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News brief: More Atlantis, Peaky Blinders for BBC
BBC dramas Atlantis and Peaky Blinders have been given second seasons. Fantasy series Atlantis delivered…
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New drama hub for UK’s Manchester as tax breaks kick in
The UK city of Manchester is continuing its push into media production by opening a…
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BBC orders Gangsta Granny
UK public broadcaster the BBC is making a TV version of kids book Gangsta Granny….
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iPlayer app downloaded 20 million times
The BBC’s iPlayer app has now been downloaded a total of more than 20 million…
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BBC Worldwide: Global iPlayer to end in current form
BBC Worldwide is due to phase out the Global iPlayer as part of CEO Tim…
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BBC Worldwide confirms international channel changes
The BBC’s commercial arm has confirmed its new premium content channel brand will be known…
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BBC unveils first iPlayer drama debut
BBC daytime drama Moving On will be the corporation’s first drama series to premiere on…
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BBC agrees new terms of trade with UK indies
The BBC has agreed new terms for commissioning independent productions with UK trade association Pact…
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The War Report
With the 100th anniversary of the most terrible conflict in world history coming in 2014,…
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Four-year WWI season is BBC’s ‘biggest ever undertaking’
UK pubcaster the BBC will launch 130 programmes comprising 2,500 hours between 2014 and 2018…
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BBC hunts for controller for ‘fifth channel’ iPlayer
BBC director of television Danny Cohen is set to hire a controller of iPlayer, in…
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Pioneer Productions poaches BBC’s Innovation boss
UK factual producer Pioneer has recruited Ailsa Orr from the BBC. Orr was head of…
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Discovery and BBC shut down joint programming effort
Factual channel Discovery and UK public broadcaster the BBC have called time on their programming…
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Foxtel scores BBCWW factual deal
Australian pay TV platform Foxtel has acquired a package of food and lifestyle shows from…
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BBC adds time-shifted flagship net
The BBC has unveiled a new time-shifted +1 channel for its flagship BBC One network….
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BBC, Weinstein Company make War & Peace
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has signed on to coproduce a major new BBC reworking of…
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BBC’s Storyville to launch on iPlayer ahead of TV
The latest programmes from UK net BBC Four’s flagship documentary series Storyville will launch on…
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BBC One celebrates Great British Year
The BBC’s Natural History Unit is producing a 4x60mins nature series about the changing seasons…
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BBC buys new Swedish drama as SVT unveils int’l unit
The BBC is hoping it has found the latest hot Scandinavian drama with a new…
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Twofour Arabia staffs up with trio of hires
Twofour Arabia has bolstered its ranks with three new staff joining the Abu Dhabi-based division…
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DCD targets Scottish drive with Objective exec hire
UK indie DCD Media has hired Location, Location, Location creator Paul Murray from Objective Scotland….
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Sky Atlantic boss exits for Pattinson’s New indie
Elaine Pyke is leaving her role as boss of the Sky Atlantic channel to join…
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Hat Trick poaches Wipeout exec from Endemol
Hat Trick has recruited Andy Rowe from Endemol and he will join the UK indie…
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Sony-backed Victory trying out gameshow for the BBC
Victory Television is piloting a new gameshow format, In Sync. A casting call has just…
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Mark Linsey confirmed in top BBC television role
The BBC’s entertainment commissioning chief Mark Linsey has been confirmed as its new deputy director…
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Sky lines up Martin Freeman drama, Kumars reprise
BSkyB has commissioned a one-off autobiographical special from The Hobbit star Martin Freeman, as the…
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News brief: BBC renews Holiday Hit Squad
UK public broadcaster the BBC has ordered a second season of travel show, Holiday Hit…
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Programming team changes at Shine’s Dragonfly
Shine Group-owned Dragonfly has created a new specialist factual role and recruited a new head…
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Nat Geo Television poaches BBC Worldwide Productions exec
National Geographic Television has reeled in BBC Worldwide Productions’s VP, factual production and programming, to…
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CBeebies launches Playtime app
UK pubcaster the BBC has launched an app to accompany a range of shows on…