All Commissioning articles – Page 382
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NewsBBCW hires two execs to add 50 more hours
BBC Worldwide has extended its original commissioning drive to 150 hours by 2014/15 and hired UKTV commissioner Julie Swanston and former Channel 4 programming executive Lucy Pilkington to help manage the process.
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NewsEx-Disney exec bags London Live programming job
Local TV station London Live has appointed former Disney executive Jonathan Boseley as head of programming ahead of its 2014 launch.
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NewsBoomerang gets nod to make BT sports show
Welsh indie Boomerang has been commissioned to produce Clare Balding’s forthcoming talk show for BT Sport and has been handed a 30-episode order.
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NewsSmall indies’ revenues soar
Super-indies experience fightback from smaller cousins as commissions get redistributed
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NewsLondon Live to offer ‘urban’ TV
London Live has opened for business after appointing former Disney executive Jonathan Boseley as head of programming.
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NewsITV2 commissions second Mark Wright show
Former TOWIE star Mark Wright is to travel the world’s in search of its wildest parties in his second solo outing for ITV2.
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NewsThe Wright Way axed in BBC comedy shakeup
BBC sitcoms The Wright Way, Heading Out and Getting On have been axed as comedy boss Shane Allen shakes up the corporation’s comedy slate.
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NewsGinx eyes indie pitches following Virgin launch
International video game channel Ginx TV is to finally launch on linear television in the UK after striking a deal with Virgin Media.
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NewsCBBC hunts for ideas for extended My Life strand
CBBC is inviting indies to pitch for an extended run of documentary strand My Life next year.
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NewsBoomerang wants reinvented Flintstones and Hong Kong Phooey
Turner Broadcasting is urging producers to help reinvent classic cartoon characters to join the likes of Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes on its Boomerang channel.
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NewsPhilippa Gregory to front White Queen companion series
Philippa Gregory is to front a companion series to BBC1’s adaptation of her War of the Roses books The White Queen.
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NewsCITV wishlist revealed
Live-action comedy and factual entertainment are top of CITV’s wishlist.
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NewsITV orders October trauma doc
ITV will become the latest broadcaster to delve into the world of a medical emergency unit with a series from October Films.
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NewsDawn O'Porter to reinvent vintage fashion for C4
RDF Television West is to produce a vintage-fashion makeover show for Channel 4 fronted by Super Slim Me presenter Dawn O’Porter.
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NewsCF Forum: Sky developing Sheridan Smith series
Sky 1 is developing Sheridan Smith’s The Daltons, which aired as part of its Little Crackers strand, into a full series.
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NewsCF Forum: ITV eyes contemporary drama
ITV is pushing ahead with plans to develop contemporary dramas outside of the crime genre and is hunting for a Doc Martin-style series.
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NewsBBC2 strikes deal for Martin Luther King doc
BBC2 has commissioned an international co-pro following Martin Luther King’s 1963 march on Washington, in association with US network PBS and French broadcaster France 3.
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NewsMichael Palin stars in WWI drama
Michael Palin is to return to TV drama in a story set on the battlefields of World War I, written by Ian Hislop.
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NewsBBC & C4 combine for Scottish push
The BBC has teamed up with C4 to bolster the indie factual community in Scotland, as part of a number of new Network Supply Review initiatives.