ITV Studios – Page 65
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NewsShiver heads to South Africa for 28 Up
Al Jazeera has commissioned ITV Studios’ factual label Shiver to produce a series of 28 Up in South Africa.
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NewsChannel 4 orders celeb skiing show
Splash producer Twofour is to produce a stripped Channel 4 show in which celebs will compete in winter sports.
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NewsITVS forms new US division
ITV Studios has created an umbrella group in the US to bring together all of its recently acquired production companies.
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NewsTwofour strikes Scandi deals
Twofour Rights has sold a number of series including James Nesbitt’s Ireland across Scandinavia.
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NewsUnions pressure ITV to reward staff for turnaround
The broadcasting unions have ramped up the pressure on ITV to reward staff for contributing to the company’s continued transformation plan.
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NewsITVS hires new Australian boss
ITV Studios has hired The Gruen Transfer producer Anita Jacoby as its Australian managing director to help boost its business in the region.
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NewsITV2 orders a Job Lot of comedy
ITV2 is piloting a post-apocalyptic sitcom from the co-writer of BBC3’s Bad Education as the channel’s comedy strategy gathers pace.
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NewsITV to move Welsh base
ITV is to move its Welsh operations to Cardiff Bay after nearly 30 years in its current Culverhouse Cross home.
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NewsITV eyes nurses from Twofour
ITV has commissioned a new eight-part documentary series about student nurses from Twofour.
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NewsBFI issues first tax break guarantees
CBeebies’ Sarah and Duck and BBC1 dramas Death Comes To Pemberley and Remember Me are among the first projects to be guaranteed a tax break by the BFI.
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NewsITV unravels Mystery Map
ITV has ordered a new factual series, Mystery Map, that will follow Ben Shephard and Julia Bradbury on a tour of Britain to explore a range of unexplained mysteries.
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NewsC4 serves up sex season
Docs about a psychosexual therapist and a Loaded editor’s decision to leave the soft porn industry will form part of a five-part real sex season due to air next month on Channel 4.
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NewsBBC World News orders Escape from Boardroom
The bosses of Spyker Cars and Oxfam are among those preparing to embed themselves in the frontlines of their companies for a new Twofour series for BBC World News.
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NewsCome Dine With Me creator exits ITVS
Nell Butler, the woman who created Come Dine With Me, is leaving ITV Studios at the end of the year.
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NewsITV Studios to take Coach Trip to Germany
Factual entertainment formats Coach Trip and May The Best House Win are to be remade in Germany after ITV Studios closed deals with two broadcasters.
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NewsITV2 dives into Tom Daley series
Tom Daley continues to make waves in TV after ITV2 ordered a six-part series from Twofour and GroupM Entertainment.
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NewsITVS hires Impossible's Tim Haines
ITV Studios has hired Impossible Pictures’ creative director and Primeval co-creator Tim Haines to head up a new drama unit.
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NewsITV indie deals to yield £100m
ITV’s indie acquisition spree is set to boost its turnover by as much as £100m this year as it bids to become a serious global player in the production sector.
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NewsThe Garden lands first C5 order
The Garden Productions has landed its debut commission from Channel 5, an ob-doc series following a family-run bus service in Yorkshire.
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NewsRory Kinnear plays Lord Lucan for ITV
ITV has confirmed that Jeff Pope is to pen a major biopic on Lord Lucan, the playboy aristocrat who vanished in the 1970s after his children’s nanny was murdered.