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NewsThe X Factor to get spin-off magazine
The X Factor has joined forces with Tesco to launch a branded magazine that will initially be sold exclusively in the retail giant’s stores.
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NewsC4 opens up later slots for docs
Channel 4 has pledged to air more documentaries outside of 9pm as it prepares for a new-look schedule after the demise of Big Brother.
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NewsITFC for sale as owner calls in administrators
Subtitling and content management services facility ITFC has been put up for sale after its holding company appointed an administrator.
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NewsFacebook in bid to host video for broadcasters
Facebook has launched a charm offensive designed to encourage the UK’s biggest broadcasters to post video content on the site.
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NewsBragg and Haslam to run indie
Melvyn Bragg is to run an independent production company for the first time to oversee the rebirth of The South Bank Show Awards on Sky Arts.
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Heavenly hires two for Lambie-Nairn team
Branding agency Heavenly is ramping up efforts to build a new broadcast team around creative director Martin Lambie-Nairn, after appointing two key creative staff.
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NewsEdgar-Jones set to depart Endemol
Big Brother executive producer Phil Edgar-Jones will stand down from Endemol UK after a decade when the reality show comes to an end in the UK.
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NewsCrozier creates new board to boost value of brands
Fru Hazlitt is to chair a new strategic ITV management group designed to wring every last penny out of the broadcaster’s content.
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NewsBebo back in the hunt for original commissions
Bebo, the social network behind KateModern, is to revive original commissions under its Bebo Originals brand and go on the hunt for new content.
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NewsC4 fact ent reshuffle sees Pegg move to Blast!
North One head of factual entertainment Tina Flintoff is to join Channel 4’s factual entertainment team in a reshuffle that also sees commissioner Alistair Pegg move to Blast! Films.
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NewsReview hands lifeline to ITV regional news
Regional news may yet have a future on ITV after chief executive Adam Crozier ordered a review of news at national and regional level.
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NewsVirgin eyes triple-screen ‘pause and resume’ first
Virgin Media is in talks to launch a service that would allow viewers to begin watching a show on TV before transferring to a PC or mobile to pick it up from the point they left off.
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NewsSalmon boards Love Bus
Ex-Blue Peter presenter Zoe Salmon is to present a new dating show for Fiver, in which the action plays out on a double-decker bus.
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FremantleMedia Enterprises to make motor racing drama
The commercial arm of FremantleMedia is to adapt a motor racing book into a new drama series as part of a push for its scripted output.
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NewsC4 links with Kinetic to secure US cable dramas
Channel 4 has secured a potential pipeline of US drama and miniseries through a development deal with Kinetic Content, the indie run by former RDF USA boss Chris Coelen.
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NewsNickelodeon UK sinks its teeth into vampire series
A live-action vampire comedy from RDF Media Group’s The Foundation is among a raft of commissions and acquisitions from Nickelodeon UK.
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NewsJamie cooks his way into Channel 4 daytime slot
Jamie Oliver has landed a mammoth 40-part order for his first daytime commission from Channel 4.
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NewsBBC holds talks with Idris Elba about second series of Luther
Luther looks set for a recommission, with discussions currently under way with lead actor Idris Elba’s agent in the US.
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NewsESPN hires Vivian to spearhead sports sales
ESPN has hired Richard Vivian as its director of sports distribution in a bid to extend the reach of its channels.
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E4 hunts Britain's best hairdresser
E4 has fired the starting gun on potential Big Brother successors with a search for Britain’s best new hairdresser.