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NewsMulhern to front ITV1 quiz pilot
Britain’s Got More Talent host Stephen Mulhern is to front a new ITV1 gameshow pilot made by the team behind The Chase.
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NewsSkins US axed
The US version of Skins has been cancelled by MTV in the wake of falling ratings and controversy.
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NewsC4 helps hoarders face their addiction
Channel 4 has ordered a factual series from Twenty Twenty that will attempt to help people who cannot help hoarding bric-a-brac.
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NewsAirey ‘scouring the globe’ for RTL acquisitions
Former Channel 5 chief executive Dawn Airey is understood to have been handed a wide-ranging acquisitions remit at European broadcasting giant RTL.
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NewsPulse hires Model Agency exec
Pulse Films has hired the executive producer of Channel 4’s The Model Agency to the newly created role of head of TV.
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NewsJunior Doctors exec joins Mentorn
The executive producer of BBC3’s Junior Doctors and Underage And Pregnant has joined Mentorn Media to head up its fact ent and features department.
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NewsDailymotion plans first UK commission
Video sharing site Dailymotion hopes to commission original UK content following strategic investment by Orange and the appointment of the site’s first head of international content.
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NewsChapman to unify BBC music offering
The BBC has promoted Ben Chapman to the newly created post of online head of popular music to drive a single multiplatform strategy across Radio 1, Radio 2, 1Xtra and 6 Music.
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NewsEleventh Hour hires Cuddy
Eleventh Hour Films, the new venture set up by Jill Green, has hired Paula Cuddy as drama development executive.
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NewsLinsey to police standards
The BBC has promoted controller of entertainment commissioning Mark Linsey to the Vision board and charged him with supervising editorial standards across all its channels.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: Channel 4 order doc fest
Factual programmes are at the centre on Greenlight this week, with Channel 4 and More 4 announcing new documentaries.
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NewsOfcom launches TV ad review
Ofcom has today formally kicked off its review into how TV advertising deals are agreed.
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NewsHodgson to leave BBC for Ofcom
Patricia Hodgson is leaving the BBC Trust to take up a new role at Ofcom, having been passed over for the top job at the corporation.
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Zig Zag in Japan deal
Zig Zag Productions has signed agreements to import and export Japanese formats.
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NewsC4 wins murder trial access
Channel 4 and Windfall Films are planning to create the most ambitious courtroom documentary series on British TV in more than 15 years.
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NewsSky makes £600m content pledge
Sky has revealed it spent £380m on UK-originated programming in the year to July 2011 and plans to boost investment to £600m a year by 2014.
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NewsSnow/Murthy to front C4 docs
Channel 4 News presenters Jon Snow and Krishnan Guru-Murthy are to front Dispatches and Unreported World docs as part of a strategy to boost current affairs output.
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NewsCITV set to revive Fort Boyard
Former Channel 5 adventure gameshow Fort Boyard is set to be revived as an ITV children’s show.
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NewsIsaacs leaves Studio Lambert after rejig
Studio Lambert creative director Jamie Isaacs has left the company after a restructure of the UK arm of the business.
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NewsC4 specialist factual to woo male audience
Channel 4 head of specialist factual Ralph Lee has been briefing indies that his department is seeking programmes to attract male viewers to the channel.