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Discovery’s Betty gets BBC Animal Movers commission
Discovery-owned UK prodco Betty has won a commission from the BBC for The Animal Movers….
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BBC Worldwide promotes Forsyth, Reynolds
The commercial arm of the UK’s BBC has promoted senior factual executives Tracy Forsyth and…
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BBC Worldwide opens Lat Am base in Miami
BBC Worldwide has officially opened its regional Latin America headquarters in Coral Gables, Miami. Fred…
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BBC Decimates daytime with quiz from Tipping Point creator
UK public broadcaster the BBC has ordered Decimate, a new daytime quiz series, TBI has…
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BBC Worldwide starts web cam study to gauge viewer responses
BBC Worldwide’s Insights team is partnering with digital media startup CrowdEmotion to gauge how viewers…
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Blue Zoo’s Oli Hyatt gets UK honour
Oli Hyatt, the cofounder of UK animation studio Blue Zoo, has been awarded an MBE…
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News brief: Extreme Football scores broadcast deals
New broadcasters have acquired Zodiak Kids’ animated series Extreme Football as the FIFA World Cup…
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BBC and ITV win two World Cups
UK broadcasters the BBC and ITV have secured rights the 2018 and 2022 football World…
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TF1 buys UK drama The Missing
France’s leading commercial broadcaster TF1 has prebought The Missing, the upcoming UK drama about a…
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Andrew Jackson exits Discovery
Discovery Communications’ specials and landmark series chief Andrew Jackson is exiting the global pay TV…
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Sebastian Coe frontrunner for vacant BBC Trust chairman role
Sebastian Coe is being strongly tipped to become the next chairman of the BBC Trust,…
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Top Gear motors in to China
BBC Worldwide’s petrolhead format Top Gear is being remade in China. The programme, which BBCWW…
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BBC orders pre-election Parliament doc series
UK pubcaster the BBC has greenlit Inside the Commons, a four-part documentary from political filmmaker…
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BBC Sport launches on Roku in the UK
The BBC has launched a BBC Sport app for Roku connected TV devices in the…
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Ukraine’s 1+1 clamping down on Russian series
Ukrainian free-to-air broadcast group 1+1 Media has issued new guidelines on Russian-originated programming as the…
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BBC Trust chairman Patten steps down due to health
The chairman of the BBC Trust, the governing body of UK pubcaster the BBC, has…
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BBC iPlayer hits new record in March
The BBC logged 320 million TV and radio requests through the iPlayer in March, up…
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BBC orders Country Life magazine series
BBC Two has ordered Inside Country Life, a reality show set inside the offices of…
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BBC orders new gameshow from Endemol
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned Two Tribes, a new gameshow from Endemol-owned production company…
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BBC to debut full season of BBC Three show on iPlayer
For the first time, the BBC is set to make all episodes from new series…
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Netflix makes UK gains as Amazon’s OTT share dips
Netflix has expanded its share of the UK market in the last six months as…
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UKTV adds ex-BBC comedy commissioner
UK broadcaster UKTV has hired former BBC comedy commissioner Simon Lupton to become its commissioning…
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Sky Atlantic poaches BBC Three’s Zai Bennett
BBC Three controller Zai Bennett is leaving the UK pubcaster to become director of Sky…
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Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott produce BBC One’s Taboo
Hollywood actor Tom Hardy, Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight and director Ridley Scott (pictured) are creating…
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BBC Trust approves 30-day iPlayer catch-up window
The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has approved plans by the corporation to extend…
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Three Korean content deals for BBC Worldwide
A trio of South Korean broadcast platforms have acquired programming packages from the BBC’s commercial…
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Honourable Woman gets HBO presale
Upcoming Maggie Gyllenhaal drama The Honourable Woman has scored its first presale and will broadcast…
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YouView shareholders commit with £100m funding
All seven of YouView’s shareholders have agreed to back the UK smart TV platform for…
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MIPTV 2014: Four-day focus on 4K in Cannes
A host of broadcasters, technology companies and producers are joining forces for a 4K showcase…
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BBC and partners to commit £100 million to YouView
YouView’s shareholders, including the BBC, are set to sign a new agreement to secure the…