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NewsSky hunts natural history and comedies
Sky is hunting for pre-watershed comedies and one natural history series per year, in addition to boosting the number of its international coproductions.
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NewsDanny Boyle to direct C4 drama
Channel 4 has ordered a Danny Boyle-directed police drama and period piece about the birth of modern India.
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NewsLondon Live boss Boseley urges indies to think outside the box
“Efficient tariffs” will be a key driver in encouraging indies to produce new and distinctive content for London Live, according to its new programming director Jonathan Boseley.
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NewsSony backs Simon Andreae indie
Former Channel 4 exec and Optomen co-founder Simon Andreae is launching a new indie backed by Sony Pictures Television.
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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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NewsHadlow reveals first BBC2 / BBC4 tie-ups
The music of the 18th century and the science of clouds will be the subject of the first major collaborations between BBC2 and BBC4 since Janice Hadlow became joint controller.
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NewsDG Hall improves BBC relations with unions
The National Union of Journalists’ (NUJ) has settled its pay dispute with the BBC, and general secretary Michelle Stanistreet has hailed Tony Hall’s “considerable shift in approach” to industrial relations.
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NewsC4 reveals latest comedy pilots
A chlamydia sufferer’s mission to come clean to his ex-partners and a group of amateur superhero crimefighters are among the subjects featured in the latest round of pilots for Channel 4’s 4Funnies strand.
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NewsYahoo! orders Boris Johnson spoof
A spoof Boris Johnson is to offer viewers an alternative guide to London in Yahoo!’s latest online commission.
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NewsGrass Valley looks to forge closer ties with UK SI firms
Grass Valley wants to do more business with systems integrators in the UK as it looks to drive sales of its production and playout equipment.
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NewsCBeebies plans co-pro push
Studio AKA has been commissioned to make animated series Chop Chop! for CBeebies in the UK and across the globe, as the BBC children’s channel ramps up its international projects.
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NewsUKTV buys King & Maxwell to fill gap on Alibi
UKTV has acquired edgy US crime drama King & Maxwell to replace procedural Body Of Proof, which was cancelled earlier this year.
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NewsUKTV cooks up a Google+ treat for Valentine fans
UKTV is preparing to host its first live event on video-calling platform Google+ Hangouts to support the launch of a forthcoming Valentine Warner cookery series.
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NewsRambo heads to TV after eOne deal
Rambo is being remade for television after Entertainment One struck a deal with producer Avi Lerner.
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News4Music takes care of summer with new order
Digital broadcaster 4Music has commissioned a four part series in association with a youth charity that will see members of Made in Chelsea managing recycling and pop group Lovable Rogues cleaning dog poo at Battersea Dogs Home.
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NewsMore4 orders True North property series
More4 has commissioned a ten-part series from True North that will see first time property owners attempt to build their own houses.
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NewsCatchphrase recommission bolsters STV Productions
STV Productions has been commissioned to make a second series of Catchphrase as the production unit remains on course to double its revenue by 2015.
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NewsiTunes Festival returns to C4
The iTunes music festival will return to Channel 4 this year after the broadcaster renewed its deal with Apple.
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NewsC4 sends Fearnley-Whittingstall to Scandinavia
Channel 4 is sending Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to Scandinavia in the first of two new Keo Films commissions.
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NewsITV to move Welsh base
ITV is to move its Welsh operations to Cardiff Bay after nearly 30 years in its current Culverhouse Cross home.