Commissioning – Page 366
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NewsHall: Music should be the ‘DNA’ of the BBC
New BBC director general Tony Hall has said he wants raise the profile of arts and culture programming across the broadcaster’s channels, and is also planning to do ‘interesting things’ with Shakespeare, by working with companies outside the corporation.
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NewsRufus Hound to host CGI comedy panel show
Rufus Hound is to host a Channel 4 comedy panel show pilot giving guests the chance to control CGI characters.
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NewsChannel 4 orders fifth series of One Born Every Minute
Channel 4 has commissioned a fifth series of One Born Every Minute as the documentary series moves from Leeds General Infirmary to Southmead Hospital in Bristol.
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NewsC4 to examine Britain’s complaints culture
Britain’s burgeoning complaints culture is to come under the microscope in a Channel 4 series partly inspired by a 16-year-old Cutting Edge film.
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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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NewsSmall indies’ revenues soar
Super-indies experience fightback from smaller cousins as commissions get redistributed
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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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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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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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