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BBC starts putting shows out to tender
The BBC is putting some of its key series out to tender as part of…
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Channel 4 snatches Bake Off from BBC
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has poached the UK’s highest rating show, The Great British Bake…
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SVOD nears but no linear feed for Vevo
Vevo CEO Erik Huggers has ruled out making a play in the linear TV space…
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BBC confirms Kirkham as factual chief
UK pubcaster the BBC has confirmed Alison Kirkham as its permanent controller of factual commissioning….
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BBC commits to S4C funding
UK pubcaster the BBC has agreed to fix its level of funding of Welsh counterpart…
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Summer of sport boosts iPlayer
The BBC reported a 37% increase in summer iPlayer traffic this year thanks to major…
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BBCWW hires for Germany, France
BBC Worldwide has recruited a new sales exec to cover French and German speaking territories….
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BBC Films boss exits for Coogan’s Baby Cow
Christine Langan has been confirmed as the new boss of Baby Cow, the UK indie…
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TRX adds Audio Network exec as deputy CEO
Online trading platform TRX has hired Juliette Squair from TV music company Audio Network to…
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BBC’s Ralph Rivera takes Eurosport digital role
Discovery Communications has appointed the director of BBC Digital, Ralph Rivera, to the newly created…
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Fox invests $6.5m in Clarkson’s digital venture
21st Century Fox has invested US$6.5 million in DriveTribe, a new digital venture from the…
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BBC to stream Shakespeare globally
The BBC will live-stream a Bollywood-flavoured version of Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream later…
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Veteran producer to run BBC Natural History
The BBC has appointed veteran producer Julian Hector as head of its respected Natural History…
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iPlayer licence fee law comes into effect
A change to UK law requiring viewers to buy a licence fee in order to…
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Laughing matters at the Edinburgh Int’l TV Festival
Shane Smith and his plan to take over the media world dominated delegate chatter at…
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BBC One adds seven Agatha Christie dramas
UK broadcaster BBC One has kicked off the Edinburgh International Television Festival with an agreement…
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BBCWW looks to AI for local genre demand data
BBC Worldwide has teamed up with artificial intelligence start-up Thoughtly to explore how machine learning…
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Netflix boards BBC America drama
Streaming service Netflix has boarded BBC America comedy thriller series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency….
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Swain becomes latest BBC exit
Long-serving BBC executive Emma Swain is the latest high-profile programming executive to exit the UK…
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BBCWW raids Seven West for commercial chief
The BBC’s commercial arm in Australasia has hired the founder of Seven West Media’s live…
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BBCWW backs Alex Graham, Michael Jackson firm
BBC Worldwide has bought a minority stake in Two Cities Television, a new drama indie…
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iPlayer loophole closure blocks 4,000 hours
British viewers choosing not to take a television licence before September 1 will lose access…
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BBC Worldwide invests in Glover, Raphael indie
BBC Worldwide has taken a stake in the new UK-based indie founded by former Channel…
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ZDFE bags BBC copro doc rights
Mainz-based ZDF Enterprises has taken international distribution rights for The Celts: Blood, Iron & Sacrifice,…
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Cohen, BBCWW make down payments on House
Former Channel 4 drama chief Tessa Ross and ex-Working Title Television UK boss Juliette Howell…
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MPs call on BBC to publish top stars’ salaries
The BBC should publish salary details of any employee that is paid more than the…
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iPlayer licence fee ‘loophole’ to close in September
Changes to UK law that will require people to buy a TV Licence to watch…
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Worldwide appoints Mukaddam CEE chief
BBC Worldwide has named Salim Mukaddam as its CEE boss, overseeing its channels business and…
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Sky hires comedy commissioner from BBC
Sky has brought in Tilusha Ghelani as a comedy commissioner. The new recruit joins from…
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BBC, Weinstein to adapt Les Misérables
UK pubcaster BBC One and US-based Weinstein Television are working up a television version of…