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NewsViewers to help Current commission
Current TV is to ask viewers to help commission its next series of documentaries from four TX pilots as part of a new initiative dubbed ‘Open Season’.
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NewsC4 books a Place in the Sun
Channel 4 Daytime has ordered Freeform Productions to make a mammoth 80 hours of A Place in the Sun and spin-off A Place in the Sun: Home and Away.
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NewsUS drama revenues drop despite rising imports
The amount of US drama on UK TV has rocketed in the past four years but its value has tumbled by nearly £80m, according to a new report.
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NewsHarkaway to follow Olympic hopefuls for H&C TV
Horse & Country (H&C) TV has commissioned Oxford-based indie Harkaway Media to make an 8 x 30-minute series focusing on the prospects for the British equestrian team in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics.
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NewsPassion picks up 60 hours from UKTV for Mipcom
Passion Distribution has struck its first deal with UKTV to represent more than 60 hours of content, including the hit new series with street magician Dynamo.
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NewsSky 1 to air Terra Nova a week after US
Terra Nova, the epic new dinosaur series from Steven Spielberg, is to air on Sky 1 exactly one week after its US broadcast.
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NewsITV unwraps Text Santa project
ITV has teamed up with Asda and Global Radio to launch a major charity campaign that will culminate in two Christmas entertainment shows.
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NewsDownton sponsor sparks complaints
Insurance firm Aviva’s sponsorship of ITV1 period drama Downton Abbey sparked complaints from viewers to Ofcom.
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NewsBBC reveals new homepage
The BBC has unveiled a new look homepage that it claims will ease navigation of its website and provide more up to date trends of online use.
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NewsBBC4 leads Grierson nods
BBC4 has scooped nine out of 40 nominations at the annual Grierson Documentary Awards.
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NewsPatten pledges to protect World Service
BBC Trust chairman Chris Patten has promised to safeguard the future of the World Service following concerns raised in a report last week.
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NewsWark to host BBC2 food quiz
Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark is to host a new quiz show based around food for BBC2.
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NewsAl Jazeera boss replaced by Qatar royal
Al Jazeera’s director general Wadah Khanfar is stepping down after eight years to be replaced by Shaikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, a member of the Qatar royal family.
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NewsC4 orders rap choir short
A Channel 4 online commission is to be made into a short film for new arts strand Random Acts.
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NewsITV1 details Exposure strand
ITV1 is to reveal how Colonel Gaddafi armed the IRA and will expose a damagingly polluted city in Europe for its new investigative journalism strand.
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NewsBennett-Jones: reveal extent of schedulers' influence
The founder of Tiger Aspect has called for broadcasters to shed light on the “huge and single minded influence” of schedulers within the commissioning process.
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NewsFilm4 records best ever figures
Film4 has recorded its best ever audience across a month, securing a 1.78% share of the audience in August.
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NewsITV Player goes Downton
ITV Player crashed under the weight of users looking to catch up with period drama Downton Abbey on Sunday.
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NewsAlibi acquires online Murdoch
UKTVs crime channel Alibi has acquired an online spin-off series from detective show Murdoch Mysteries that it will air on TV ahead of the fifth run.