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NewsChannelFlip founders exit for ‘new challenge’
ChannelFlip founders Justin Gayner and Wil Harris are leaving the multichannel network (MCN) two years after selling it to Shine Group.
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NewsFremantle Media / All3Media merger in spotlight
A potential merger between Fremantle Media and All3Media would attract the attention of UK competition authorities, according to calculations by Broadcast.
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NewsFremantleMedia in All3Media takeover talks
FremantleMedia is understood to be in takeover talks to buy rival super-indie All3Media for in excess of £500m.
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NewsBBC1 brings back Break The Safe
BBC1 is bringing back Fremantle Media’s National Lottery quiz show for a second run.
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NewsFremantle chief predicts boom for in-app voting
The X Factor digital chief Peter Cassidy has predicted that apps will play an increasingly important role in paid-for voting for TV shows after a bumper series.
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NewsITV renews X Factor and BGT for three more years
ITV has confirmed that it has commissioned another three series of Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor in a deal thought to be worth £150m.
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NewsBaldwin gets Dragon backing
Dan Baldwin is to establish a production company with Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones after his departure from Talkback was revealed last week.
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NewsFremantleMedia UK legal boss departs
FremantleMedia UK’s legal and business affairs boss Mary Burrows has joined media law firm Lee & Thompson.
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NewsDan Baldwin to leave Talkback
Celebrity Juice creator Dan Baldwin is to leave Talkback after five years to set up his own production company.
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NewsFremantle buys stake in Danish indie Miso
FremantleMedia has bought a majority stake in Miso Films, the Danish producer behind ITV3 drama Those Who Kill.
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NewsBBC3 recruits for World’s Toughest Jobs
BBC3 is to send three young people overseas to take on some of the world’s toughest jobs.
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NewsITV to renew X Factor and BGT for three more years
ITV is on the brink of renewing The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent until the end of 2016 in a deal that will open the door for Simon Cowell to return to the Dermot O’Leary-fronted singing contest.
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NewsTiger Aspect hires Clare Handford as head of factual
Tiger Aspect has appointed former Sky commissioner Clare Handford as head of factual programming.
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NewsFrow brings drama back to C5
Channel 5 has ordered its first original British drama in eight years – a 10-part crime procedural called Evidence.
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NewsMonkey swings for Talkback exec
Made In Chelsea indie Monkey has hired Talkback exec Ollie Brack to help the indie grow its business in the US.
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NewsTV comic Mel Smith dies aged 60
Mel Smith, the comedian and producer behind some of Britain’s best comedy, died on Friday at the age of 60.
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NewsDavid Ellender to leave Fremantle
Fremantle Media International chief executive David Ellender has quit the company after more than a decade.
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NewsEscape to the Country heads abroad
BBC2 has commissioned an international spin-off of long-running daytime format Escape to the Country from FremantleMedia UK’s Boundless.
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NewsITV to revive Birds of a Feather
ITV is to revive classic BBC1 comedy Birds of a Feather after a 15 year absence from British television screens.
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NewsITV revives Through the Keyhole with Keith Lemon
ITV has ordered a full series of a revival of Through the Keyhole, with Keith Lemon snooping around celebrity homes.