More Channel 5 News – Page 50
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NewsViacom opens door to US for indies
British producers could be in line for a share of Viacom’s $3bn (£2bn) annual US content spend as the US media group seeks to increase opportunities for UK content creators.
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NewsViacom makes its mark on Channel 5
Viacom’s plans for Channel 5 have taken a leap forward with the US giant lining up a wide-ranging channel rebrand and calling for the terms of trade to be overhauled to apply only to small- and medium-sized indies.
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NewsIn brief: Idris Elba, C5, Formula E, All3Media
Woodcut partners on Idris Elba doc and Channel 5’s sales boss is poised to depart. Click for more in today’s round-up.
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NewsC5 returns to 10,000 BC
Channel 5 is bringing back The Garden’s stone-age reality series 10,000 BC for a second series.
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NewsCrackit finds disaster homes for C5
Channel 5 is to investigate domestic disasters including family homes being left flooded in raw sewage for a six-part order from Crackit Productions.
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NewsPlimsoll locates £1m council houses for C5
Channel 5 is investigating the sale of council houses to tenants as part of a brace of commissions for fledgling indie Plimsoll Productions.
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NewsCelebrity Big Brother takes over Twitter
Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother steamrolled the competition on Twitter in January – accounting for eight of the top ten most tweeted about shows.
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NewsBen Frow: letter to producers
Click to view Channel 5 director of programmes Ben Frow’s letter to suppliers informing them of the introduction of a 12 week commissioning cycle.
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NewsChannel 5 revamps commissioning
Channel 5 is overhauling its commissioning process, introducing a 12-week cycle designed to provide indies with greater clarity and deliver more ambitious ideas.
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NewsMTV to repeat Celebrity Big Brother
MTV is to repeat Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother in the latest example of show sharing between the broadcasters following Viacom’s takeover of the terrestrial channel.
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NewsC5 heads to Loch Lomond for nature doc
Channel 5 has commissioned a four part documentary series which will explore Loch Lomond.
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NewsC5 set to sign Football League rights
Channel 5 is set to pick up the rights to Football League coverage from the BBC after earmarking a primetime slot for a highlights show.
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NewsRetransmission fees and terms of trade part of Ofcom review
Ofcom has fired the starting gun on a consultation into retransmission fees and a shake-up of the terms of trade as part of its public service broadcasting review.
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NewsITV & C4 urged to expand VoD subtitles
The Authority for Television on Demand (Atvod) has called on ITV and Channel 4 to follow Channel 5’s lead and extend subtitled programming to mobile devices and other platforms.
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NewsC5 orders Grandmother Lover
Channel 5 is shining the spotlight on young men who love elderly women again with Barcroft Productions doc Grandmother Lover.
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NewsC5 orders cat clips show
Channel 5 has green-lit an internet-inspired show about cats from Mentorn Media.
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NewsViacom bolsters buying team
Channel 5 is to increase the amount of big-ticket US comedy and drama it buys in conjunction with MTV, Comedy Central and Spike UK following a management reshuffle.
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NewsC5 revs up dashcam car show
Channel 5 has commissioned a driving clips show from Shine North featuring an array of ‘dashcam’ footage.
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NewsChocolate scoops C5 & Sky shows
NBC Universal’s Chocolate Media has won a pair of factual commissions for Channel 5 and Sky.
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NewsC5 to reveal The Secrets of the Tea Chimps
Channel 5 is to tell the true story of the chimps that featured in the PG Tips adverts in a documentary.