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NewsTessa Ross to be honoured at Baftas
Channel 4’s film and drama controller Tessa Ross will receive the Bafta award for Outstanding British Contribution to cinema.
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News19 Entertainment owner hires Simon Shaps to set up UK indie
Simon Shaps has landed his biggest role since leaving ITV - establishing a UK indie for Core Media Group, the owner of American Idol-producer 19 Entertainment.
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NewsITV daytime makes record Chase order
ITV daytime has made its biggest ever order of The Chase, commissioning 324 episodes of hit daytime game show.
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NewsITV snaps up London HQ
ITV has acquired the freehold to its headquarters on the South Bank of the Thames for £56m.
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NewsITV picks up The Americans
Spy drama The Americans is to become the first US acquisition to play on ITV’s flagship channel since Pushing Daisies, after the broadcaster bought the spy drama from Twentieth Century Fox Television.
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NewsBBCW exec to lead drama for FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia has hired former BBC Worldwide drama chief Sarah Doole as part of its push into drama.
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NewsBT Sport hires Red Bee to brand channels
BT has appointed Red Bee Media to produce the branding for its forthcoming BT Sport channels.
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NewsCanis Media wins local TV multiplex licence
Canis Media’s Comux UK has fought off the BBC to win the local TV multiplex licence.
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NewsDiscovery orders global Body Bizarre series
Discovery Networks International has ordered a series from Zig Zag and Barcroft Productions that will seek out the world’s most extraordinary medical anomalies.
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NewsEndemol restructures commercial division
Endemol has continued the restructure of its senior management teams with the creation of a group commercial board, overseen by Endemol UK boss Lucas Church.
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NewsHat Trick's Spy set for US remake
US network ABC has ordered a remake of Hat Trick Productions’ comedy Spy.
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NewsJamie Oliver sold by FremantleMedia across Lat Am
A raft of Jamie Oliver shows are set to travel across Latin America after FremantleMedia Enterprises closed deals for several cooking series at Natpe.
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NewsClear Cut recruits senior post producer
Post firm Clear Cut Pictures has appointed Sonia Jawaheer to the newly created role of senior post producer.
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NewsLoveLive wins Random Acts order
A 22 piece all-girl choir will feature in the first of five new episodes for Channel 4 art strand, Random Acts, being produced by LoveLive production arm Rockfeedback.
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NewsITV2's US comedy Ben & Kate cancelled
Ben & Kate, the US comedy that airs on ITV2, has been cancelled by Fox in the United States.
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NewsITV's Who Dares Sings heads to US & Colombia
ITV talent content Who Dares Sings is being remade in the US and in Latin America after ITV Studios closed a number of format deals.
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NewsThe Crewing Company adds games division
The Crewing Company (TCC) has recruited former Escape Studios sales and marketing head Paul Wilkes to run a new department focused on the games industry.
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NewsPrime Focus invests in audio
Prime Focus has upgraded the hardware and software used by its broadcast audio department.
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NewsAlex Gardiner to head ITVS factual
Alex Gardiner, the exec behind the Jimmy Savile Exposure documentaries, has had his remit expanded to take charge of all of ITV Studios’ factual output.
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NewsBBC Cardiff staff prepared to strike
As many as 350 staff at the BBC’s base in Cardiff could go on strike in a show of solidarity with a finance executive facing compulsory redundancy.