Television
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YouView to take on more than 50 new development staff in major expansion
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Smart-TV platform YouView has announced a “major” recruitment drive which will see its technology team expand by more than 50%.
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Channel 4 reports growth in 4oD revenue
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Channel 4 says advertising and other commercial revenue related to its 4oD catch-up and on-demand service grew by £11m last year.
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Viacom buy UK’s Channel 5 for £450m
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Viacom, the owner of MTV, is to buy Channel 5 for £450m. The deal, confirmed today, ends months of speculation about the channel’s future.
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Fox cancels Karl Urban and J.J. Abrams’ Almost Human
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J.J. Abrams’ sci-fi cop show Almost Human has been axed by US network Fox just days ahead of its UK debut.
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UK air date announced for J.J. Abrams’ Almost Human
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>Watch, UKTV’s flagship subscription channel, has announced the start date for it’s latest J.J. Abrams-backed drama, Almost Human Created by J.H. Wyman, the show is a 13-part futuristic thriller from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) and Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions.
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Gillian Anderson’s Crisis to get UK premier on Watch
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Gillian Anderson’s latest US series has been snapped up by Watch, UKTV’s flagship pay entertainment channel. The thirteen part Crisis also stars Dermot Mulroney and follows the abduction of several children of Washington D.C’s most powerful players, including the President’s son.