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NewsCelebrity Juice producer wins first commission for new indie
Celebrity Juice producer Dan Baldwin has won his first commission for Hungry Bear Media - a viral content panel show for E4.
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CommentCasting the net wider
Directors UK’s report into female directors was troubling, but producers can always do more to grow the talent pool, says Neal Street co-founder Pippa Harris
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RatingsA Family of My Own locates 2.2m
Nicky Campbell’s series for ITV on adoption Wanted: A Family of My Own failed to grow its audience across its three parts – bowing out on Thursday with 1m fewer viewers than the channel’s slot average.
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CommentAll3Media breathes a sigh of relief
Discovery and Liberty Global deal is a positive outcome for group
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NewsC4 sets up commercial development team
Channel 4 is creating a new commercial development team headed up by Channel 5 exec Emma Derrick.
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Ratings24 Hours To Go Broke banks 200k
Dave’s latest format 24 Hours To Go Broke got off to a relatively slow start on Tuesday – banking just over 200,000 viewers.
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NewsJay Hunt: The Island is not sexist
Jay Hunt has hit back at claims that male-only survival show The Island with Bear Grylls is “inherently sexist”.
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NewsITV orders 1930s Borstal series
Wall To Wall Television is to throw young offenders into a 1930s Borstal-style regime for ITV.
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RatingsHunters close in on rivals
With the exception of discovering one’s ex marching up the beach (which, under normal circumstances, you’d probably run away from), everything else this week has been about the pursuit: of power and thrones; of quirky treasures; and of sporting glory.
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NewsDiscovery & Liberty buy All3Media
A round-up of Broadcast’s coverage of Discovery and Liberty Global’s £550m acquisition of All3Media.
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NewsDiscovery eyes All3Media pipeline
Discovery’s ground-breaking deal to buy All3Media will give it a massive pipeline of content to exploit via second runs on its channels around the world.
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NewsDiscovery & Liberty Global agree deal to buy All3Media
Discovery and Liberty Global have agreed a £550m-plus deal to acquire super-indie All3Media.
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NewsNat Geo orders World War II docs for global slate
National Geographic Channels International has commissioned two big-budget World War II documentaries as part of its latest slate of global programming.
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NewsZodiak hires formats chief
Zodiak Media has hired former Endemol exec Grant Ross as its new formats chief.
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NewsLifetime to remake Child Genius in US
US cable network Lifetime is to remake Channel 4’s Shed Media-produced documentary series Child Genius.
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NewsChannel 5: the industry reacts
TV industry executives anticipate Channel 5 will benefit from extra commissioning spend and a clearer structure following its acquisition by Viacom.
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NewsIndies make inroads in China
UK indies believe China could quickly become a lucrative international market after Pact led a delegation to the first Sino-British Television Programme Innovation Management Summit in Xiamen on the south-east coast of China.
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RatingsMr Drew's School For Boys welcomes 1.7m
Mr Drew’s School For Boys opened on Channel 4 on Tuesday with 1.7m viewers – ahead of the launch episode of Educating Essex, on which he made his name.
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NewsDiscovery eyes All3Media bid
Discovery Networks is reported to be considering a bid for super-indie All3Media.
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RatingsGogglebox hits 3m
Channel 4’s Gogglebox climbed to an all-time overnight high of more than 3m viewers on Friday - seeing off ITV’s repeat of detective drama Lewis.