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NewsLime gets innovative with live Hollyoaks stunt
Lime Pictures is running an immersive live stunt for Hollyoaks this week as the first part of an innovation drive by new series producer Emma Smithwick.
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NewsDiscovery acquires Betty
Betty, the producer behind the Joy of Teen Sex and Dirty Sexy Things, has been bought by Discovery Communications - its first acquisition of a UK indie.
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NewsC4 draws 4,000 to online food experiment
Channel 4 has seen 60,000 people visit its Food Hospital site in the week following the show’s broadcast, with 4,000 taking part in a series of online food science trials.
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NewsC4 closes in on record spend
Channel 4 is entering its next phase of creative renewal with a revamp of More 4, a raft of new programming and plans to up its spend to an all-time high of £600m next year.
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NewsITV follows up Kosher doc and tackles unusual kids
ITV1 is to explore unusual behaviour in children for a new documentary series, and has turned Strictly Kosher – its film about a Jewish community in Manchester – into a two-part series.
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NewsC4 orders more Fresh Meat; Beaver Falls
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of student comedy drama Fresh Meat midway through its first run.
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NewsTOWIE scores success in US
Structured reality show The Only Way Is Essex debuted in the US on Hulu this week and immediately became one of the most-viewed shows on the on-demand service.
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NewsMaverick editor joins C4 as fact ent commissioner
A Maverick TV exec has joined Channel 4 as factual entertainment commissioning editor, following the departure of Dan Berbridge.
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NewsAll3 sells BBC dramas to Netflix
All3Media International has signed a deal with Netflix that will see 175 hours of its drama content distributed via the US video on-demand provider.
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NewsMaverick hires exec producers for upcoming shows
Maverick has appointed two exec producers as it hopes to close a raft of new commissions with terrestrial and multichannel broadcasters.
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All3Media wins US orders
All3Media has confirmed a raft of new commissions for indies Studio Lambert and Lion Television from US broadcasters.
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NewsAll3 boss: reduce BBC in-house production
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The Communications Act should not tamper with nations and regions quotas – but the BBC should reduce its commitment to in house production, Steve Morrison has said.
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NewsMaverick to reveal Discovery's Naked Secret
Maverick TV, the indie behind Channel 4’s Embarrassing Bodies, has produced a series about ‘naked secrets’ for Discovery Networks International.
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NewsCandy Bar Girls fall foul of Ofcom
The trailers for Channel 5’s lesbian ob-doc Candy Bar Girls breached Ofcom rules.
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NewsLime and Audio Network to launch band on Hollyoaks
Lime Pictures has struck a deal with music publisher Audio Network and music producer Steve Levine to launch a real-life band through Hollyoaks.
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NewsTOWIE producers critical of Chelsea
EDINBURGH: Lime Pictures, the producers of The Only Way is Essex, have hit out at rival structured reality programme, Made in Chelsea.
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NewsLime eyes second structured reality show in Liverpool
The Only Way Is Essex indie Lime Pictures is developing a Liverpool-based structured reality series for ITV1.
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NewsMTV lands more Geordie Shore
MTV has ordered a second series of structured reality show Geordie Shore after it became the broadcaster’s most-watched show.
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NewsOptomen pilots ‘biggest gameshow ever’
Optomen Television is to pilot what it claims to be the “biggest gameshow ever” - taking inspiration from a theoretical book by American writer James Surowiecki.
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NewsBetty to help ‘Undateables’ find love in C4 series
Sufferers of Tourettes, Aspergers and narcolepsy will look for love through a match-making service in a Betty TV series for Channel 4.