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NewsPhoneShop creator sets up indie
PhoneShop creator Phil Bowker has set up a production company and is piloting a sketch show for the BBC.
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NewsBBC3 orders sitcoms prior to online move
BBC3 is lining up a sitcom set in a young offenders’ institution and has recommissioned three of its biggest comedies as it begins to increase its online experimentation.
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NewsShed signs joint venture deal with De Mol’s Talpa
John de Mol’s Talpa Media has struck a joint venture deal with Shed Media Group to make its long-awaited UK debut.
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NewsIndies lobby Trust on quotas
The bosses of some of the UK’s biggest indies used a high-level meeting with the BBC Trust to make the case for changing the corporation’s commissioning quotas during charter renewal negotiations next year.
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NewsC4 lowers gavel on auction doc
Channel 4 is heading back to Chelsea with a documentary series about a famous auction house.
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NewsDisney orders live action series from Lime
Disney has ordered a four-part live action series from Lime Pictures to air internationally including in the US.
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NewsExplorer Ed Stafford back at Discovery
Explorer Ed Stafford will attempt to survive in some of the world’s most remote places in his latest extreme survival series for the Discovery Channel.
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NewsKate Harwood leaves BBC to revive Euston Films
BBC in-house drama boss Kate Harwood is leaving the corporation after 24 years to revive an iconic production brand for Fremantle Media UK.
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NewsC5 lines up more Suspects
Channel 5 is backing its bet on original drama after ordering a second series of semi-improvised crime show Suspects.
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NewsFremantleMedia UK hires digital chief
Kat Hebden is returning to FremantleMedia UK to become head of interactive following the departure of Peter Cassidy.
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NewsSky to air 100 hours of scripted shows
Sky will air over 100 hours of original scripted programming his year as part of its original content push.
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NewsBBC3 returns to Sweat The Small Stuff
BBC3’s Sweat The Small Stuff is to return for two more series marking the channel’s first big renewal after the revelation it is to move online.
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NewsComedians to travel Pan Am Highway for BBC2
Irish comedians Dara O Briain and Ed Byrne are to follow in the footsteps of a trio of 1940s pioneers and travel the Pan American Highway in a Boundless series for BBC2.
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NewsFremantle launches push for major online formats
Fremantle Media is preparing for the future by attempting to create a wave of major online formats.
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NewsC5 explores fight against crime
Channel 5 is to explore modern crime in the UK as part of a raft of documentaries from recently installed factual commissioner Guy Davies.
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NewsSky wins Must Be The Music court case
Sky has won a High Court case after it was accused of format infringement over talent format Must Be The Music.
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NewsTiger Aspect meets the taxman for C4
Channel 4 is to discover what makes the taxman tick in a three-part documentary series from Tiger Aspect.
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NewsSky Living back at Mount Pleasant
Sky Living has recommissioned Tiger Aspect-comedy Mount Pleasant for a fourth series.
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NewsObjective probes psychology for Discovery
Discovery International has commissioned UK indie Objective Productions to make 10-part series The Mind Control Freaks.
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NewsIndie start-up 7 Wonder wins Aussie backing
Australia’s Seven Network has invested in a UK indie co-founded by former Maverick boss Alex Fraser that aims to produce “noisy, factual programming”.