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Sky hunts for 13-part dramas
Sky is on the look-out for 13-part returning drama series under plans to put a carve out greater territory in the genre.
Harry Hill sticks with ITV
Bafta winning comedian Harry Hill will stick with ITV1, after agreeing a two year deal with the broadcaster and indie Avalon.
Five plunges into the red
RTL Group has cut the value of Five by €22m (£20m) after the broadcaster reported a total loss of €41m (£37m) for 2009.
BBC Vision multiplatform head quits
BBC Vision head of multiplatform products Lloyd Shepherd is to leave the BBC after nine months in the role.
Fellowes attacks TV's "cult of youth"
Veteran screenwriter Julian Fellowes has attacked TV commissioners’ obsession with reaching a “mythical” youth audience and their fear of portraying comfortable middle class life.
Zig Zag picks up pilots of off-beat Far East formats
Broadcasters in Japan and South Korea have commissioned Zig Zag to make English-language versions of their quirky gameshow formats.
John Lewis opens its doors to 3.1m
BBC2’s behind–the–scenes look at John Lewis pulled a huge opening crowd last night, with a peak of nearly 3.1m viewers.
Lambing Live delivers meaty audience
Lambing Live drew its highest share so far last night, with a peak of more than 3m viewers - just a million less than the 4m that tuned into Larry Lamb’s BBC1 show, Famous, Rich and Jobless.
Arts back on ITV agenda as factual edges upmarket
ITV is brainstorming ideas for a new arts strand as it looks to revitalise its factual slate.
David Jason coup for Five West End doc
Sir David Jason is to mentor an amateur dramatic society in a format for Five that has been earmarked for a potential series.
GMTV shake-up hits 20% of staff
Almost one in five GMTV staff have taken voluntary redundancy or had their jobs placed at risk as part of the ongoing ITV integration review.
IWC's Kirstie and Phil reclocate to new indie startup
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer are breaking away from IWC Media to launch their own indie - taking two key members of staff with them.
C4’s canine coverage called into question
A fresh row is brewing over TV’s coverage of the Kennel Club after a dog welfare campaigner and the director of Pedigree Dogs Exposed accused Channel 4 of compromising its editorial integrity.
Star agency James Grant to enter formats and rights arena
The management company responsible for Ant and Dec, Fearne Cotton and Piers Morgan - James Grant Group - is to launch a newTV formats and rights division.
Buck up quality of Extraordinary People, indies told
Five head of factual Andrew O’Connell has called on indies to step up the quality of ideas they pitch to Extraordinary People as hekicks off a major review of the flagship documentary strand.
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BBC to adapt Slater’s childhood memoirs
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Norman asks staff: ‘How can we rejuvenate ITV?’
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Fever Media sounds out buyers as Sony tie-up nears its end
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C4 invites pitches to produce horse racing coverage
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Heston to work culinary magic on NHS for C4
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ITV tries comedy trio for primetime slots
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Tiger’s Lee and Raw’s Farrar team up to launch indie Nerd
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Broadcast Digital Awards 2010 get focus on content
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MSN strikes raft of content deals
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BBC4 to explore Britain’s relationship with the sea
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Ten Alps chief calls for online WoCC
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Sky hits back at Lyons
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Stephenson eyes BBC dramas from the North
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ITV's John Hollywood to join IMG
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BBC draws on Hollywood for wildlife action docs
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Ex ITV boss apointed exec chairman at EMI
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Living acquires US comedy drama
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ITVS strikes deal for Hallmark’s TV movie portfolio
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C4 to step up search for new doc faces
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Arora to focus on out of London indies
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ITV's Bristol studios sale falls through
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Thompson "incredibly angry" at Times leak
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Lyons: public will see through BBC's critics
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ITV calls time on Blue Murder
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BBC lines up more George Gently
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Andrew Jackson: the BBC’s straight-talker
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OFF CUTS
Comedy bubble bursts
New BBC2 topical quiz The Bubble contained jokes about everything from Mossad hit squads to the BBC’s refusal to allow its own news teams to film fake reports.
