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NewsOctober to make prefab house series for Home
Amanda Lamb will front an October Films series for Home that will see the presenter help people make prefabricated houses.
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NewsSilver River looks to scripted with ex-Endemol hiring
Silver River has hired former Endemol exec Shaun Parry to bolster its drive into scripted content, as its first-ever drama approaches TX in Scotland.
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NewsCash Cab enters US syndication
Lion Television’s US daytime hit Cash Cab is to go into syndication with MGM Domestic Television.
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NewsBBCW secures first format deal for The Speaker
The BBC2 series that sought Britain’s best young public speaker is being remade in Georgia, alongside a local version of How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?
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NewsE1 raises presence with London base and hires
E1 Entertainment International is set to open an office in London to help it secure more UK programmes for the international market.
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NewsOrion gets creative on funding for art-travel show
Indie Orion TV has pieced together an innovative deal involving local authorities, furniture retailer DFS and Discovery to fund a new art-inspired travel series.
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NewsBBC orders legal, art and war docs from regions
BBC1 is to investigate libel law in a 6 x 60-minute ob doc co-production from BBC Scotland and Matchlight as part of a batch of orders from the nations and regions.
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NewsFlame TV wins BBC daytime order
The BBC has ordered more than 40 new hours from Flame TV as part of a raft of recommissions by daytime controller Liam Keelan.
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NewsFME and Atlantic in multiplatform dinosaurs project
Atlantic Productions has teamed up with Fremantle Media Enterprises to launch the world’s biggest ever multiplatform initiative, for a brand called Dinosaurs Resurrected.
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NewsITV recruits BBC entertainment format executive
ITV Studios has hired BBC entertainment executive Joe Mace for a new role that will oversee the creation of non-scripted entertainment formats for the UK and international markets.
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NewsBBC to give BNP annual platform
The BBC will give the BNP a platform on a range of political programmes but no more than once a year, director general Mark Thompson has said.
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NewsMark Gatiss to adapt HG Wells novel for BBC4
League of Gentleman star Mark Gatiss is to star in his own adaptation of HG Wells’ sci-fi romance, The First Men In The Moon, for BBC4.
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NewsSports bodies attack Ofcom intervention
The UK’s leading sports bodies have attacked Ofcom’s proposed intervention in the UK pay TV market claiming it is “fatally flawed in a number of key areas”.
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NewsSky must not avoid pay-TV regulations say rivals
BSkyB should not be allowed to use Project Canvas as a loophole to avoid proposed pay-TV regulations, its two main rivals have claimed in a submission to Ofcom.
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NewsBBCW: Lonely Planet is not for sale
BBC Worldwide has moved to reject rumours that it is planning to sell Lonely Planet.
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NewsThis Week pulled over race fears
The BBC has pulled an episode of This Week from the internet amid worries of a race backlash after host Andrew Neil compared Diane Abbott and Michael Portillo with a chocolate HobNob biscuit and a custard cream.
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NewsParthenon appoints head of factual
Parthenon Entertainment has bolstered its factual team by appointing former Darlow Smithson exec Richard Sattin to run the department.
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RTS adds indie award to TV journalism line-up
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has created a new award for this year’s Television Journalism Awards, recognising the best news coverage created by an indie or freelancer.
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NewsQuestion Time prompts 290 complaints to Ofcom
Almost 300 viewers have complained to the regulator Ofcom about last week’s edition of Question Time.
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NewsQI to face-off against The Bill
BBC1 is to pitch panel show QI against ITV1 police drama The Bill when the Stephen Fry-fronted show returns for its seventh series next month.