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NewsDesmond hails 'remarkable' C5 turnaround
Richard Desmond’s media empire Northern & Shell has hailed the “remarkable turnaround” of Channel 5 as it prepares to report a return to profit for the terrestrial broadcaster.
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NewsCNBC to profile Richard Desmond
Channel 5 owner Richard Desmond is to be interviewed on profile show CNBC Meets… next month.
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NewsTesco prepares AFP with Channel 5 and UKTV
Tesco is close to agreeing an ad-funded TV show with Channel 5 and UKTV cookery channel Good Food.
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NewsC5 magic show disappears from schedule
Channel 5 has pulled magic-based gameshow Impossible? after just two episodes but will give it a second shot when it revives Big Brother later this year.
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NewsStar hosts Demand 5
The Daily Star website has begun hosting Channel 5’s VoD service Demand 5 as owner Richard Desmond seeks to increase tie-ups between his media businesses.
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NewsChannel 5 books Silent Library
Channel 5 has commissioned a remake of a Japanese gameshow in which contestants must keep quiet while enduring ‘punishments’.
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NewsNat Geo to build human-sized beaver lodge
Nat Geo Wild has ordered a new series that will see a team live in human-sized recreations of animals’ homes such as a beavers’ lodge and a bird’s nest.
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NewsC5 snares Animal Mega Moves
Channel 5 has picked up a doc series in which large, dangerous animals are transported around the world.
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NewsC5 ties with Samsung
Channel 5 has rolled out its catch-up TV service Demand 5 via Samsung connected TVs and DVD players.
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News5USA gears up for Sons of Anarchy third series
Channel 5’s digital channel 5USA has snapped up the rights to the third series of biker gang drama Sons Of Anarchy.
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NewsTiger to tackle law and removals for C4 and C5
Tiger Aspect has won a trio of factual commissions including a series about the trials and tribulations of moving home and a legal series to help people resolve “bitter, petty or outrageous disputes”.
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NewsC5 acquires King's Speech doc
Bedlam Productions, the indie behind Oscar winning film The King’s Speech, has had a follow-up documentary on George VI picked up by Channel 5.
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NewsC5 and ITV mull digital solution to tape crisis
ITV and Channel 5 are accelerating plans for file-based delivery of HD programmes if Sony’s HDCam SR tape runs low following the Japan earthquake.
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NewsC5 head of digital departs
Jonathan Lewis, head of digital at Channel 5, is leaving the broadcaster after 15 years to become managing director of music site Vevo.
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NewsChannel 5 acquires William and Kate film
A feature-length dramatisation of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s romance has been picked up for broadcast by Channel 5.
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NewsBig Brother returns on C5
Endemol plans to draft in a big-name executive producer from outside the company to lead the resurrection of Big Brother on Channel 5.
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NewsC5 signs Big Brother in two year deal
Channel 5 has signed a two-year deal to bring Big Brother back to British TV, kicking off with a celebrity version this summer.
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NewsC5 acquires green Olympics doc
MIPTV: Channel 5 has picked up a new doc about the efforts to make the 2012 Olympic Games the greenest to date.
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NewsMcFly on the wall doc for 5*
McFly is to feature in a fly on the wall documentary as the first original commission for 5* since its relaunch in March.
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NewsPact contacts Ofcom over concerns at C5
Pact has raised concerns with Ofcom that Channel 5 is failing to meet its PSB obligations, and is taking legal advice over its treatment of suppliers.