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BBC shows on hold after Westwick accusations
BBC series White Gold and Ordeal by Innocence are currently on pause as star and Gossip Girl…
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BBC, AMC & Ink Factory reunite for le Carré drama
Following the success of The Night Manager (pictured), BBC One, AMC and The Ink Factory…
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BBC investigates 25 sexual harassment claims
The BBC has reported to the UK government that it is investigating as many as…
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Sky rubbishes BBC’s ‘bizarre’ SVOD concerns
Sky’s content chief, Gary Davey, has slammed the BBC’s “bizarre” concerns over the arrival of…
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Blue Planet II draws record 14.1m viewers
Blue Planet II has become the most-watched show of 2017 in the UK so far,…
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BBC launches interactive voice drama
The BBC has launched what it describes as its first “interactive voice drama” – an…
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BBC chief: SVOD nets won’t stop £500m shortfall
BBC chief Tony Hall (pictured) has warned a potential £500 million (US$652 million) shortfall in…
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TBI Weekly: OTT players threaten British content
This week ended with BBC chief Tony Hall once again warning of the threat OTT…
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Amazon & ITV team ‘but SVOD model ending’
A veteran British producer has warned cosy coproduction arrangements between American SVOD services and UK…
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HBO bags BBC’s Kit Harrington miniseries
US premium cabler HBO has acquired exclusive US rights to Gunpowder, the BBC’s three-part Kit…
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Ex-Sky non-scripted chief to lead Mentorn
Former Sky head of non-scripted Celia Taylor has joined Tinopolis Group-owned UK factual prodco Mentorn…
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Ofcom imposes wide range of quotas on BBC
Ofcom is to force the BBC to air a diet of 90% UK-produced original programming…
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Fremantle’s Lamb lands major BBC post
FremantleMedia’s Suzy Lamb has landed the entertainment and music genre director post at BBC Studios….
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American SVOD nets bag Tree Fu, new Willows
SVOD service Hulu has acquired exclusive local rights to BBC preschool toon Tree Fu Tom,…
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Showtime enjoys BBC’s Ill Behaviour
US premium TV net Showtime has bought BBC comedy Ill Behaviour. The six-parter, billed as…
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BBC iPlayer content head exits
Victoria Jaye, BBC iPlayer’s head of TV content, has decided to leave the UK’s pubcaster….
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YouGov: ‘death of TV’ is a misnomer
The ‘death of TV’ is a misnomer with overall TV viewing figures fairly steady, despite…
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Staring into the Hard Sun
While investigating what appears to be the routine death of a computer hacker in London,…
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BBC iPlayer unlocks programming vault
The BBC has added a section to its iPlayer catch-up service that will include a…
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Red Planet expands with Scott Free, BBC hires
UK-based producer Red Planet Pictures has hired execs from Scott Free Productions and the BBC…
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UK indie alleges BBC copied tribute act format
UK indie Free@Last has claimed British pubcaster the BBC copied one of its formats in…
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Plimsoll hires ex-BBC exec as specialist factual chief
Plimsoll Productions has appointed ex-BBC’s Rachel Morgan as head of specialist factual and documentaries, with…
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TBI Weekly: The UK’s international platform challenge
This week the UK TV industry has had its eye on what the rise of…
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Netflix, Amazon take UK int’l prod spend to £468m
UK production companies made £468 million (US$606.7 million) in commissions from international broadcasters and SVOD…
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C4’s £75m Bake Off gamble pays off
UK broadcaster Channel 4’s gamble to pay £75 million (US$97 million) to grab The Great…
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TBI Weekly: Jay Hunt’s next step & other Edinburgh takeaways
Many international execs descended on Scotland’s capital this week for the annual get-together, the Edinburgh…
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BBC orders host of drama & factual titles
EDINBURGH: The BBC’s drama and factual controllers, Piers Wenger and Alison Kirkham, announced a host…
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BBC One makes Three drama order
UK channel BBC One has commissioned a pair of dramas, one based on a trilogy…
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ABC commissioner joins BBC
Mandy Chang is leaving Australia’s ABC for another pubcaster, the UK’s BBC. Chang was head…
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Street homed in new BBC commissioning cross-over role
UK pubcaster the BBC has appointed Jo Street to the newly created role of commissioning…