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NewsLeila Monks leaves Zig Zag to set up consultancy firm
Leila Monks is leaving Troy producer Zig Zag to set up her own production and distribution consultancy firm, Antidote Media. Monks will be replaced at Danny Fenton’s indie by former MTV executive Matt Graff, who will become commercial director.
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NewsIndies blame broadcasters over diversity
The indie sector believes that broadcasters’ refusal to take risks on new production staff and onscreen talent is holding back diversity in the TV industry.
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NewsIfans to star in S4C adaptation of Under Milk Wood
Welsh broadcaster S4C has commissioned a film version of classic radio drama Under Milk Wood that will star Rhys Ifans.
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NewsIndies lobby Trust on quotas
The bosses of some of the UK’s biggest indies used a high-level meeting with the BBC Trust to make the case for changing the corporation’s commissioning quotas during charter renewal negotiations next year.
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NewsSky strikes deal with US network FX
Sky has struck a co-development deal with US cable network FX as it looks to create comedies to sit alongside the likes of Louie and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
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NewsC4 lowers gavel on auction doc
Channel 4 is heading back to Chelsea with a documentary series about a famous auction house.
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NewsKeshet hires Nourmand to boost UK business
Israeli producer Keshet is beefing up its UK business with the hire of former DCD Media boss Sammy Nourmand.
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NewsUK indies eye Chinese deals
More than 20% of UK indies are looking to break into Asia, with the majority targeting China for growth, according to Broadcast’s 2014 Indie Survey.
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NewsChalkboard scores backing
A trio of international production companies have invested in fledgling UK indie Chalkboard TV.
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NewsBox TV revamps business to halt audience decline
Music TV business Box TV is repositioning itself as a multiplatform brand as it battles to address declining audience figures.
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NewsC4 banks on more Posh Pawn
Channel 4 has ordered a full series of Boomerang’s pawnbroking doc Posh Pawn.
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NewsBenefits Street to go global
Controversial Channel 4 series Benefits Street is set to be remade around the world after Fremantle Media acquired the rights from Love Productions.
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NewsDavid Beckham explores Amazon for BBC1
David Beckham has travelled across the Amazon for a new BBC1 documentary.
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NewsBBC2 reveals 50th anniversary plans
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse will take a sideways glance at BBC2’s output as part of a raft of programming celebrating the channel’s 50th anniversary in April.
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NewsITV News marks Budget Day with online spin-off
ITV News is preparing to launch its first live web show to coincide with Budget Day.
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NewsITV research boss steps down
ITV’s director of planning and research Daniel Cook has left the company after more than two and a half years.
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NewsGoogle Chromecast launches in UK
Google’s media-streaming device Chromecast has gone on sale in the UK today, allowing users to send programmes from a mobile device or laptop to view on their TV.
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NewsChannel 4 triumphs at the RTS Awards
Channel 4 walked away with more gongs than any other channel at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards, with winners including Gogglebox and Educating Yorkshire.
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NewsMade In Chelsea heads to New York
Made in Chelsea stars including Spencer Matthews and Lucy Watson are headed to New York for a spin-off of the E4 smash.
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NewsAlan Titchmarsh quits ITV show
Alan Titchmarsh is quitting his ITV daytime show after seven years to focus on other projects.