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NewsWolf Hall leads hunt for Bafta
Wolf Hall is leading the pack in the hunt for a Bafta television award, but the academy has snubbed Catastrophe in its Scripted Comedy category.
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NewsC4 loses rights to Black Mirror
Channel 4 has lost a bidding war with Netflix for the right to premiere the third series of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror in the UK.
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NewsPretzel lands bumper CBBC Chart show order
Pretzel Films has secured a beefed up second series of its live simulcast chart series for CBBC and Radio 1.
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NewsDermot O’Leary returns to The X Factor
Dermot O’Leary will be back at the helm of The X Factor when the long-running format returns to ITV in the autumn.
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NewsVice buys stake in Pulse
Vice Media has acquired a majority stake in Pineapple Dance Studios producer Pulse Films, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsAll 4 signs up YouTube’s Emily Hartridge
YouTube star Emily Hartridge is to create a series about the pressures of turning 30 for All 4.
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NewsLucky Man to return after first series finds fortune
Stan Lee’s Lucky Man is to return to Sky 1 for a second series after the comic book thriller became the biggest drama in the channel’s 34-year history.
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NewsTLC orders UK version of Say Yes To The Dress
US indie Half Yard Productions is to remake its hit series Say Yes To The Dress for TLC in the UK just months after producing a similar show for Channel 4.
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NewsSky Sports seals exclusive F1 deal
Channel 4’s Formula One experience will be relatively short-lived after Sky Sports struck a five year deal, commencing 2019, to be the sole UK rights holder.
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NewsHouse of Lords examines C4 model
The House of Lords communications committee has launched an inquiry into Channel 4’s model, remit and sustainability after the government raised the spectre of privatising the business.
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NewsFiona Campbell moves into digital role at BBC News
BBC head of current affairs Fiona Campbell has moved into the newly-created role of controller of BBC News mobile and online.
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NewsSir Lenny Henry: write diversity into BBC charter
Sir Lenny Henry has called for obligations on diversity to be written into the BBC’s new charter and reiterated his ambition to create a ring-fenced fund for content that reflects British society.
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NewsRylan Clark to host C5 chat show
Channel 5 has ordered a weekly chat show hosted by Celebrity Big Brother winner Rylan Clark.
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NewsCatastrophe helps C4 triumph at RTS Awards
Catastrophe helped Channel 4 clinch the highest number of gongs at the RTS Programme Awards on Tuesday evening.
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NewsBenefits of privatising C4 ‘inherently uncertain’
The government has been warned that the benefits of privatising Channel 4 are “inherently uncertain” and could risk the public value generated by the broadcaster.
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NewsC4 duo reunite to launch indie
Gogglebox commissioner David Glover and Dragonfly TV managing director Mark Raphael are joining forces to establish a production company.
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NewsBig Bang ‘over-reliant on BBC’
The dangers of a post house relying on a single customer for income were highlighted last week following the sale of the trade and assets of Big Bang Post Production to Evolutions.
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NewsSky buys a spoonful of Sugar Films
Sky has taken a minority stake in Pat Younge’s production company Sugar Films, continuing its UK indie investment strategy.
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NewsC4 and Fremantle explain how to win investment
Showing high energy and not overpromising are critical to selling an indie or securing investment, according to acquisitions bosses at Channel 4 and Fremantle Media.
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NewsLove to look beyond BBC and C4
Love Productions creative director Richard McKerrow has admitted that The Great British Bake Off indie is too reliant on the BBC and Channel 4.