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NewsUKTV prepares Watch re-brand
UKTV is set to re-brand pay-TV channel Watch to appeal to a more female-skewing audience.
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NewsNetflix 9m subs short of competing with Sky
Netflix must sign up a further 9m UK subscribers before it is able to compete with Sky for content rights.
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NewsCBBC expands Junior Vets
CBBC has ordered a further two series of True North’s Junior Vets and expanded the factual format across the UK.
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NewsLiberty Bell rings up investment format for Dave
Liberty Bell is to produce an entertainment format for Dave in which ordinary people will risk their own money by investing in innovative ideas.
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NewsShiver examines Animal Births for ITV
ITV has ordered a series about the birth of animals from Shiver and recommissioned several existing formats from ITV Studios’ factual arm.
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NewsSky Arts opens European production hub
Sky is launching a European arts commissioning and production hub in Milan, one of its first major content initiatives since the creation of Sky Europe last year.
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NewsNever Mind The Buzzcocks cancelled after 19 years
BBC2 has pulled the plug on Never Mind The Buzzcocks after 19 years.
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NewsITV ends interest in The Weinstein Company
ITV has ended its interest in a deal to buy the TV arm of The Weinstein Company (TWC).
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NewsJamie Oliver adds family channel to YouTube network
Jools Oliver is to feature alongside her husband Jamie in a family-themed YouTube channel produced by Fresh One.
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NewsGlyndebourne boss appointed BBC Proms director
Glyndebourne general director David Pickard is to take over from Edward Blakeman as director of BBC Proms at the end of this year’s festival season.
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NewsITV orders Winston Churchill biopic
Sir Michael Gambon is to take on the role of Winston Churchill for an ITV drama based on his second tenure as prime minister.
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NewsRTS adds director category to Craft & Design Awards
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has added a director category to its annual Craft & Design Awards.
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NewsFX heads to Wales for Bastard Executioner series
US drama The Bastard Executioner, which was created by Sons of Anarchy’s Kurt Sutter, is to start filming in Wales this summer after being picked up by cable network FX.
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NewsPinewood partners with motion capture firm Centroid
Pinewood Studios has appointed Centroid as its preferred supplier of motion capture services to the group’s three UK studios.
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NewsCaroline Raphael joins Penguin Random House Audio
Caroline Raphael, former BBC Radio 4 commissioning editor responsible for ordering comedies including Little Britain and The League of Gentlemen, has joined Penguin Random House Audio.
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NewsHungry Bear wins extended 1,000 Heartbeats order
ITV has ordered an extended second series of Hungry Bear Media game show 1,000 Heartbeats.
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NewsGrand Theft Auto developer takes legal action over BBC drama
Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games has begun legal proceedings against the BBC over the corporation’s feature-length drama which tells the story of the controversial video game.
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NewsSchool of Hard Sums heads Down Under
Fuji Creative Corporation has sold Dara O Briain’s School of Hard Sums to SBS2 in Australia.
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NewsKavanagh: BBC3 can be digital pioneer for the industry
BBC3 digital controller Damian Kavanagh has outlined his ambition for BBC3 to act as a ‘pathfinder’ for the future of digital TV.
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NewsBBC1 orders WW2 Northern Irish drama
Ballykissangel writer Barry Devlin has penned a pre-watershed drama set in Northern Ireland during World War Two for BBC1.