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NewsCBS tracks down US version of Hunted
Channel 4’s off-grid format Hunted is being developed in the US by Endemol Shine Group’s North American arm.
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NewsPrincess sizes up YouTube talent to boost its slate
Princess Productions is eyeing vlogging talent to bolster its factual entertainment slate, following its deal to produce a 12-hour Stand Up To Cancer event for YouTube.
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NewsEsquire Network picks up Beowulf
ITV’s upcoming teatime drama Beowulf has been picked up by Esquire Network to air in the US.
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NewsTiger developing BBC2 drama on vigilante Jews
Tiger Aspect Productions and New York-based Tenafly Film Company are developing a BBC2 and NBC drama about a group of vigilante Jews who fought fascism in Britain after World War II.
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NewsRe-shaped Objective hires Sky exec as first creative chief
Sky entertainment commissioner Deborah Sargeant has been appointed as the first creative head for Objective Productions following a company restructure.
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NewsBetty takes Bear Grylls to China
Discovery-owned indie Betty has inked a deal with Shanghai Media Group to produce a Bear Grylls-fronted celebrity survival show for China.
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NewsCharlie Brooker seals Netflix deal for Black Mirror
Charlie Brooker has inked a deal with Netflix for a 12-episode run of dystopian drama Black Mirror – although the UK and Ireland rights surrounding the series are yet to be resolved.
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NewsObjective prepares major restructure
Objective Productions is kicking off a company-wide restructure - launching three genre-specific labels under the guidance of new chief executive Layla Smith.
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NewsEndemol Shine leapfrogs FMI
The Endemol Shine Group merger has helped its recently unified distribution division leapfrog Fremantle Media International to become the second-largest sales house in the UK, according to Broadcast’s Distributors Survey 2015.
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NewsMidwinter of Spirit shifted from Encore
ITV has bumped Midwinter of the Spirit, its first original commission for pay-TV channel Encore, onto its main channel.
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NewsEndemol Shine loads first PC game
Endemol Shine UK has moved into PC gaming for the first time – launching a ninja fighter months after offloading games division Bossa Studios.
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NewsTroy heads up BBC1 slate
BBC1 has ordered a “bold and visceral” primetime dramatisation of the Greek myth of Troy as part of a raft of 10 commissions and a comedy season.
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NewsTriForce launches comedy writer competition
Diverse comedy writers will get the chance to work on a Tiger Aspect development as part of TriForce Creative Network’s second WriterSlam.
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NewsPrincess to make YouTube cancer fundraiser
Princess Productions will team up with well-known vloggers to produce a 12-hour live-streamed event on YouTube for Stand Up To Cancer.
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NewsEmmerdale producer to take over Coronation Street
Days before Coronation Street is to celebrate its 60th anniversary with a live special, it has emerged the soap’s producer will leave his role at the end of the year.
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NewsSolid start for Saturday Night Takeaway US
The US version of Saturday Night Takeaway has become NBC’s biggest non-scripted launch since gameshow Take It All three years ago.
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NewsHincks and Abraham clash over ToT
The future of the terms of trade remained a key theme on day two of the RTS Cambridge Convention, with Channel 4 boss David Abraham and Endemol Shine Group president Tim Hincks clashing on the topic.
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NewsAll3Media invests in top film directors
Anand Tucker and Sharon Maguire, the directors and producers of films including Girl With A Pearl Earring and Bridget Jones’s Diary, have created an indie with backing from All3Media.
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NewsFremantle Media backs Andreae indie
Simon Andreae has launched a London-based indie with a 25% investment from the increasingly acquisitive Fremantle Media.
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NewsPlebs star to front hybrid ITV2 sketch show
ITV2 will send up some of television’s most recognisable brands in a hybrid sketch/prank show from the makers of Celebrity Juice.