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NewsSky Movies: British family features lacking investment
Sky Movies director Ian Lewis has revealed that the company’s decision to develop and produce family films has been partly triggered by a lack of investment in the genre in the UK, and has called on the UK production sector to pitch more ideas.
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NewsCurrent Sponge wins first terrestrial order
Sam Branson’s indie Current Sponge is making a fast turnaround documentary for Channel 4 – its first terrestrial commission since launch.
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NewsBBC retains London Marathon
The BBC has extended its rights to the London Marathon for another six years retaining the exclusive UK broadcast rights through to 2018.
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NewsScripps to serve up Food Network app
Scripps Network’s Food Network UK is launching a connected-TV app that will feature catch-up content from 12 shows and how-to video shorts.
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NewsCBBC's Trade show to return
Leopard Films is taking its CBBC show Trade Your Way to the USA on the road ahead of a second series.
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NewsBBC to pilot second Talpa format
BBC1 is to follow up The Voice UK with a second entertainment format from Talpa - part of a two-year development deal between the BBC and John de Mol’s company.
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News5 Live series going for gold
Colin Murray will attempt to track down all 114 of Britain’s living gold Olympic medallists for a new series on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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NewsBBC threatened with Jubilee strike
BBC unions are threatening strike action during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee after the corporation sent out offers of a pay rise ahead of formal negotiations.
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NewsLemon and Attenborough battle for audience award
Keith Lemon and David Attenborough are going head to head for this year’s YouTube Audience Award – the gong voted for by viewers at the Arqiva British Academy Television Awards.
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NewsKudos to make C4 conspiracy thriller
Kudos Film and Television is to make its first Channel 4 drama in more than a decade – a dark conspiracy thriller written by the co-creator of Olivier Award-winning musical Matilda.
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NewsN&S planning adult channels on YouView
Channel 5 owner Northern & Shell wants to capitalise on its position as a YouView shareholder by launching premium adult channels via the IPTV service.
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NewsMencap hands out criticism and praise to C4 on disability
Charity Mencap has questioned Channel 4’s approach to disability, praising it for developing talent and pushing issues into the mainstream, but issuing stinging criticism of Derek and the marketing for The Undateables.
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NewsAttenborough to front Eden nature project
Sir David Attenborough is to front a series about the ways animals adapt themselves in a rare original commission by UKTV natural history channel Eden.
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NewsITV1 doc to tell story of Soham victim’s family
ITV1 is to mark the 10th anniversary of the Soham murders with a documentary featuring exclusive access to the family of one of the victims, Holly Wells.
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NewsKemps to front C&I gangs doc
Brothers Martin and Gary Kemp are to front a documentary series about British gangs for Crime & Investigation Network.
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NewsC4 joins BBC and Lime in Digital Fiction Factory
Channel 4 is investing an undisclosed six-figure sum in a two-year deal with the Digital Fiction Factory (DFF) – the BBC North and Conker Media drama multiplatform initiative.
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NewsITNP searches for antiques experts in Sky Arts series
ITN Productions will unearth the antiques experts of the future in a series for Sky Arts that will combine elements of Four Rooms and Antiques Roadshow.
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NewsC4 to probe zoo tragedy and female Afghan soldiers
The slaughter of 50 exotic animals set loose by their owner in a small American town will be explored for a Channel 4 True Stories documentary.
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NewsBagnall takes over BBC2’s This World strand
Sam Bagnall is to oversee BBC2 international current affairs strand This World as Lucy Hetherington shifts her focus to landmark BBC2 series.
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C4 reveals online Hidden Talent games
New Channel 4 series Hidden Talent will offer viewers the ability to test their own talents through a series of online games.