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Julian Bellamy to join ITVS
Julian Bellamy is leaving Discovery Networks International to join ITV Studios.
Luis Silberwasser exits Discovery
Discovery Networks International chief content officer Luis Silberwasser is leaving the broadcaster to “pursue new opportunities”.
All3Media aims to crack AFP with Apollo20
All3Media has created a dedicated ad-funded programming (AFP) arm designed to help its indies crack the increasingly lucrative market.
BBC1 revisits Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Cider With Rosie, The Go-Between and An Inspector Calls will be adapted as 90-minute dramas for a BBC1 season of early 20th century British novels and plays.
Spun Gold signs Jane Treays to widen output
Inside Claridge’s director Jane Treays has joined Spun Gold TV as the indie aims to broaden its output beyond Alan Titchmarsh programming.
ITV wins Broadmoor access for doc series
ITV has won approval from health minister Norman Lamb to secure unprecedented access to Broadmoor Hospital for an ob-doc series.
Pact lobbies for kids’ live action credit
Pact believes kids’ broadcasters such as CiTV, Channel 5, Disney and Nickelodeon will ramp up their live-action originations if it can convince the Treasury to introduce a new tax break.
C5 lines up Never Teach Your Wife To Drive!
Channel 5 will examine the patience of couples in Never Teach Your Wife To Drive! - its latest inhouse commission.
ITV rustles up celebrity cookery series for daytime
ITV has used ingredients from Come Dine With Me and Through The Keyhole to create a celebrity-led daytime cookery series.
Betty promotes Smith in management rejig
Betty has promoted Country House Rescue producer Neil Smith to replace Walter Iuzzolino as part of a senior management reshuffle.
Somethin’ Else to create Strange Hill High game
Somethin’ Else is to develop CBBC’s first 3D multiplatform game and has picked up the social media content contract for BBC Radio 4 and 6 Music.
UKTV buys BBCW’s global series
UKTV has acquired a raft of shows that were commissioned by BBC Worldwide for its international channels.
Britespark wins US commission for docu-drama
Britespark Films, the indie set up by former Cineflix head of documentaries Nick Godwin, has secured its second significant commission in the US.
HBO boards BBC's The Casual Vacancy
HBO has come on board BBC’s television adaptation of JK Rowling’s bestseller The Casual Vacancy.
A League of Their Own’s future secured until 2017
Sky 1 has struck a deal to keep James Corden-fronted panel show A League of Their Own on air until 2017.
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Lion's Find My Past heads to Travel Channel
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VIDEO: Prey, ITV
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Richard Osman fronts Remarkable quiz
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Jodie Marsh returns to TLC
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US media law firm opens in Derry
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Jamaica Inn sound issues: BBC drama boss apologises
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Top Gear ‘regrets’ offensive remark
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PBS orders Windfall D-Day doc
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Interactive C4 doc explores NHS
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STV ad revenue up 5% in 2014
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UK indies head to China
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Pact: kids TV needs tax break
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Educating Yorkshire pupil heads to Stammer School
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Netflix unveils price hike
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The Hangover indie launches TV distribution arm
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Obituary: Frances Berrigan, Cicada Films
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BBC probes Jamaica Inn audio issues
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Discovery scraps Everest event
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BBC considers revival of The Generation Game
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ITV prepares for Good Morning Britain
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ITV pilots sitcoms from Green Wing writers
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Discovery and Sky drop C5 bid
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Chinese TV delegation heads to UK
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Major TV dramas face disruption in pay dispute
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Waitrose & C4 partner for cookery AFP
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C4 orders Shed of the Year show
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Shetland to return to BBC1
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VIDEO: I Wanna Marry Harry, Fox
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Tivo boosts Netflix UK subscribers
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Kim Shillinglaw set to woo indies
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ITN posts pre-tax profits of £6.6m
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UK shows primed for the US
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UKTV makes indie pledge in commissioning rethink
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Youngers plans diversity boost
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Sundance Channel set for UK
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MipTV boosts Educating’s appeal
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Sky trials Twitter recording tool
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Carnival develops Frank Spotnitz crime series
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S4C preps multiplatform kids’ series
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US network Pivot boards Fortitude
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Random Acts 'supercharged' by C4
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UK indies secure seven US series
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ITV to fill Champions League void with in-house formats
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BBC3 and iPlayer roles likely to merge
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Universal Music eyes TV push
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Denise O'Donoghue to leave ITVS
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Discovery on brink of Channel 5 deal
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BBC appoints HR director
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Netflix US swoops for Hinterland
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Discovery to air live Everest jump
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ITV extends YouTube deal
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BBC3’s Zai Bennett to lead Sky Atlantic
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Nerd scores US pilot with FYI
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Zodiak Kids boss Nigel Pickard exits
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Zeebox rebranded as Beamly
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Nutopia finds Jesus with CNN
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C5 goes back to school with Shiver
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The Village set for US remake
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Dragonfly boss Simon Dickson departs
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Jeremy Kyle Show rapped for treatment of 17-year-old
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BBC launches local radio training scheme
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Michael McIntyre Chat Show to return
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Kim Shillinglaw lands BBC2 role
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CBBC revs up Mario Kart-style racer
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