BBC Studios
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BBC Worldwide and BBC Studios to be merged, creating new UK production powerhouse
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Formed from the existing BBC Studios and BBC Worldwide businesses, the new entity will focus on “maximising the intellectual property value of BBC programming for the benefit of UK licence fee payers.”
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Vodafone customers can now buy unlimited data for their favourite apps
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Vodafone has launched a new range of add-on ‘passes’ which allow Pay As You Go customers to access their favourite apps without usage counting towards their tariff’s data allowance.
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Freeview Play wins gong at first HbbTV Awards
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Freeview Explore lets viewers browse recommendations from BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, Demand 5 and UKTV Play, or quickly search the thousands of shows which are available to watch on-demand.
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Filming starts on BBC One’s new drama Press
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Filming has on Mike Bartlett’s new BBC One drama series Press, which stars Charlotte Riley as Deputy News Editor of thhe fictional broadsheet The Herald, and Ben Chaplin as Editor of fictional tabloid newspaper, The Post.
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UKTV currently have ‘no plans’ to bring Gold HD to Virgin Media or BT TV
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The new channel launched last week on Sky where it replaced a HD version of natural history channel Eden on channel 110 and users of the satellite broadcaster’s rivals have been speculating about its arrival on their platforms.
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Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson cast in BBC Two’s King Lear adaptation
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Set in the fictional present, King Lear stars Hopkins as the eponymous ruler, presiding over a totalitarian military dictatorship in England opposite Thompson as his oldest daughter Goneril