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C4 announces shows from Radio HaHa talent search
Channel 4 Radio has unveiled three commissions from its 4Talent Radio HaHa talent search scheme, including a comedy take on superheroes.
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NewsBussche to lead Gaga sales arm
Former Fox and Endemol executive Peter van den Bussche is to return to the UK to launch a distribution arm for Belgian producer Gaga Media.
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NewsBlessed to front reversioned Banzuke
Virgin Media TV channel Challenge has signed up Brian Blessed to front a Japanese entertainment series it has acquired.
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NewsStudio Lambert to sell third party hits to US networks
Stephen Lambert indie Studio Lambert plans to work with other UK factual entertainment producers to get their formats remade in the US.
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RDF to distribute Factory
RDF Rights (RDFR) has picked up the international distribution rights to US male-skewed channel Spike TV's first original comedy.
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NewsNo Place Like Home moves to ITV daytime
ITV is resurrecting one of its most successful peaktime factual shows from last year as a stripped daytime format.
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NewsTV producers should ‘ape movie industry'
TV producers will have to ape the piecemeal funding model of the film industry in order to survive, Ingenious Media founder and chief executive Patrick McKenna has warned.
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Woolcock develops hip-hop musical for C4
Film-maker Penny Woolcock is to return to Birmingham for a gritty hip-hop musical for Channel 4.
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RDF operating loss triples year on year
RDF Media Group increased its revenues by more than 10% in the six months to 31 July - but its operating loss more than tripled to£824,000.
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UKTV Style homes in on fantasy trio
UKTV Style will help a host of famous faces find their dream home as part of a celebrity spin-off of its Fantasy Homes franchise.
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NewsBBC1's Saturday line-up develops a ratings hole
Merlin and Strictly Come Dancing may have pulled in suitably large audiences for BBC1, but Hole in the Wall made a slightly wobbly debut in the channel's new Saturday line- up.
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NewsTimewatch editor forms indie JV with Impossible
Primeval producer Impossible Pictures is to launch a new indie specialising in history and science in partnership with Timewatch editor John Farren.
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Cactus lands series with Hairy Bikers
The Hairy Bikers are to front a major stripped daytime series for BBC2 that will be made by Cactus TV instead of their long-time producer, Big Bear Films.
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NewsEndemol limbers up to enter sports market
Endemol is to make a surprise move into the sports market with the launch of a London-based division.
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BBC4 orders WW1 drama
BBC4 has ordered a drama about the first black officer to lead British troops during World War I.
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NewsITV in£100k boost for regionals
ITV has handed more than£100,000 in development deals to three regional indies - just as it gears up to have much of its regional news obligations relaxed.
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NewsBBC2 show ignites contributor row
BBC2's Earth: The Climate Wars is at the centre of a new TV global warming row after four contributors claimed it misrepresented them.
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NewsWall to Wall rejigs to drive creativity
Wall to Wall has appointed its first managing director as part of senior management changes designed to help Alex Graham concentrate on the creative side of the business.
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NewsC4 Cuts bite into Next on 4 plans
Channel 4 has been forced to scale back its ambitions for kids programming and online public service content as a result of its plan to save£100m over the next two years.
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Waybuloo deals signed
RDF Kids & Family has signed three key commercial deals with pre-school specialists for its upcoming CBeebies series Waybuloo.