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BBC buys Martin Luther King doc for anniversary tribute
The BBC has acquired one-off doc MLK: The Assassination Tapes, a one-off documentary about iconic…
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BBC gets new daytime factual head
UK broadcaster the BBC has gone in-house to find a new head of daytime production….
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Liberty Global launches Horizon TV in Ireland
Liberty Global has launched its next generation Horizon TV set-top service in Ireland, enabled by…
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Ofcom report: UK programming spend in decline
Total spend on programming across the five main UK public service broadcast channels, as well…
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BBC, Sky back new Ultra HD body
Representatives from BSkyB and the BBC will co-chair a new industry group, designed to help…
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BBC Four controller role axed
The BBC’s director of television Danny Cohen has scrapped the BBC Four controller that Richard…
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Ofcom hails return of digital ‘1950s-style’ living room
More than half of UK adults now media multi-task while watching TV, though an increasing…
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Sky told to end PSB retransmission fees
The UK government plans to end controversial retransmission fees that British public broadcasters pay to…
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BBC to examine YouView participation
The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has launched a review into the BBC’s involvement…
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BBC Three to launch all comedies on iPlayer
UK channel BBC Three will begin premiering all of its scripted comedies on the on-demand…
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3D takes a hit as Foxtel closes dedicated channel
A “worldwide lack” of content is behind the closure of Australian pay TV platform Foxtel’s…
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iPlayer receives record mobile traffic in June
The BBC’s iPlayer video-on-demand service had a record proportion of mobile traffic in June, as…
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Pat Younge resigns from BBC Production post
BBC Productions’ chief creative officer Pat Younge has resigned from his position, citing the new…
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BBC Earth launching on ProSieben’s Maxx
ProSiebenSat.1’s upcoming male-skewing digital channel Maxx has inked a programming deal with BBC Worldwide for…
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Arte buys Alex Gibney’s Catholic Church exposé
Arte has acquired Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, the Alex Gibney…
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BBC ‘must learn lessons but is world’s greatest broadcaster’
The BBC pledged today to learn the lessons from what BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten…
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Karl Warner to launch indie after exiting BBC Ents
The BBC’s commissioning editor, entertainment, Karl Warner has resigned from the Corporation to launch his…
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Sky Italia first to air Titanic in 3D
Sky Italia will be the first platform globally to air the new 3D version of…
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BBC nets Japan’s Giant Squid film
The BBC has acquired one-off documentary film Legends of the Deep: Giant Squid from its…
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BBCWW grabs Andy Murray Wimbledon title
BBC Worldwide has acquired distribution rights to one-off doc Andy Murray: The Man Behind the…
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BBC tries on Pressure Pad
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned a 25x45mins gameshow set in a “stunning high tech…
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BBC buys Oz mystery drama
UK pubcaster the BBC has acquired Australian crime drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries for its…
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Rastamouse studio Dinamo goes into administration
Dinamo Productions, the Wales-based kids’ TV firm that counts Rastamouse and Abadas among its credits,…
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Magine accelerates expansion plans with $19m injection
Magine has secured $19 million in extra funding from Swedish and international investors and said…
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ITV orders more ‘Benidorm Bastards’
ITV has ordered a second series of Off Their Rockers, the senior citizen hidden-camera series…
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BBC under fire over severance payments
UK spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) has found the BBC paid senior managers…
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Michael Palin to star in BBC WWI drama
Comic actor and broadcaster Michael Palin is to star in a new BBC Two drama…
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Sundance, BBCWW join The Honourable Woman as Gyllenhall signs up
Sundance Channel in the US and BBC Worldwide have come on board upcoming drama The…
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BBC raises £170m funding for Worldwide
The BBC has raised a £170 million in a seven-year US bond deal – the…
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Former Aardman and BBC execs set up content business
Aardman Animations’ former head of broadcast Miles Bullough and former BBC executive Jesse Cleverly have…