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Warner Bros to acquire 50% stake in Renegade
Warner Bros is nearing completion on a £5m deal to buy a 50% stake in Don’t Tell the Bride producer Renegade Pictures.
YouTube earmarks £10m for UK content
YouTube has earmarked a fund, understood to run up to £10m, to invest in UK-created content as it looks to roll out a range of entertainment, music and lifestyle channels.
Stella and The Cafe to return for Sky1
Sky1 has recommissioned Ruth Jones’ Stella and Ralf Little and Craig Cash’s The Cafe.
Dragonfly set to go West
Dragonfly is expanding its operations with the opening of a new office in Bristol later this month, after securing its first factual series commission for BBC2.
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Choir creator Isaacs to head factual at Avalon
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Windfall plans Colditz escape
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Massie joins September to build slate
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Ecosse planning US expansion
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Bigballs Films hires Conrad to build business
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Adrian Bate joins Artists Studio
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BBC’s Mistresses gets US remake
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Indie bosses join Grierson board
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Gerhard Zeiler quits RTL Group for Turner role
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Comedy Central requests another Threesome
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BBC orders global childbirth doc
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Screen Yorkshire wins £15m fund
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Simon Mayo to host Blockbusters
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Skillset to boost creative apprenticeships
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Sky 1 named Broadcast channel of the year
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Broadcast Awards 2012: winners and finalists
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Gallery: Broadcast Awards 2012
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BBC4 to explore Catholicism
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C4 to refurbish heroes homes
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C5 seeking girls for new Bachelor
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Roughcut works with Widebeam to build Mr T app
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All3 starts search for chief exec after bumper year
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ITVS eyes Atomic Kitten for Steps-style doc
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North One wins US order for Gadget Show pilot
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BBC1 secures comedy stars for Wodehouse
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First Cut back for 12-part run
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ITVS to explore British burial culture for History
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Victory hires DeHaney to lead factual push
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AXN Mystery in market for content to fill UK season
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Parthenon to Light the Ocean for Nat Geo
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Endemol Sport closes as directors exit
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TOWIE director joins Made in Chelsea
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Broadcast launches Indie Survey 2012
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Spun Gold goes wild for BBC2
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Hit Entertainment boss exits
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Talkback Thames rebrand unveiled
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ITV1 orders more of The Cube
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C4 in life-changing pilot
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C4 orders Gok's Teens web series
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ITVS America partners with UK indie
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Films of Record to put life at Cern on YouTube
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CPL on brink of Red Arrow deal
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Discovery drives off with C5’s Fifth Gear
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Rihanna to hunt fashion talent for Sky Living
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Nighty Night’s Davis to pen Sky Atlantic comedy
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BBC multiplatform chief joins Twofour
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Hoarders set for C4 return in home makeover series
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Plum cooks up BBC2 show for Paris-based chef
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Dundas takes charge of Reef fact ent slate
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C5 to investigate fat nation
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Zodiak Media gets French reshuffle
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Animation UK urges tax breaks from Osborne
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Sky boss apologises for Stella glitch
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Fever's Harcourt joins Studio Lambert
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North One staff hit by CSI collapse
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C5 set for landmark move into in-house production
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Max Clifford hires Rumsey to form indie
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Shed Media launches indie to take on Objective
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Sky orders Apprentice-style fact ent show
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ITV commissions second Perspectives run
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Keith Lemon to be nation's agony aunt for ITV1
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BBC1 to shed light on food inspectors and pawnbrokers
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C5 doc season to examine war and disaster
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Sky and Tiger to revisit Kathy Burke’s schooldays
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Prospect restructures London office
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Avalon wins BBC3 commission for emerging talent
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Endemol shareholders agree to debt restructure
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C4 orders Costa Concordia film
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Sky Atlantic pilots Jack Dee show
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Sky Atlantic gears up motoring series
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Mentorn emails C4 over Dispatches shortlist
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ITV orders 'journalism idol'
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FremantleMedia UK restructures digital operations
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Princess hires Endemol formats exec
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McGuinness secures second Saturday night spot on ITV1
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Skins characters on Facebook for first time
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Alan Titchmarsh Show gets new series editor
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Secret Fortune wins extended run from BBC
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Bridezillas back on the rampage
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ITV1 to reveal untold story of Mrs Biggs
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Industry pays tribute to Richard Hopkins
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Sky’s Sammon joins Prebble’s Storyvault
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Atlantic hires BBCW’s Morris
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Objective in Sky 1 comedy first
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Back2back and Target give birth to Royal Babies
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C4's Pete Versus Life falls victim to ratings
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Mentorn hires Scotland head
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C4 and Optomen to explore life of self-sufficiency
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Former BBC exec to oversee Triple A push into TV
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BBC1 orders War of the Roses drama
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Victoria Wood writing new BBC drama
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ITV eyes Something for the Weekend
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Shamed Take Me Out contestant edited out of show
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Henry Normal to speak at equality event
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ITV demands Take Me Out review
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Fever Media MD Richard Hopkins dies aged 47
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BBC3's Lansdown quits for Renegade
