft of new content for its youth…
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Shillinglaw exits in BBC channels rejig
BBC Two and Four controller Kim Shillinglaw (pictured) is to leave the UK pubcaster, as…
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Consultation launched over BBC Three EPG slot
Digital UK, the organisation that manages the Freeview EPG, has launched a consultation about what…
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BBC Three orders disability doc
UK digital network BBC Three has commissioned a one-off documentary about so-called freak shows. Actor…
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BBC Three, Worldwide co-order Smart series
BBC Three and its stablemate BBC Worldwide have co-commissioned a series in which comedian Russell…
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BBC Three closure branded a ‘disaster’
The closure of the BBC Three linear channel in the UK is “a disaster disguised…
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Sky1 weds with Bride after BBC divorce
Satellite channel Sky1 has acquired UK rights to wedding format Don’t Tell the Bride, after…
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BBC Three closure approved
The BBC Trust has approved plans to close down BBC Three as a broadcast channel…
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BBC Three adds shows as closure looms
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL: BBC Three has commissioned a batch of new shows as controller…
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BBC Three goes online-only in March 2016
The BBC plans to turn youth network BBC Three into an online-only service from March…
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BBC, NRK buy citizens festival special
Pubcasters in the UK and Norway have acquired a special of the 2015 Global Citizens…
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Pact: indies will suffer from BBC Three move
Pact has slammed the BBC Trust’s provisional decision approving the move of the BBC Three…
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Trust agrees to BBC Three closure
Youth channel BBC Three will go online only after the body that oversees the UK…
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BBC Three factual exec lands new post
BBC Three documentaries executive Sam Bickley has landed a post at Samantha Anstiss’s production division…
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Industry unites behind BBC Three
Actors, writers, producers, managers and agents have united to call on the UK pubcaster the…
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BBC preps six new iPlayer pilots
The BBC will launch six new online comedy pilots on the iPlayer as part of…
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Comedy Central, C5 remaking Impractical Jokers
Viacom-owned Comedy Central UK and Channel 5 have jointly ordered a local version of US…
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Family Guy moving to BBC Two pre-ITV
American animated sitcom Family Guy will switch from BBC Three to BBC Two in the…
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Airport, Brothel sell for Hat Trick
Hat Trick International heads into MIPTV on the back of sales of new factual pair…
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BBC loses Family Guy to rival ITV
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has swiped free TV rights to Fox animated comedy Family Guy…
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BBC ‘not throwing away’ BBC Three, says Cohen
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has claimed that after years of building up BBC…
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Public petition to save BBC Three
A petition signed by more than 270,000 people opposing plans to take youth-skewing network BBC…
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BBC Three controller: channel not for sale
BBC Three controller Damian Kavanagh (pictured) has stressed that the network is “not for sale”,…
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Avalon, Hat Trick in BBC Three takeover bid
UK production companies Avalon and Hat Trick have confirmed they are attempting to take over…
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Comedy Central UK lines up Impractical Jokers
Comedy Central UK has ordered a pilot of US comedy format Impractical Jokers after it…