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NewsBazalgette in running to become ITV chair
Sir Peter Bazalgette has been named as the frontrunner to replace Archie Norman as chairman of ITV.
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NewsKiss FM's Rickie and Melvin to front ITV gameshow
Kiss FM’s Rickie and Melvin are to front a Thames-produced gameshow for ITV.
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NewsBetty hires head of development
The Undateables indie Betty has appointed Optomen’s Damian Pitman as head of development.
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NewsITV reorders Endeavour
ITV has commissioned a fourth series of detective drama Endeavour from Mammoth Screen.
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NewsEx-Endemol Shine Group duo launch indie
Two of Endemol Shine Group’s highest-profile former executives have established a new-breed production company dedicated to entertainment formats.
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NewsDan Isaacs to leave Kudos to join Featherstone
Kudos co-chief executive Dan Isaacs is to hook up with his former colleague Jane Featherstone again with Diederick Santer taking sole charge at the Endemol Shine-owned drama indie.
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NewsC4 commissions Paralympic series The Superhuman Show
Channel 4 has commissioned Princess Productions to make magazine series The Superhumans Show as part of its Paralympics coverage.
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NewsC5 returns to original comedy
Channel 5 has ordered a raft of new commissions, including its first improvised comedy and a major new wildlife series, as part of an overall channel rebrand.
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NewsStarz orders White Queen follow-up
US cable network Starz has commissioned a follow-up to The White Queen from Company Pictures three years after the fantasy drama launched.
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NewsAll3Media US bolsters scripted division
All3Media has hired former Lifetime exec Nina Lederman to drive its scripted division in the US.
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NewsC4 orders safety review into The Jump
Channel 4 has asked The Jump producers Twofour to review the show’s safety procedures after the rising number of injured celebrities.
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NewsITV daytime orders include The Alphabet Game revival
Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling is to front an ITV quiz inspired by 1990s BBC format The Alphabet Game as part of a trio of daytime commissions.
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NewsShine TV hires head of features & popular factual
Shine TV has strengthened its features and popular factual teams by promoting two executive producers.
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NewsKudos co-founder launches scripted indie
Kudos co-founder Stephen Garrett has launched scripted production business, Character Seven, and begun developing a supernatural series for Hulu.
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NewsShine takes The Force to Essex for Sky 1
Shine TV is to head to Essex for the second series of Sky 1 blue-light documentary The Force.
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NewsHincks slams ‘snobbery’ over BBC entertainment imports
Outgoing Endemol Shine Group president Tim Hincks has claimed that an “inherent snobbery” lies behind criticism of the BBC importing entertainment formats.
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NewsE4's Tattoo Fixers inks spin-off series
E4 has ordered two Tattoo Fixers spin-off series following the success of the Studio Lambert format.
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News3sixtymedia's McNab set to join Lime Pictures
3sixtymedia’s post-production technical manager Taig McNab will join Lime Pictures later this month as its IT and production technology manager.
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NewsBBC1 orders Rillington Place drama
Endomol Shine Group’s fledgling label Bandit Television is to co-produce a dramatisation of the notorious Rillington Place murders for BBC1.
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NewsThe Garden tackles wealth and parenthood for BBC1
Parenthood and wealth are among the topics to be investigated by Anne Robinson in a factual series being developed by The Garden Productions for BBC1.