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NewsSky moves into kids' originals with Morph reboot
Sky will begin commissioning kids’ content for the first time after ordering a reboot of iconic animation Morph from Aardman Animations.
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NewsShine's Hunted reaches China
Channel 4’s off-grid format Hunted is to be remade in China after Endemol Shine struck a deal with local broadcaster Shenzhen Satellite Television.
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NewsWolf Hall leads hunt for Bafta
Wolf Hall is leading the pack in the hunt for a Bafta television award, but the academy has snubbed Catastrophe in its Scripted Comedy category.
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NewsC4 loses rights to Black Mirror
Channel 4 has lost a bidding war with Netflix for the right to premiere the third series of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror in the UK.
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NewsBBC Worldwide backs South Africa's Bake Off producer
BBC Worldwide has made further advances into Africa after investing in Rapid Blue, the Johannesburg-headquartered producer responsible for formats including Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor.
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NewsPretzel lands bumper CBBC Chart show order
Pretzel Films has secured a beefed up second series of its live simulcast chart series for CBBC and Radio 1.
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NewsDermot O’Leary returns to The X Factor
Dermot O’Leary will be back at the helm of The X Factor when the long-running format returns to ITV in the autumn.
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NewsRDF scoops Nat Geo People's first commission
RDF Television has scored a ten-part commission for fledgling international network Nat Geo People.
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NewsVice buys stake in Pulse
Vice Media has acquired a majority stake in Pineapple Dance Studios producer Pulse Films, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsLucky Man to return after first series finds fortune
Stan Lee’s Lucky Man is to return to Sky 1 for a second series after the comic book thriller became the biggest drama in the channel’s 34-year history.
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NewsTLC orders UK version of Say Yes To The Dress
US indie Half Yard Productions is to remake its hit series Say Yes To The Dress for TLC in the UK just months after producing a similar show for Channel 4.
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NewsRylan Clark to host C5 chat show
Channel 5 has ordered a weekly chat show hosted by Celebrity Big Brother winner Rylan Clark.
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NewsCatastrophe helps C4 triumph at RTS Awards
Catastrophe helped Channel 4 clinch the highest number of gongs at the RTS Programme Awards on Tuesday evening.
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NewsC4 duo reunite to launch indie
Gogglebox commissioner David Glover and Dragonfly TV managing director Mark Raphael are joining forces to establish a production company.
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NewsSky buys a spoonful of Sugar Films
Sky has taken a minority stake in Pat Younge’s production company Sugar Films, continuing its UK indie investment strategy.
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NewsIndustry pays tribute to BBC’s Jon Beazley
Some of entertainment’s biggest names have paid tribute to Jon Beazley, the former BBC in-house entertainment boss who died at the weekend.
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NewsLove to look beyond BBC and C4
Love Productions creative director Richard McKerrow has admitted that The Great British Bake Off indie is too reliant on the BBC and Channel 4.
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NewsWall to Wall preps UK version of smash US talent show
Wall to Wall has begun pitching a UK version of NBC’s kids talent format Little Big Shots after it became the biggest non-scripted show in the US in over four years.
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NewsPioneer lands Red Bull adventure doc
Red Bull has commissioned an Amazonian adventure documentary from Pioneer Productions.
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NewsBBC names Top Gear 'editorial lead'
Clare Pizey has been named as the ‘editorial lead’ in charge of Top Gear following mounting speculation about the show’s leadership in the fall-out from the controversial cenotaph stunt.