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Left Bank developing Mandela drama
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Liz Murdoch to deliver 2012 MacTaggart
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North One Australia lands series with child star
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BBC axes Something for the Weekend
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Shine Group acquires ChannelFlip
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C4 reveals indie briefing timetable
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Spun Gold’s Royal shows head to New Zealand
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FremantleMedia UK hires factual boss from Ricochet
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Des Lynam returns to ITV with Muhammad Ali series
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Shine poaches Maverick exec
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Nutopia lands second History mega-doc
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Inside Nature’s Giants to air in US
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Peter Bazalgette receives knighthood
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Sky hires Apprentice exec Kurland
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Bedlam returning to Sky Living
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BBC Learning graduates to L8R Youngers 2
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Brown Bag wins Disney order
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This is Jinsy gets second series
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Sky to explore Galapagos Islands in 3D
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R1 and 1Xtra scout for late night Saturday host
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Let's Dance extended for next series
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Sky 1's Spy gets second series
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Lucky Day wins trio of orders
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Indies in frame to run first 20 local TV licences
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Twofour hires former C4 exec
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Titchmarsh looks back on Royal year for ITV1
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Sawalha to front kitchen DIY series
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Time Warner back in for Endemol
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Lesley Douglas named Lime CEO
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Twofour reveals Middle East plans
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Tyrone Productions boss exits
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X Factor clears unpaid intern issue
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Benidorm creator developing BBC1 comedy
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ITV1 revisits The Unforgettables
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Pact chair to advise Keo
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Sky Atlantic ups content push
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Shine to launch indie staffed by youngsters
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Zig Zag goes to Hollywood for push into ent
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Healey seeks answers in first major BBC3 series
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C4 crime pilot to use footage supplied by public
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Reef and ITN win rights to develop shows on V&A
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Silver River puts retired people to work for BBC1
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C5 orders Mentorn series on extreme events
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Boomerang in Pooh tie-up
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Indies call on Hunt to protect IP
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Endemol wins diversity award; ageism report preview
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BBC1 collars Doorstep Crime series
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Chorion completes Mr Men sale
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Chris O'Dowd teams with Coogan for Sky 1 comedy
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5 News takes shape under ITN
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Somethin’ Else expands Brit Awards deal
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Clare Hollywood resurfaces at Zig Zag
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Sienna Miller to star in BBC2 Hitchcock drama
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Coolabi in £5m MBO
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Goodies star to front BBC animal show
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Twofour Christmas for C4
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Home orders makeovers
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All3 secures group-wide rights deal with Discovery
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Running Bare’s Edgar-Jones walks after row
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Ballard’s 10 Star cuts ties with FremantleMedia
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C4 to pilot comic trio’s Bad Sugar
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McGregor back on BBC2 for Unicef docs
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Eight hires to reinvent The Garden
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Percy looks at Russia and the West in BBC2 season
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DMAX enters scripted reality with Superfans
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C4 probes Queen Victoria’s secrets
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Nutopia boosts senior team
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FilmFlex set for 2012 move into TV content
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Sky Arts resurrects South Bank Show
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Sue Perkins launches indie; developing comedy-drama
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Impossible ties with eOne
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C5 defrosts Britain's Big Freeze
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Directors UK opens to wider membership
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Rory Bremner to host C4 gameshow pilot
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BBC3 to profile Tourettes singer
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C4 orders fifth Supersize
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Sky Arts' First Love to return
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Sky 1’s Mad Dogs to become Cats
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Talkback kicks off new era
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Canis to head up bid to build local TV network
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Dating and dealers help Fever win deals
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Leopard to return stolen goods for BBC1
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Gannon adapts Swiss Family Robinson for ITV1
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Question Time up for grabs for Scottish indies
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Back2back to revisit Soham murders 10 years on
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C5 orders Princess series on engineering feats
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Oxford University to study value of AFPs
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Broadcast Awards 2012 shortlist revealed
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Sorry I've Got No Head axed
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Talkback Thames brand to disappear
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UK wins five International Emmys
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Vernon Kay to front festive Channel 4 show
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Kudos to adapt Swedish drama Real Humans
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Syco resolves Rhythmix dispute
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Bercow and Doherty back under the same roof for C5
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ITV triumphs at RTS NW Awards
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C5 orders Benidorm ER
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Cosgrove Hall co-founder dies
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BBC and HBO developing Wolf Hall drama
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Japan: opportunities for UK indies
The Japanese TV market is set to grow rapidly following last year’s digital switchover. Lisa Campbell visited Tokyo with Pact and a group of UK indies to discover more.
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What next for All3Media?
All3Media may have sounded the firing gun on its hunt for a new chief executive, but Steve Morrison is not hanging up his hat just yet.
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10 O'Clock Live, Channel 4
C4 and Zeppotron faced a steep learning curve last year with their risky live topical comedy. Execs open up to Paul Whitelaw about its flaws - and their hopes for a more ‘fluid’ series two.
