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NewsC4 panel show to feature Twitter playalong game
Channel 4 is hoping that the playalong game for forthcoming panel show Was It Something I Said? (WISIS?) will have as big an impact in the space as The Million Pound Drop Live.
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NewsMTG eyes UK after buying DRG
International broadcaster Modern Times Group is looking to invest in the UK following its acquisition of distributor DRG, with plans to both fund programming and potentially take stakes in producers.
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NewsC5 to revamp evening news bulletin
Channel 5 is to reformat its weekday 6.30pm news bulletin, transforming it into a forum for discussion about the biggest stories of the day.
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NewsAfrican news channel goes live on Sky
African news channel TVC News, run by former Al Jazeera English boss Nigel Parsons, has launched on the Sky platform.
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NewsOfcom to referee BT & Sky row
Ofcom has opened an investigation after BT accused Sky of refusing to provide its Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 channels to its pay-TV service on YouView on reasonable terms.
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NewsKudos and Company execs land ITV drama roles
Kudos Film and Television and Company Pictures producers Jane Hudson and Charlie Hampton are to become the final additions to ITV’s refreshed drama commissioning team.
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NewsNetflix goes Dutch
Netflix is to launch in the Netherlands as part of its ongoing international expansion.
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NewsGold greenlights Two Ronnies series
UKTV channel Gold has commissioned a three-part doc about Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker from North One Television.
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NewsITV buys Hatfields & McCoys indie
ITV has acquired its third American indie, paying $30m (£19m) for a controlling stake in Hatfields & McCoys producer Thinkfactory Media.
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NewsKay Mellor conceives BBC1 antenatal class drama
The Syndicate writer Kay Mellor is to pen a BBC1 drama following the lives of six different couples who attend the same antenatal class.
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NewsDavid Baddiel developing C4 comedy
David Baddiel is working on his first major TV project for many years – a single-camera sitcom for Channel 4.
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NewsITV to revive Birds of a Feather
ITV is to revive classic BBC1 comedy Birds of a Feather after a 15 year absence from British television screens.
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NewsC5 drives off with Olly The Little White Van
Channel 5 has acquired two series of animated kids series Olly The Little White Van from UK indie Ideas at Work.
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NewsBBC & Sky join FA Cup rights battle
BBC and Sky have joined BT and ITV in the battle to acquire the rights to the FA Cup.
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NewsMichael Palin: TV production like selling toilet paper
Michael Palin, the travel documentary presenter and Monty Python comedian, has taken a swipe at some modern forms of documentary storytelling.
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NewsOfcom flags concerns over C4 News share
Ofcom has raised concerns with Channel 4 over a variety of issues including its declining main channel audience share, its education strategy, and the reach of its news services.
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NewsC5 books in vajazzling format
Channel 5 has ordered a new spa-themed entertainment format from ITV Studios.
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NewsBBC orders Christopher Hitchens doc
The BBC has commissioned a one-off documentary about the late author and journalist Christopher Hitchens.
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NewsNetflix orders raft of Dreamworks shows
Netflix has struck a landmark deal with Dreamworks Animation that will see it stream more than 300 hours of exclusive original programming from the Shrek and Kung Fu Panda producer.
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NewsToday programme censured over ‘retard’ remarks
A Radio 4 Today programme interview with Prime Suspect scribe Lynda La Plante has been rapped by Ofcom over the writer’s use of the word “retard”.