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NewsRufus Hound fronts Dave monologues
Argumental star Rufus Hound is to hold forth on subjects ranging from the internet to dancing and camping in a series of webonly monologues for comedy multichannel Dave.
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NewsITV orders Ant & Dec Christmas show
Ant & Dec will front a Christmas variety show for ITV1 made by their indie, Gallowgate.
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NewsAndrew Jackson at centre of BBC row - before he even starts
Incoming BBC Natural History Unit boss Andrew Jackson has found himself at the centre of a conflict of interest row - weeks before he even starts the new job.
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Ascent wins Dutch film archive clean-up deal
Ascent Media has won a Europewide tender to clean-up and transfer more than 1,250 hours of historic newsreel film from Holland’s film archives.
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Dubz.tv prepares for agency rebrand
Digital agency Dubz.tv has hired ex-ITV interactive commissioner Siobhan Mulholland to spearhead its rebrand as a ‘strategically driven’, multiplatform content generating agency.
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NewsRidley Scott readies Red Riding remake
Blade Runner director Ridley Scott is set to direct a Hollywood remake of Channel 4 drama series Red Riding.
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NewsNewman leaves C4 for Objective
Channel 4 head of entertainment and comedy Andrew Newman is joining Objective Productions, returning to the indie sector after more than 10 years as a commissioner.
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NewsMoffat developing a ‘British Heimat’ for BBC1
BBC1 is developing a British equivalent of the German television landmark, Heimat, penned by Criminal Justice writer Peter Moffat.
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Facilities news in brief
News in brief from Broadcast magazine dated 16 October featuring Sequence Post, Visual Impact, Envy, MPC and Prime Focus.
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NewsTiger and Darlow ‘orphaned’
Tiger Aspect Productions and Darlow Smithson Productions have been “orphaned” by parent IMG Media after it backtracked on its strategy to diversify beyond sport and put them up for sale.
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NewsBoomerang closes in on Indus
Listed indie Boomerang Plus is poised to buy Amazon producer Indus Films.
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NewsBaz bows out of race for C4 chair
Peter Bazalgette has ruled himself out of the running for the Channel 4 chairman job after thinking “long and hard” about the post.
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NewsPilkington quits Virgin Media TV after six years
Virgin 1 and Bravo senior commissioning editor Lucy Pilkington is leaving her post to pursue other projects.
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NewsSky on IPTV box from next year
Sky’s movies and Premier League football will be available via an IPTV set-top box from early next year, after the satellite company struck a deal with manufacturer Fetch TV.
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NewsBagpuss TV return is blocked by Postgate
Bagpuss is unlikely to return to TV after all, as creator Oliver Postgate’s son does not want a “heartless” new version that could be “tarnished” by “lurid” CGI animation.
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Barraclough leaves Mentorn to set up production company
Mentorn Media head of factual entertainment Dan Barraclough has left to set up his own production outfit, taking executive producer Hannah Wyatt with him.
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NewsDCD Media secures record $11.7m in deals from US
DCD Media acting chief executive David Green has urged his company and the wider indie market to pitch more shows to US broadcasters after September Films won a company record $11.7m (£7.4m) worth of business.
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NewsC4 explores the links between race and science
Channel 4 is to explore the relationship between science and race in a controversial season of documentaries.
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NewsGrade attacks ITV coverage
Michael Grade has hit out at the “febrile” speculation over ITV’s difficulties in recruiting new leaders, insisting that the broadcaster is merely going through the typical “ups and downs” of senior recruitment.
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NewsFrustrated Henderson to leave Presentable
Gavin Henderson, head of programmes at RDF Media’s Welsh indie Presentable, is poised to leave the company after losing faith in the nations and regions commissioning drive.