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NewsC4 to put model agency under the spotlight
Channel 4 is to extend the fixed, multi-camera set-up of The Family and One Born Every Minute to a model agency’s office - with Maverick lined up to produce.
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NewsNBCU eyes UK market with fact ent boost
NBC Universal is ramping up production activity in the UK, with one show already under way and four others in the pipeline.
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NewsPrincess triumphs in pitch for next 11 O’Clock Show
Princess Productions has won a competitive pitch from Channel 4 to find the successor to The 11 O’Clock Show and is working on a pilot.
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NewsElectric Sofa seeks content for new entertainment channel
The backers of a new entertainment channel are looking to commission up to 10 hours a week from UK indies, including a weekly gossip show.
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NewsDawson supersizes regional dishes for Good Food
UKTV’s Good Food has ordered a series that will see rugby player-turned Celebrity MasterChef winner Matt Dawson create giant versions of local speciality dishes from around the UK.
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NewsTake Me Out gets second date
ITV1’s Saturday night speed-dating gameshow Take Me Out is set to return “bigger and better than ever”, according to host Paddy McGuinness.
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NewsBerbridge exits Leopard
Leopard head of programmes Dan Berbridge has left the Cash In The Attic indie after two years.
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NewsPart two of WoCC review
The BBC Trust has kicked off its second review of the BBC’s Window of Creative Competition, two years after it was last put under scrutiny.
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NewsITV1 buys River Monsters
ITV has bought the second series of wildlife doc River Monsters from factual specialist Icon Films.
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News'Lucky' Ross records final BBC show
Jonathan Ross said he was “grateful, lucky and honoured” to have worked at the BBC as he recorded his last chat show for the corporation.
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NewsSir Michael Lyons responds to sexism accusation
Sir Michael Lyons, the chairman of the BBC Trust, has offered to meet Selina Scott after the former newsreader accused the corporation of “malign sexism and ageism”.
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NewsBBC in legal action over The Scheme pirate copies
The BBC has taken legal action to stop pirate copies of the unseen episodes of hit TV show The Scheme from being distributed.
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NewsBBC Audiobooks sold
BBC Worldwide has sold its 85% stake in BBC Audiobooks to AudioGo in a deal believed to be worth up to £15m.
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Good Food cooks up Malaysia AFP
UKTV’s Good Food channel has commissioned an ad-funded Malaysian cookery show from indie Denham Productions.
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NewsBBC Breakfast move to Salford confirmed
The BBC has confirmed that 88 staff from its BBC Breakfast operation will be relocating to the corporation’s new production hub in Manchester’s Salford Quays.
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NewsITV marketing and research chiefs step down
ITV’s director of group marketing David Pemsel and head of research Chad Wollen are to leave the company at the end of July.
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NewsBBC2 bucks trend as PSBs cut spend on new shows
BBC2 was the only PSB channel to increase its spend on new shows last year, when more than £150m was stripped from the total pot for first-run programmes.
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NewsCall to split World Service funding
A peer has called for the cost of the BBC World Service to be shared between the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development (DfID) in order to protect it from cuts.
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NewsSky News may launch Arabic service
BSkyB could launch a round-the-clock Arabic news service based in Abu Dhabi within the next two years.
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NewsSexism 'institutionalised' at BBC
Former BBC ‘Golden Girl’ Selina Scott has taken the broadcaster to task over alleged “blatant” sexism and ageism against women.