Television
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YouView CEO Richard Halton to leave Digital TV firm after 10 years
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Previously Controller of Business Strategy at the BBC, Halton has helped guide the DTT/IPTV platform from initial concept to a platform used daily by more than 3m customers, including those subscribing to BT and TalkTalk’s pay-TV services.
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UKTV’s Dave commissions new quiz show from VICE Studios
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Dave, UKTV’s award winning entertainment channel, has teamed up with VICE Studios to commission a new series in which 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner John Robins asks members of the public to predict how search engines respond to a series of questions – from images to wordplay, the results are both unpredictable and hilarious.
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West Midlands Railways passengers can now watch Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit after UKTV strikes content deal with GoMedia
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Top shows from UKTV’s stable of channels can now be watched by West Midlands Railways passengers after the broadcaster struck a content supply deal with GoMedia, which supplies on-board infotainment systems to rail and coach operators.
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John Malkovich to play Hercule Poirot in new BBC One adaption of The ABC Murders
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John Malkovich and Rupert Grint are to star in the BBC’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation. The pair will star in Sarah Phelps’ adaptation of The ABC Murders, Christie’s classic 1936 title which will be produced for Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited drama for BBC One.
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UKTV, BBC and FremantleMedia International announce new nature series starring Steve Backshall
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Debuting next year, Expedition with Steve Backshall will follow the BAFTA-winning filmmaker as he and a team of world-class experts descend a white-water river in the Himalayas, trek through unexplored jungle in South America; and climb mountains in the deserts of the Middle East.
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Superman-prequel series Krypton is coming to E4
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Set two generations before the destruction of Superman’s home planet, Krypton follows Seg-El (British actor Cameron Cuffe – The Halcyon), the legendary Man of Steel’s grandfather, who is faced with a life and death conflict.