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RatingsBig Brother down on 2014
THURSDAY: Big Brother’s Live Final failed to match last year’s climax, as Channel 4’s Married at First Sight built its audience.
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NewsC5 acquires Tutankhamun drama
Channel 5 has made its most significant acquisition from sister broadcaster Spike since it was bought by parent company Viacom.
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NewsRichard Desmond slams BBC deal
Former Channel 5 owner Richard Desmond has slammed the BBC over the licence fee deal and accused it of peddling pornography.
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NewsWinnie The Witch to fly onto C5
Classic kids character Winnie The Witch is to fly onto TV screens after Channel 5 commissioned a 52-part series for its preschool strand Milkshake.
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NewsC5 lost £13m ahead of Viacom sale
Channel 5 lost £12.9m in its final nine months of ownership under Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell, after suffering an advertising dispute with Omnicom and the poor performance of US soap Dallas.
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NewsC5 supersizes GPs: Behind Closed Doors
Channel 5 has supersized the third series of Knickerbockerglory’s fixed-rig format GPs: Behind Closed Doors.
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NewsBroadcaster diversity scheme recruits execs
Seven television executives from diverse backgrounds will gain commissioning experience with five major broadcasters after being selected for the Creative Diversity Network commissioner development scheme.
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NewsComedy Central boss Offman to oversee MTV UK
Comedy Central UK boss Jill Offman is to take control of Viacom sister channel MTV UK.
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NewsC5 orders Celebs on Benefits
Former stars including Bruce Jones, who played Coronation Street’s Les Battersby, are to be profiled in forthcoming Channel 5 documentary Celebs on Benefits: Fame to Claim.
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NewsSunset+Vine to make C5 Football League show
Sunset+Vine has clinched a three-year contract to produce Channel 5’s 9pm Football League highlights show.
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NewsLA Screenings: C5 to bulk up 5USA & 5*
Channel 5 wants to supercharge digital channels 5USA and 5* with a raft of US drama acquisitions.
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NewsSimon Raikes quits C5 to expand Red Planet Pictures
Factual commissioning editor Simon Raikes is leaving Channel 5 to launch a non-scripted division at Tony Jordan’s Red Planet Pictures.
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RatingsBig Brother debut down 300k
TUESDAY: Big Brother was 300,000 down on last year’s opener, as Channel 4’s No Offence lost nearly a million viewers on its second episode.
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NewsC5 among latest group of firms to join DPP
Channel 5 is among the latest batch of companies to become fee-paying members of the Digital Production Partnership (DPP).
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NewsITNP set to take on sports players as it inks C5 deal
ITN Productions (ITNP) will attempt to “disrupt” the dominant players in the sports production market with technological innovation following its deal to provide Football League footage for Channel 5.
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NewsITN signs ‘transformative’ Football League deal
ITN Productions has won a multi-million pound, three-year contract to record match footage for Channel 5’s Football League highlights programme, which will air at 9pm on Saturdays.
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NewsSky lands C5 ad sales
Sky has agreed a deal to handle Channel 5’s ad sales operation - less than a year after the latter vowed to keep the division in-house.
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NewsC5 supersizes 20 Moments That Rocked Britain
Channel 5 has ordered a full series of Crackit’s list show 20 Moments That Rocked Britain before the one-off special it originally commissioned has aired.
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NewsC5 follows Kellie Maloney transformation
Initial is to follow the transformation of boxing promoter Kellie Maloney as she physically becomes a woman in a one-off film for Channel 5.
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NewsC5 in Comedy Central link-up
Channel 5 and Comedy Central have outlined plans to co-commission comedy content, laying out a two-year strategy that includes prank shows, sketch shows and other scripted series.