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NewsApple cues up Carpool Karaoke
Apple is to feature pairs of celebrities rather than a single host in its version of Carpool Karaoke as the first details of the revamped format emerge.
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NewsStreetmate rebooted by Channel 4
Channel 4 is reviving classic dating series Streetmate as a daytime format after it aired a one-off special as part of Stand Up To Cancer.
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NewsHarry Hill plans TV pitching format
Comedian Harry Hill is developing a show about the TV pitching process and has issued a call to members of the public to submit their ideas.
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NewsITV to 'sprinkle showbiz' onto Voice
ITV has unveiled plans to reinvent The Voice by preserving “the show the audience loves” but “with even more show business sprinkled on it”.
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NewsLet It Shine to set standard for BBCS
The executive producer of BBC Studios’ entertainment format Let It Shine has acknowledged there is a “lot riding on it” becoming a success as the division prepares to commercialise.
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NewsTuesday's Child lands BBC1 singing format
Tuesday’s Child has landed its first peak-time BBC1 show – a Saturday night music format inspired by the hit film Pitch Perfect.
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NewsSyco strikes Chinese formats deal
Syco Entertainment and Chinese indie Star China have inked a three-year co-production deal for global entertainment formats.
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NewsDave reloads gaming format
Dave is to supersize Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit by ordering two ten-part series of the video gaming panel show.
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NewsC4 lines up major tenders
Channel 4 has kicked off a multimillion pound tender drive covering three major sporting opportunities and a “major entertainment format”.
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NewsThe battle for Saturday nights
ITV’s The Voice and BBC1’s Let It Shine set for high-profile shiny floor entertainment clash
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NewsMentorn promotes Robot Wars exec
Robot Wars executive producer Andrew Robertson has been promoted to Mentorn Media head of entertainment.
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NewsSky non-scripted commissioner exits
Sky commissioning editor Richard Ackerman is leaving the broadcaster after two years.
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NewsKevin Lygo puts fun at heart of ITV
Kevin Lygo has placed fun and entertainment at the heart of his new-look ITV schedule and will use US-style entertainment chat show The Nightly Show to “extend the primetime feeling” of the channel.
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NewsSuper-indies eye China deals
China’s crackdown on foreign format adaptations could lead to an explosion of local entertainment hits co-developed with British super-indies such as Endemol Shine Group (ESG), Fremantle Media and ITV Studios.
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NewsWalliams to launch ITV's Nightly Show
ITV unveiled a raft of commissions at its annual Gala event, including details of its forthcoming nightly entertainment show for the first time.
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NewsITV orders celebrity 'bighead' gameshow
Primal Media, the indie established by Gogglebox Entertainment co-founders Mat Steiner and Adam Wood, has landed a primetime gameshow for ITV.
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NewsComedy Central revives C4's Your Face Or Mine
Comedy Central UK is reviving Channel 4 gameshow Your Face Or Mine 14 years after it made its debut.
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NewsFrapa prepares format guide
International format protection body Frapa is preparing an updated legal guide for format creators.
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NewsBBC quiz uncertainty as lottery goes online
The future of three of BBC1’s key Saturday night gameshows is uncertain after the broadcaster pulled the live weekly National Lottery Draw from the airwaves.
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NewsITV set to shake up Saturdays
ITV is to shake up its Saturday night schedule and has called for producers to bring it the next You’ve Been Framed or Family Fortunes to slot into the “white heat” of primetime entertainment.