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NewsLesley Douglas named Lime CEO
Lime Pictures, the indie behind Hollyoaks and The Only Way is Essex, has appointed former BBC Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas as its new chief executive.
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NewsAll3 secures group-wide rights deal with Discovery
All3Media has flexed its muscles to win a group-wide rights agreement with Discovery Networks International that gives its indies more flexible terms when making content for the factual specialist.
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NewsC4's Food Hospital served to Australia
Zodiak Rights has sold new Channel 4 series The Food Hospital to Network Ten in Australia.
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NewsMagicians to go undercover in schools for CBBC
Magicians will attempt to convince schoolchildren that they are supply teachers for a new CBBC series, Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic.
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NewsBBC and HBO developing Wolf Hall drama
A miniseries based on Hilary Mantel novel Wolf Hall is being developed by Shameless indie Company Pictures for the BBC and HBO.
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NewsCountry House Rescue to replace Watson with Davis
Ruth Watson, the property presenter Channel 4 poached to front Country House Rescue, will be replaced by Simon Davis in the fourth series.
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NewsAustralia acquires more TOWIE
Australia’s XYZ Networks has acquired the current series of The Only Way Is Essex as part of a 60-hour deal with All3Media International.
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NewsMaverick wins first CBBC series
Embarrassing Bodies producer Maverick TV has secured its first CBBC order for a series that aims to “do for health what Horrible Histories has done for history”.
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NewsBetty to develop bespoke ideas after Discovery sale
Betty will develop bespoke formats for Discovery alongside producing content for other broadcasters, following its acquisition this week by the factual giant.
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NewsLime gets innovative with live Hollyoaks stunt
Lime Pictures is running an immersive live stunt for Hollyoaks this week as the first part of an innovation drive by new series producer Emma Smithwick.
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NewsDiscovery acquires Betty
Betty, the producer behind the Joy of Teen Sex and Dirty Sexy Things, has been bought by Discovery Communications - its first acquisition of a UK indie.
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NewsC4 draws 4,000 to online food experiment
Channel 4 has seen 60,000 people visit its Food Hospital site in the week following the show’s broadcast, with 4,000 taking part in a series of online food science trials.
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NewsC4 closes in on record spend
Channel 4 is entering its next phase of creative renewal with a revamp of More 4, a raft of new programming and plans to up its spend to an all-time high of £600m next year.
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NewsITV follows up Kosher doc and tackles unusual kids
ITV1 is to explore unusual behaviour in children for a new documentary series, and has turned Strictly Kosher – its film about a Jewish community in Manchester – into a two-part series.
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NewsC4 orders more Fresh Meat; Beaver Falls
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of student comedy drama Fresh Meat midway through its first run.
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NewsTOWIE scores success in US
Structured reality show The Only Way Is Essex debuted in the US on Hulu this week and immediately became one of the most-viewed shows on the on-demand service.
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NewsMaverick editor joins C4 as fact ent commissioner
A Maverick TV exec has joined Channel 4 as factual entertainment commissioning editor, following the departure of Dan Berbridge.
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NewsAll3 sells BBC dramas to Netflix
All3Media International has signed a deal with Netflix that will see 175 hours of its drama content distributed via the US video on-demand provider.
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NewsMaverick hires exec producers for upcoming shows
Maverick has appointed two exec producers as it hopes to close a raft of new commissions with terrestrial and multichannel broadcasters.
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All3Media wins US orders
All3Media has confirmed a raft of new commissions for indies Studio Lambert and Lion Television from US broadcasters.