More Channel 5 News – Page 66
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NewsDiscovery drives off with C5’s Fifth Gear
Discovery has poached Channel 5’s flagship series Fifth Gear in a move that will shift the motoring show exclusively to pay-TV after 10 years of airing on the PSB.
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NewsC5 acquires Once Upon A Time
Channel 5 has secured the first-run terrestrial rights to new US fantasy drama Once Upon A Time.
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NewsC5 to investigate fat nation
The morbidly obese are to put under the spotlight for a new Channel 5 series.
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NewsC5 rapped over phone-in competition
Channel 5 has been found in breach of Ofcom rules for running a premium rate phone-in competition that had closed when promoted on air.
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NewsC5 doc season to examine war and disaster
The story of how the Nazis tried to spin the sinking of the Titanic as a tale of German courage is among Channel 5’s March season of four hour-long Revealed docs.
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NewsC5 set for landmark move into in-house production
Channel 5 is on the brink of launching an in-house production division.
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NewsBroadcasters swerve red tape on film
Broadcasters are attempting to swerve suggestions that the government create new red tape to encourage investment in the film industry, arguing that levels of support should be determined by commercial interests.
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NewsA look ahead: TV in 2012
The Olympics may be set to dominate this summer, but which of the broadcasters will take gold in the 2012 battle to go faster, higher and stronger than their peers? Broadcast analyses the year ahead.
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NewsChannel 5: building on Big Brother
Channel 5 ended 2011 on a much more even keel than the previous year – but several key areas remain unsolved.
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NewsChannel 5 acquires Body of Proof
Channel 5 has secured the free-to-air rights to US crime drama Body of Proof.
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NewsC5 rapped over Big Brother swearing
Channel 5 reality show Big Brother broke Ofcom guidelines by broadcasting strong swearwords just seconds after the watershed.
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NewsThe Lying Game acquired by 5*
Channel 5 has picked up the exclusive rights to new US drama series The Lying Game as well as comedy drama Gilmore Girls for digital channel 5*.
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NewsC5 snares ThunderCats reboot
Channel 5 has secured the free-to-air rights to the remake of classic 1980s cartoon ThunderCats.
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NewsYearly ratings plummet
This year’s ratings reveal some major headaches for the commercial PSBs: Channel 4 is on course to miss its 7% share target, Channel 5’s gamble on Big Brother has not paid off and ITV1’s 2010 ratings renaissance is over.
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NewsC5 orders Mentorn series on extreme events
Channel 5 has ordered a four-part series from Mentorn that looks at extreme events and near-misses.
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NewsC5 adds channels on Freesat
Channel 5 is adding a raft of multichannel and +1 options to its portfolio on Freesat.
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News5 News takes shape under ITN
ITN has no plans to cut the number of staff working on 5 News but is set to replace around a third of employees on the service.
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NewsC5 defrosts Britain's Big Freeze
Channel 5 has ordered a three-part series that will examine the ways in which Britain copes with the increasingly frequent “Arctic-style” winters.
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NewsC5 orders Princess series on engineering feats
Channel 5 has ordered a Princess Productions series that will take viewers to the deepest mines in the world and the bottom of the sea to learn about incredible feats of engineering.
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NewsC5 orders Benidorm ER
Brits who injure themselves while on holiday are to be the subject of a new Channel 5 doc series.