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NewsTCI round-up: New year brings new drama for BBC1
BBC1’s controller Danny Cohen has commissioned a host of new programmes, including a new adaption of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, while Channel 4 sees the return of a new series of Million Pound Drop Live.
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NewsCohen commissions raft of drama series for BBC1
A new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations and a “blue-collar” series about prisoners’ wives are among a broad first raft of drama commissions by Danny Cohen for BBC1.
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NewsMaverick and C4 to reveal unseen extras
Maverick Television is developing an online video platform for Channel 4 that will give viewers access to hundreds of hours of a show’s unused footage.
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NewsHollyoaks boss Marquess steps down
Paul Marquess, producer of teen soap Hollyoaks will stand down from his role to work on other Lime Pictures shows, after a year in the role.
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NewsAll3Media may be lined up for sale
City sources have suggested that super-indie All3Media could be ready for sale due to the strong financial performance it is predicted to deliver this year.
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NewsPeep Show gets two more series
Channel 4 has greenlit series eight and nine of Peep Show - its longest running originated comedy.
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NewsZodiak signs two-year deal with Nine Lives
Zodiak Rights has secured a two-year development deal with Manchester-based indie Nine Lives Media, and renewed agreements with Betty TV and ZKK.
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NewsAll3 indies win first joint order
Peep Show creators Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain are to oversee a major new Channel 4 comedy drama that marks the first full collaboration between two All3Media production companies.
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NewsConnolly to travel Route 66 for second ITV series
Scottish comedian Billy Connolly will travel the length of famous US highway Route 66 in his second ITV travelogue, this time made by Maverick Television.
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NewsExperts advise teens on sex in Betty series for C4
Channel 4 is to offer teenagers expert advice on their sex lives in a specially created walk-in clinic.
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NewsAll3Media appoints former CBS president
All3Media has bolstered its international team with the appointed former CBS president Nancy Tellem as US non-executive director.
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NewsSources cool on ITV / All3Media deal reports
City sources have poured cold water on the suggestion that ITV could attempt to buy super-indie All3Media.
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NewsAll3Media pushes to seal VoD deals in US
All3Media is planning a major push on sealing video-on-demand (VoD) content deals in the US as it looks to boost its digital revenues.
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NewsITV2 eyes moving hit Essex format around country
The Only Way could be Merseyside, Glasgow or Manchester for ITV2 as it mulls transferring its reality soap concept to other UK locations.
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NewsStudio Lambert to produce Betty formats in US
Studio Lambert, the indie behind Undercover Boss, has signed a partnership deal with Freaky Eaters producer Betty to adapt its formats in the US.
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NewsBBC to create digital ‘laboratory’
The BBC is planning to modernise how it develops scripted content by creating a “laboratory” designed to test out the next generation of digital and TV formats.
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NewsITV2 Essex show offers barcodes for extra content
Viewers of ITV2 reality series The Only Way Is Essex will be able to download mobile content using barcodes that will feature in the show itself.
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NewsSam Mendes to work on BBC Shakespeare season
Sam Mendes, Jane Campion and Sir David Hare have been signed up by the BBC’s controller of drama Ben Stephenson to work on dramas for its autumn/winter season.
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NewsAll3Media boss slams Google
Steve Morrison, chief executive of super-indie All3Media, has hit out at Google for failing to share search revenue with content owners.
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NewsMaverick wins Disney fashion order
Disney Channel has ordered a run of short-form fashion shows from Maverick Television.