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NewsDrama heavyweights win BBC orders
Indies run by drama heavyweights Paul Abbott and Sita Williams and Roxy Spencer have won major new commissions from the BBC.
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NewsC4 pumps £100,000 into generating revenue with mobile apps
Channel 4 has ring-fenced £100,000 to spend this year on testing mobile apps as it calls for indies to pitch ideas it can develop.
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NewsWebb tackles the web in first solo outing for C4
Peep Show star Robert Webb is to take a humorous weekly look at the internet for Channel 4 in his first solo presenting gig.
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NewsC4 orders Saturday night nostalgia
Channel 4 is eyeing a nostalgic entertainment show as a returning format for Saturday nights.
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NewsComedy Central goes HD
Comedy Central is rolling out HD channel featuring shows such as 30 Rock, Two and a Half Men and South Park.
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NewsITV1 orders moral dilemma thriller from indie TXTV
ITV1 has ordered a thriller about a single mother facing an agonising test of her moral fibre.
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NewsBBCW sets sights on China with showcase event
BBC Worldwide is planning a fresh push into China with a new showcase event dedicated solely to the country.
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NewsUKTV takes out Ration Book for four-part series
Yesterday’s one-off documentary Ration Book Britain is to return as a four-part series, and UKTV stablemate Home has ordered a look inside lottery winners’ houses.
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NewsS4C: cuts not yet finalised
The new chief executive of Welsh language broadcaster S4C says that all options are open regarding its £101m annual government funding and that reports claiming its budget will be cut by a quarter are “hypothetical”.
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NewsDiscovery gains 3D licence
Discovery has been granted a licence for a 3D TV channel which could see it become the first broadcaster after Sky to adopt the format.
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NewsPay-TV movies face probe
Ofcom is to probe the pay-TV movie market after concerns were raised about consumer choice and pricing.
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NewsSky 1 cancels Blake’s 7 remake
Sky 1’s plans to remake cult science fiction series Blake’s 7 and produce a spy show with Gillian Anderson have been cancelled.
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NewsC4's Sex Education draws 163 complaints
Channel 4 viewers have once again made themselves heard about the merits of The Sex Education Show, with complaints outnumbering messages of praise by four to one.
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NewsFaith school doc to launch More 4 Dawkins season
More 4 is to kick off a season of Richard Dawkins documentaries with a new film in which the biologist and atheism advocate investigates faith schools.
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NewsTrust rejects complaint over 'gay execution' web post
The BBC Trust has rejected a complaint against a BBC World Service online messageboard which asked readers to debate whether gay people should be executed.
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NewsBBC2 unearths archaeology series
BBC2 has ordered a four-part archaeology series that will uncover a horde of 52,000 Roman coins and a mass burial of 97 infants.
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NewsBBCW names EMEA channels boss
BBC Worldwide has promoted Ian McDonough to senior vice president for EMEA at its channels division, replacing Dean Possenniskie.
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NewsPhilip Glenister criticises 'TV nannies'
Ashes To Ashes actor Philip Glenister has criticised the BBC and ITV for interfering too much in programme-making, saying “there’s a bit of a nanny thing going on”.
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New Fox unit poaches Target exec
Fox’s new unscripted formats division in the US has hired a senior Target Entertainment exec.
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NewsChuggington back on track to US
Ludorum has licensed a second series of kids series Chuggington to US channel Playhouse Disney.