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NewsMad Bad Ad Show pulled from Friday night
The Mad Bad Ad Show, Micky Flanagan’s first Channel 4 project since signing an exclusive deal with the broadcaster, has been pulled from the Friday night schedule.
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NewsC4 orders Short History of Everything
Griff Rhys Jones is to host a new Channel 4 comedy panel show that provides an alternative view on social history using TV archive clips.
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NewsBBC3 orders Apprentice-style show
Innocent Smoothies co-founder Richard Reed has earmarked up to £1m to invest in young entrepreneurs’ ideas in a Twofour show for BBC3.
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NewsFME secures Hulu deal
FremantleMedia Enterprises has struck a first look deal with VoD service Hulu for the international distribution rights to its original programming.
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NewsRadio 4 to pilot News Quiz USA
BBC Radio 4 is to record a US version of topical panel show The News Quiz - the first time it has embarked on an American spin-off.
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NewsSmiths drummer fronts online pilot
Mike Joyce, former drummer for The Smiths, is to make an online video pilot of radio feature ‘Blueprint Studio Sessions.’
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NewsProcam adds production truck
Procam Television has taken delivery of a new mobile production vehicle.
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Motive raises £550,000
TV technology firm Motive Television has raised £550,000 through the placing of 366m shares.
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NewsThe Foundry launches Hiero
The Foundry has launched its shot management, conform and VFX software Hiero.
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NewsThe Voice and BGT on course for clash
BBC1’s new entertainment vehicle The Voice and ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent will almost certainly clash after the broadcasters drew up their initial battle lines today.
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NewsNine Lives ramping up staff after Dispatches win
Manchester-based indie Nine Lives Media is expanding its headcount and moving into new offices after securing a Dispatches output contract from Channel 4 and a BBC3 film in which Richard Bacon attempts to track down his internet “trolls”.
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NewsOfcom steps-up BSkyB scrutiny
Ofcom has set up a team - Project Apple - to assess whether BSkyB should still hold its broadcasting licence in light of the phone hacking scandal.
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NewsGore: Current TV is “an inconvenient channel”
In a final message to Current TV viewers, co-founder will say it is closing because it is “an inconvenient channel” .
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NewsBBC3 orders Tourettes singing series
BBC3 has ordered a series following three singing Tourette’s sufferers.
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NewsTOWIE gets online spin-off
ITV2 reality series The Only Way is Essex is to get an online spin-off that will keep fans up to date with their favourite stars from the show.
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NewsC4 orders more obsessive compulsive hoarding
Channel 4 has ordered a second film looking at the life and home of Richard Wallace, one of the UK’s most prolific hoarders.
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London Film Academy to launch female-led indie
After a decade of training filmmakers, London Film Academy is launching a female-led indie focussing on factual and features.
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NewsRicochet hires Knight
Ricochet has appointed the BBC’s Simon Knight as its first director of factual entertainment.
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NewsSky asks fans on Facebook to Watch.Share.Win
Sky has launched a Facebook app that rewards fans with the chance to win prizes including iMac computers and 3D home entertainment systems if they watch clips of shows and share them with friends.
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NewsBloomberg to launch connected TV service
Bloomberg News is eyeing connected TVs as the next platform for its growth and expects to launch a service by the end of the year.