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NewsSky nets NCIS spin-off
Sky1 has picked up the rights to CBS US police procedural drama NCIS: Los Angeles, the first spin-off from the popular NCIS.
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NewsCBS channels to launch in UK
CBS Reality, CBS Action and CBS Drama channels will launch in the UK on 16 November via the US network giant’s recent deal with Chellomedia.
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Morrisons fund CITV series
CITV has struck a deal with supermarket Morrisons to produce a new fully-funded 10 x 20-minute factual series called Farm Camp.
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NewsLiving hit Four Weddings has US makeover for TLC
Living’s Four Weddings is eloping to the US to be remade for cable network TLC.
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NewsSTV says cost savings were major reason for axing ITV dramas
STV director of content Alan Clements has admitted that costs were a major consideration in its decision to drop ITV’s drama slate - which is understood to have saved the broadcaster £4.5m this year.
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NewsCoolabi prepares to bring Bagpuss out of retirement
Bagpuss, Ivor The Engine and The Clangers could be returning to TV after Coolabi struck a deal with the creators of the kids programmes’ to allow it to make new series.
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News19 exec to lead Discovery AFP push
Discovery Networks International has appointed former 19 Entertainment exec Chris Shaw to secure more AFP and negotiate its new UK business ad sales contract.
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NewsBBC seeks out indies for hour-long Wonderlands
The BBC is to extend the length of its Wonderland docs from 40 minutes to an hour and open the strand to indie producers for the first time.
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NewsITV1 eyes Dancing On Ice spin-off for Friday night slot
ITV1 will launch a Friday night primetime Dancing On Ice spin-off when the celeb skating show returns in the new year.
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NewsHolden becomes singer and showgirl for ITV1
Mammoth Screen has been commissioned to make its first factual show - a 3 x 60-minute documentary for ITV1 called Amanda Holden: Fantasy Lives - in conjunction with ITV Studios.
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NewsBBC hires Merton for Hollywood and Euro cinema docs
Comedian Paul Merton is to front his first factual show on BBC2 in one of two commissions drawing on his love of cinema.
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Apply now: cultural diversity awards are open for entries
Broadcast is backing a new awards scheme that aims to celebrate diversity in the British TV industry.
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NewsCITV to split target audiences with preschool strand launch
ITV is to launch a dedicated preschool strand hosted by animated ‘acorn-like’ creatures to differentiate it from the main CITV brand, which will now target older kids.
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Broadcast at 50 party
The great and good of the TV industry gathered at The Hospital club in Covent Garden to celebrate 50 years of Broadcast.
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NewsAussie Masterchef to air in UK
Australian MasterChef will make its UK debut on Watch after UKTV acquired the rights from Shine International.
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NewsMentorn bolsters Mipcom portfolio by adding BBC World News content
Mentorn International has signed a three-year distribution deal with BBC World News to take its weekly programming and back catalogue to the international market.
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NewsOptomen serves Heston’s Feasts to global buyers
Channel 4 food show Heston’s Feasts has been sold to a raft of international broadcasters by Optomen International, with the potential for a new version to be produced in France.
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NewsFincham: drama deals could be way forward
ITV hopes to follow its resurrection of Primeval with more innovative drama funding deals designed to squeeze the most from its reduced budget.
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NewsChorion: Coolabi talks "definitely off"
Chorion has revealed that Coolabi’s bid to buy its crime division has collapsed after the listed indie failed to secure enough funding.
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NewsPrime Focus completes global re-brand
Prime Focus has re-named all of its facilities in order to create a single global ‘visual entertainment services company’, a move that results in the demise of established Soho brands including Blue.