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NewsSky Vision recoups 'eye-watering' Fortitude investment
Sky Vision has recouped its “eye-watering” investment in big-budget drama Fortitude after closing ten pre-sales for the Sky Atlantic series.
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NewsHasselhoff returns to Berlin Wall for Nat Geo
David Hasselhoff is to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by fronting a Darlow Smithson film for Nat Geo.
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NewsSky Atlantic returns to Penny Dreadful
Sky has recommissioned horror drama Penny Dreadful for a second series as it continues to strike increasing numbers of international co-production deals.
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NewsBBC3 to breathe new life into zombie genre
BBC3 may be on the chopping block but it plans to innovate ahead of its move online with a Release The Hounds-style crossgenre zombie gameshow.
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NewsITV to 'rest' Law and Order: UK
The future of long-running ITV drama Law and Order: UK has been thrown into doubt after Bradley Walsh announced he was leaving the series.
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NewsDSP prepares for Mars mission
Darlow Smithson Productions has gained exclusive access to film the Mars One space mission, which will send a number of astronauts on a one-way trip to the Red Planet.
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NewsUKTV remakes Storage Hunters
UKTV has ordered a UK version of hit factual entertainment series Storage Hunters from All3Media-owned indie North One Television.
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NewsLion hires BBC development exec
Emma Lorenz, the BBC head of channel development behind BBC3’s Life and Death Row and forthcoming BBC1 doc The Met, is to join Lion Television as director of development.
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NewsMaverick boss: get talent to use Twitter
Getting talent to tweet about their programming can help significantly boost VoD views but does not provide a silver bullet for ratings success, according to Maverick Television digital boss Dan Jones.
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NewsShine Now VoD launches on Roku set-top boxes
Shine Group wants to give more international consumers direct access to its content on a variety of digital platforms after launching VoD service Shine Now.
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NewsTalkback unveils fresh senior management team
Talkback has assembled a new-look senior management team after naming Leon Wilson as its permanent managing director.
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NewsShine launches Roku channel
Shine has launched a VoD channel on streaming service Roku that offers access to shows including Educating Essex and Got To Dance.
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NewsRichard III reinterment to air live on C4
Channel 4 is to broadcast the reburial of Richard III live from Leicester Cathedral after the former King’s descendants lost a High Court battle to have him laid to rest in York.
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NewsC4 heads back to The Island
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of survival show The Island with Bear Grylls, although it is yet to decide if it will return as an all-male format.
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NewsNorth One & Maverick to share Farringdon offices
All3Media stablemates North One Television and Maverick Television are preparing to move into shared offices in Farringdon.
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NewsThe Voice hunts digital exec
Shed Media is hunting for a digital executive producer for BBC1’s The Voice UK following the online success of the previous series.
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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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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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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.