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BBC Worldwide poaches ITV sales exec
BBC Worldwide has hired Andre Renaud with the sales exec joining from ITV where he…
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AMC in league with BBC’s McMafia
US cable channel AMC has joined BBC One on an organised crime drama series. The…
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BBC Studios adds ex-Fremantle exec for Science
BBC Studios Science has added Sundog Pictures and former FremantleMedia factual producer Claudia Lewis to…
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BBC preps Attenborough natural history app
The BBC will launch a new app featuring a raft of content from respected naturalist…
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Ahmed exits BBC Studios in rejig
The BBC’s long-serving religious programming chief, Aaqil Ahmed, as the UK’s pubcaster restructures its unscripted…
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BBCWW takes Pests and Rich Kids into Africa
Passion Distribution has shopped a raft of content to BBC Worldwide in the wake of…
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Professor Green making weed, child poverty docs
UK rapper Professor Green is making a pair of docs about social issues for the…
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Google launches Daydream VR service
Google has launched its new Daydream View VR headset in five markets, along with Daydream…
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TBI Scripted October/November 2016
This month’s issue includes; Award winner: The Night Manager. TBI talks to the team behind…
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UK indies rebound on international growth
UK indie producers have reversed a sector-wide revenue decline, with international growth propelling the sector…
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All3Media’s Geater to chair Pact Council
Sarah Geater has been elected chair of the Pact Council and will replace Laura Mansfield…
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BBC preps David Bowie film
UK pubcaster the BBC will show a new original feature doc on David Bowie in…
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BBC Studios debuts Auntie Productions
The BBC’s programme-making arm, BBC Studios, has unveiled new division Auntie Productions, which launches with…
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Purdy exiting BBC Kids in Canada
Lisa Purdy is to leave her director post at Canadian children’s channels BBC Kids and…
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BBC SVOD drama First in Hong Kong
The premium BBC First drama service has launched as an SVOD proposition in Hong Kong….
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BBC parodies Making a Murderer with spoof
The BBC has commissioned Sexy Murder, a six-part comedy that spoofs true crime hits such…
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BBC and Endemol Shine strike Brazil pact
Endemol Shine will make BBC formats in Brazil after striking a deal with BBC Worldwide,…
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Worldwide brings Doctor Who spinoff
BBC Worldwide will show its Class in Cannes, with the international launch of a teen-skewed…
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BBC Studios to axe 300 jobs in ‘reshaping’
The BBC’s production arm will do away with 300 jobs to “ensure it is the…
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New ITV drama boss unveils first slate
ITV’s new head of drama Polly Hill has ordered four new drama series for the…
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Broadcasters join Robot Wars
UK battling robots series Robot Wars has been acquired by a raft of international broadcasters….
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Disney and Nick buy Bing Bunny
Preschool toon series Bing Bunny has been acquired by several big name broadcasters and kids…
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SVOD net replaces Starz on BBC drama
Subscription video-on-demand service Acorn TV has replaced Starz as US coproduction on the upcoming BBC…
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Nick Fraser exiting BBC for SVOD service
Long-serving BBC factual commissioner Nick Fraser is leaving the UK pubcaster to launch a new…
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BBCWW ups stake in War and Peace prodco
BBC Worldwide now owns 49% of Lookout Point after buying up more of the War…
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Callender’s Playground ups two
Colin Callender’s drama prodco Playground has upped Scott Huff (left) and Elsye Dolbec (below right),…
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BBC: C4 needs regulating after Bake Off coup
The BBC has called for greater content regulation to be imposed on Channel 4, in…
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BBC to require iPlayer logins from next year
From early next year all viewers will be required to sign into the BBC iPlayer,…
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BBC extends Matt LeBlanc’s Top Gear journey
UK pubcaster the BBC has confirmed Matt LeBlanc will remain as host of motoring series…
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BBC plots Mrs Brown’s Boys spin-off
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned a pilot of All Round to Mrs Browns, an…