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NewsBlue skies unit to imagine the future for ITV
ITV is to tackle concerns that it lacks long-term vision by setting up a new research and development 'blue skies' unit aimed at producing innovation across the entire business, including developing new programme ideas.
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A Place in the Sun finds Canadian berth
Canadian Alliance Atlantic channel HGTV has bought the seventh series of overseas property show A Place in the Sun.
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Search for best young talent begins
Broadcast, in association with Skillset, is looking for the brightest young talent to feature in our special Hot Shots supplement. Categories range from writing and directing to production and craft - so if you know a rising star in the industry this is the time to shout about it. Entry ...
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On the Box - An appetite for voyeurism
Angel Gambino predicts viewers will prefer the plain satisfaction of a summer diet of Big Brotherto the more refined The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.
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Vroom, Vroom revs again on Sky One
Sky One has recommissioned its irreverent motoring series Vroom, Vroom, made by ITV Productions and presented by Jon Desborough, Brendan Coogan, Lisa Rogers and Sunmotoring correspondent Emma Parker Bowles. The series includes stunts, test drives and a regular strand featuring ...
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UKTV Style to air 50 guys in 50 nights dating series
UKTV Style is sending presenter Sally Gray on 50 dates in 50 nights as part of a new series attempting to create 'the ultimate dating bible for Britain's single girls'.
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E4 greenlights comedy shorts to lead into BB
E4 has ordered a series of 10-minute comedy shorts to run at 10pm before Big Brother's Big Mouth.
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Da Vinci Code inspires C4 gameshow
Diverse has signed up Tony Robinson to front a Da Vinci Code-style gameshow currently being shot in the British Museum - part of the indie's fresh drive into entertainment formats. The Time Teamhost is to make two 6 x ...
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BBC2 to explore Italy from top to toe
Francesco Da Mosto, the Italian architect who presented BBC2's series on Venice, is to make a new series covering the whole of Italy for the channel. Da Mosto is to follow up his 2004 series with Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe, in which he ...
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BBC1 orders one-offs
BBC1 controller Peter Fincham has greenlit five one-off comedy dramas. Lenny Henry has co-written Slings and Arrowswith Kim Fuller, a comedy about a dry cleaner who finds love on an Open University course. It is being made by Tiger Aspect, which will also produce ...
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NewsObjective takes on new genre
Indie Objective Productions is to branch out into comedy panel gameshows and has drafted in writer and producer Jim Pullin to oversee the genre's development.
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NewsPrince Charles to present Five doc
Prince Charles has agreed to front a series for Five commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross, his first show for the broadcaster.
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NewsAnneka and Andi for Sunday Feast
Former 'rear of the year' Anneka Rice is to return to TV screens after landing a presenting role on ITV's new weekend cookery show Sunday Feast, alongside Andi Peters.
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NewsDromgoole aids Five with US acquisitions
Five has provided the first surprise of this week's LA Screenings by bringing June Dromgoole out of retirement to spearhead its US acquisitions strategy, writesDan Wootton in LA.
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News24 goes interactive on Sky
Sky One is using interactivity to limit the potential ratings damage to its key Sunday night drama 24during the World Cup next month by introducing an option allowing viewers to use the red button to choose their own start time for the show.
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NewsSpooks to get sixth run
The BBC has commissioned a sixth series of its Bafta-winning spy drama Spooks, six months before its fifth series goes to air.
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NewsFincham unveils comedy onslaught
BBC1 controller Peter Fincham has greenlit five one-off comedy dramas, including new work by Lenny Henry and Dave Spikey.
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Sky One lines up Rock Star
Sky One has picked up the exclusive rights to reality series Tommy Lee's Rock Star, in which the Motley Crue drummer searches for a lead singer for his new band.
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UKTV premiers In Justice on US strand
UKTV Gold has picked up the rights to US drama In Justice, as part of a new programming strand to be called U.S.TV. The series, made by Buena Vista International Television (BVITV), stars Kyle MacLachlan as a legendary litigator who fights to overturn wrong convictions. ...
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Endemol launches gambling division
Endemol UK is to launch a new subsidiary dedicated to the production of gambling entertainment, as the indie prepares to capitalise on relaxed gaming laws being introduced next year. Endemol Gaming will produce standalone content for a range of media platforms as well as new gaming ideas based around the ...