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NewsBafta nominations 2012
Browse the full list of nominees for the 2012 Arqiva British Academy Television Awards.
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NewsCohen steps down at FremantleMedia
Tony Cohen is to step down as the chief executive of FremantleMedia after 17 years with the company, to be replaced by Cécile Frot-Coutaz.
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NewsOtterburn-Hall joins Shed to drive digital
Shed Media has hired former ITV digital creative director Juliette Otterburn-Hall as its first group head of digital.
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NewsBGT moved to dodge Voice overlap
ITV has blinked first in the battle of the Saturday night entertainment shows, moving Britain’s Got Talent into later slot to avoid a clash with The Voice UK.
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NewsHeston to “feed the 5,000” in new C4 show
Heston Blumenthal is to explore traditional British eating habits and produce giant gastronomic creations for a new Channel 4 series.
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NewsFox orders Take Me Out
US broadcaster Fox has ordered a series of ITV1 dating show Take Me Out, which will debut in June in a Thursday night slot.
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NewsShed Media takes majority stake in Renegade
Shed Media Group has acquired a majority stake in Don’t Tell The Bride producer Renegade Pictures, as first predicted by Broadcast two months ago.
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NewsBBC3 to air US Don’t Tell the Bride
The US version of wedding format Don’t Tell the Bride is to air on BBC3.
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NewsThe Voice beaten by BGT on Twitter
Britain’s Got Talent beat The Voice in the social media battle on Saturday night, drawing 50,000 more tweets than its rival..
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NewsDRG sends UK athletes worldwide
Ahead of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games, distributor DRG has sold two documentaries featuring British athletes around the world.
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NewsE4 seeks new content after axings
Channel 4 is dropping a raft of E4 originations broadcast over the past year as the youth-skewed channel takes shape under new head of formats Dominic Bird.
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NewsBroadcast Indie Survey 2012
Broadcast’s annual Indie Survey is out now and subscribers can browse the league tables on Broadcast Greenlight.
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NewsRicochet hires Knight
Ricochet has appointed the BBC’s Simon Knight as its first director of factual entertainment.
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NewsBBC1 hands former Goodie primetime comedy series
BBC1 is to hand comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor his first major series since The Goodies 30 years ago - a spoof news programme featuring animals.
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NewsWarner Bros ties with Japan's Asahi TV in development deal
The production arm of Warner Bros, the majority stakeholder in Shed Media, has struck a formats deal with major Japanese commercial broadcaster TV Asahi Corporation.
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NewsBlack Mirror nominated for Rose d’Or
Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror and Ricky Gervais’ Life’s Too Short have been nominated for international awards at the Rose d’Or Festival.
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NewsThe Voice opts for multiplatform content over spin-off
BBC1 talent show The Voice will be supported by a major multiplatform push by producer Wall to Wall that will effectively take the place of a spin-off show.
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NewsC5 spins-off Cowboy Traders
Channel 5 has ordered Ricochet to make Cowboy Traders, a series exposing dishonest tradesmen including bridal-shop owners and car dealers.
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NewsTwenty Twenty recruited for BBC1 conscripts drama
The final intake of National Service men is to be dramatised by Twenty Twenty in a new commission for BBC1 Daytime.
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NewsE4 calls for third Phoneshop
High street comedy Phoneshop will return for a third series on E4 at the end of the year.