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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.
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NewsWarner Bros to acquire 50% stake in Renegade
Warner Bros is nearing completion on a £5m deal to buy a 50% stake in Don’t Tell the Bride producer Renegade Pictures.
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NewsIndie bosses join Grierson board
Renegade Pictures’ Alex Cooke and Minnow Films’ Morgan Matthews have been appointed to the Grierson Trust board.
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NewsBBC3 comedy quiz to reveal state of the nation
Greg James and Russell Kane are to host new entertainment series for BBC3 that promises to reveal what the British public really think.
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NewsSimon Mayo to host Blockbusters
Simon Mayo has been drafted in as the host of cult quiz show Blockbusters for Challenge TV.
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NewsC5 seeking girls for new Bachelor
Channel 5 has kicked off a hunt for contestants to appear in The Bachelor ahead of the anticipated commission of a second series.
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NewsTOWIE director joins Made in Chelsea
A former director on The Only Way is Essex has been named series producer on Made in Chelsea following Sharyn Mills defection to Britain’s Got Talent.
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NewsTalkback Thames rebrand unveiled
Talkback Thames will cease to exist from today following the launch of a rebrand.
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NewsX Factor beats Strictly to NTA
The X Factor outmanoeuvred Strictly Come Dancing to be crowned best entertainment show at the National Television Awards.
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NewsRihanna to hunt fashion talent for Sky Living
What’s My Name? singer Rihanna is to turn her talents to exec producing with a new Sky Living series in which she will hunt for the next wave of British fashion designers.