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NewsTurner dips into micro-payments with Adult Swim
Turner Broadcasting is to start renting shows from comedy channel Adult Swim via Facebook as the broadcaster adopts a micro-payments model.
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NewsStand Up For The Week returns with new line up
Open Mike’s Stand Up For the Week is returning to Channel 4 with a new host and line-up for its third series.
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NewsTOWIE's Amy Childs lands C5 series
The Only Way Is Essex star Amy Childs is to front an eight part series for Channel 5 further to her appearance on Celebrity Big Brother.
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NewsDiscovery signs up mafia Wags
MIPCOM: Discovery Networks has acquired reality series Mob Wives which it will air across Europe on its lifestyle channels.
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NewsWhitney heads to Comedy Central
MIPCOM: Comedy Central has acquired NBC Universal comedy Whitney which features LA-based comedian, actor and writer Whitney Cummings portraying a fictionalised version of herself.
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NewsHat Trick's Episodes sold into Japan
MIPCOM: Hat Trick International has sold series one and two of comedy series Episodes, starring Friends actor Matt LeBlanc, to Japanese broadcaster Wowow.
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NewsITV secures US Prime Suspect sales
MIPCOM: The US version of Lynda La Plante’s Prime Suspect will travel to 30 countries as part of a raft of deals secured by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
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NewsFME sells two scripted series into UK
MIPCOM: FremantleMedia Enterprises has sold Australian high school reunion drama Winners and Losers to ITV2 and blokes-in-a-band US drama The Wedding Band to 5* in the UK.
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NewsC5's Extraordinary People returns
Channel 5’s Extraordinary People strand returns with three new docs as the broadcaster signs NBC Universal’s sci-fi drama Alphas.
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NewsMade In Chelsea gets live online spin-off
E4 has ordered a live Made In Chelsea spin-off that will air online immediately after the weekly broadcast.
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NewsITV escapes legal challenge over IRA slip
The maker of the video game that mistakenly featured in ITV1’s Exposure documentary will not take legal action against the broadcaster.
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News4oD tops 30m in August
Channel 4’s VoD service recorded more than 30 million views throughout August with comedy topping the chart.
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NewsGood Food makes Perfect reorder
UKTV cooking channel Good Food has recommissioned Perfect… for a second run.
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NewsBBC launches Salford apprenticeship scheme
The BBC plans to recruit 100 apprentices from disadvantaged backgrounds to work at MediaCityUK over the next three years.
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NewsDiscovery acquires 10 Shine series
Discovery Networks Western Europe has signed more than 10 series from Shine International including 24 Hours In A&E and One Born Every Minute US to air across its female lifestyle TLC network.
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NewsOfcom issues 9pm watershed warning
Ofcom has issued fresh guidance to warn broadcasters about airing inappropriate material, including music videos, before the 9pm watershed.
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NewsC4's Undercover Boss to return
Channel 4 has ordered another series primetime show Undercover Boss and daytime format Four in a Bed from Studio Lambert.
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NewsITV2 scores best week in 13-year history
The X Factor USA and a new series of The Only Way is Essex helped ITV2 to the best week in its 13-year history.
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NewsSusan Boyle opens doors to Gypsy Weddings indie
ITV1 is to provide an intimate look at the life of Susan Boyle in a new documentary from the makers of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings.
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NewsBBC agrees minimum rates
The BBC has become the first broadcaster to agree a minimum pay rate for freelancers, striking a deal that covers in-house drama following five years of negotiation with Bectu.