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BBC, Canal+ among Vietnam doc buyers
The UK’s BBC and France’s Canal+ have acquired Last Days in Vietnam, a doc from…
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Tranter to exit BBC Worldwide Productions
Jane Tranter is to leave LA-based BBC Worldwide Productions and return to the UK indie…
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BBC Four embraces slow TV
UK public service arts and culture channel BBC Four is embarking on a season of…
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MultiChoice hires former Viacom exec as content chief
MultiChoice Africa has appointed former Viacom, Virgin Media and Channel 4 executive David Booth as…
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Tony Hall reveals BBC Studios
BBC director general Tony Hall has revealed the name and further details of the UK…
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BBC looking for disability programming exec
The BBC is recruiting for a disability executive, who will support efforts to improve programming,…
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Industry groups react to BBC report
Industry groups have reacted to yesterday’s report from a committee of MPs into the future…
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Nick Thorogood leaving Scripps
Nick Thorogood, Scripps Networks International’s senior VP, content and marketing in the EMEA region, will…
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Netflix detects Danger Mouse, Gadget
Netflix has acquired exclusive rights to a pair of classic kids TV series being rebooted…
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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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‘No long-term future’ in BBC licence fee, say MPs
There BBC’s licence fee model is becoming “harder and harder to justify, ” with a…
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BBC plays down Family Guy ITV link
The BBC has moved to end speculation Fox adult toon Family Guy is moving to…
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BBC declares first War and Peace deal
BBC Worldwide has concluded its first presale for the upcoming big-budget adaptation of War and…
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German net joins BBC’s Hunt
Germany’s NDR Naturfilm has become a coproduction partner on the BBC’s new Alastair Fothergill natural…
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Electric Ray poaches Endemol’s Parry
Sony-backed UK prodco Electric Ray has brought Endemol entertainment executive Shaun Parry into its fold….
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Political squabble envelops UK’s Ofcom
Ofcom deputy chair and British Conservative peer Baroness Sheila Noakes has acknowledge that her activity…
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Girls creator in BBC digital experiment
The writer of HBO drama Girls, Lena Dunham, is among names attached to BBC Taster,…
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Brazilian net identifies Sherlock, Doctor Who
Brazilian channel TV Cultura has acquired a package of premium shows from the BBC’s commercial…
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BBC Trust seeks views on production plans
The BBC Trust has launched an industry consultation on proposals to scrap current production quotas…
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DRG exec takes Beyond acquisitions role
Caitlin Meek-O’Connor is leaving DRG to become head of acquisitions at Beyond Distribution, the sales…
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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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PBS, BBC in ‘ambitious’ factual partnership
Pubcasters from both sides of the Atlantic Sea have com together to coproduce a slate…
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SVT scores ‘biggest’ BBC package deal
SVT has closed what the Swedish pubcaster describes as its “biggest ever package deal” with…
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Netflix and BBC discuss US content deal
Some library shows from BBC Worldwide could leave Netflix with several titles up for renewal. US…
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Simon Perry to run production at Swedish film fund
+++CORRECTION An earlier version of this story named former BBC America boss Perry Simon as…
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Starz, BBC team for Hopkins/McKellen drama
US premium cable net Starz and UK pubcaster the BBC are uniting to coproduce The…
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BBC reports record breaking Christmas for iPlayer
The BBC reported a record-breaking 227 million programme requests for its iPlayer catch-up service during…
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‘Rising star’ named BBC Children’s chief
The COO of BBC England, Alice Webb, has been named as Joe Godwin’s replacement as…
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BBC, Starz find The Missing for a second season
The BBC and Starz have jointly ordered a second season of hit drama The Missing….
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Street replaces Kavanagh at BBC Daytime
Jo Street has been named acting controller, daytime, at UK pubcaster the BBC following Damian…