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NewsBBC4 budget at risk as DQF reaches next stage
BBC4’s £55m commissioning budget faces a major squeeze, with the channel running more repeats and less original content, as part of the latest proposals to emerge from the BBC’s Delivering Quality First initiative.
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NewsMixed Syco fortunes for Fountain Studios
Fountain Studios has lost the final of The X Factor to an arena but is set to secure a deal to host ITV1’s million-pound roulette gameshow Red Or Black?.
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NewsBBC Wales’ Wenger to join Film 4 team
One of the execs behind the latest incarnation of Doctor Who and the resurrection of Upstairs Downstairs has been poached by Channel 4’s movie division Film 4.
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NewsMTV orders Firecracker pilot on troubled teens
Firecracker Films is to build on the success of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings by producing an ob doc pilot about troubled teens and their mothers for MTV.
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NewsC4 to delve deeper into life for BFGW follow-up
Channel 4’s record-breaking Big Fat Gypsy Weddings will return early next year to delve deeper into issues facing the travelling and gypsy communities.
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NewsJamie to explore British food origins for C4
Jamie Oliver’s latest series for Channel 4 will see the chef travel the UK exploring the origins of traditional British food.
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NewsMartin takes Mediterranean trip for Good Food
UKTV cooking channel Good Food has ordered a Mediterranean-themed series from Splash Media fronted by Yorkshire chef James Martin.
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NewsNavelgazing TV to produce spoof sketches for Dave
Dave’s first sketch show commission will be made by the indie behind hit online comedy Toyboize.
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NewsApple offers Prokit fix
Apple has released Prokit 7.0 to fix problems in software including Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro and Motion.
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NewsChannel 5 books Silent Library
Channel 5 has commissioned a remake of a Japanese gameshow in which contestants must keep quiet while enduring ‘punishments’.
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NewsBBC 'concerned' about NAO audit
The BBC is “concerned about giving away something and not being able to get it back” if it allows the National Audit Office (NAO) access to its books, the Auditor General has said.
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NewsJeff Stelling quits Countdown
Countdown presenter Jeff Stelling is to leave the Channel 4 show after less than three years.
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NewsDavid Walliams to host Sky panel show
Comedian David Walliams is to front a new panel show for Sky1 made by CPL Productions, the indie behind A League of Their Own.
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NewsITV eyes Selfridges drama
Writer Andrew Davies is working on an adaptation of period novel Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge for ITV1.
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NewsITV to launch investigative journalism strand
ITV is preparing to launch a major new investigative journalism documentary strand titled Exposure.
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NewsBBC reveals Alba Freeview date
The BBC has secured a date for the launch of its Gaelic language television channel on Freeview.
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NewsBBC seeks public opinion on news channels
The BBC Trust is seeking feedback from the general public on the performance of BBC Parliament and News Channel.
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NewsAbraham: data will drive C4
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has reiterated his vision of using viewer data to reinvent free-to-air advertising and inform programming.
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NewsNat Geo to build human-sized beaver lodge
Nat Geo Wild has ordered a new series that will see a team live in human-sized recreations of animals’ homes such as a beavers’ lodge and a bird’s nest.
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NewsGetting On to return for third series
NHS comedy Getting On is to return for a new series, following Jo Brand’s success at the Bafta TV awards.