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NewsRain Media debuts with Virgin 1 restaurant show
Rain Media, the indie set up by former ITV Studios (ITVS) producers Mark Wells and Glen Middleham, has won its first commission - a Virgin 1 series dubbed Hell’s Kitchen meets Come Dine with Me.
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NewsIndies to get own adviser on diversity issues
Indies are to get their own diversity champion after Pat Younge, the incoming head of BBC Vision Productions, reignited the debate over the issue by taking a sideswipe at ITV.
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NewsFive joins Project Canvas in drive for partnerships
Five has joined IPTV venture Project Canvas in the first of a planned series of major industry partnerships.
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NewsITV tackles pension shortfall
ITV has taken a significant step to address its £178m pension black hole by capping increases to its contributions to its defined benefits scheme at 1% a year.
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NewsSky 1 orders dancing show to replace Lyrics
Sky 1’s schedule under Stuart Murphy is starting to shape up, with a The X Factor-style dancing competition lined up to replace Don’t Forget the Lyrics!
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NewsBravo grabs Fremantle’s Deadliest Warrior for UK
Bravo has secured the exclusive UK rights to Fremantle Media Enterprises’ multiplatform series Deadliest Warrior, which pits the most feared warriors in history against each other to determine who would win in a fight.
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NewsBalls of Steel star plans new pranks for Comedy Central show
Comedy Central UK’s first original commission is a hidden camera series fronted by Balls of Steel star Olivia LeeOlivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny is an 8 x 30-minute series by Tiger Aspect inspired by the glamorous and shallow lives of the characters found in shows such as Gossip Girl and ...
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WE TV sextuplets series to screen on Sky Real Lives
Sky Real Lives has acquired an observational documentary series about a couple with sextuplets.
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Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts star lands a spin-off for BBC3
A former shop assistant who experienced life in an Indian sweatshop for BBC3’s Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts is to front a spin-off series about child labour.
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NewsDebutantes and pubs lead next Cutting Edge run
Acclaimed documentary-maker Jane Treays will reveal the culture of London’s society debutantes for her latest Cutting Edge film.
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Easel TV offers aid to make the most of Project Canvas
A business set up to help content owners make the most of Project Canvas is in talks with a newspaper group and several brands about how they might use the platform for their own free-to-air channels and pay-per-view content.
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NewsChibnall to leave Law & Order UK showrunner role
Torchwood and Life on Mars writer Chris Chibnall will not return as showrunner on the second series of ITV1’s Law & Order UK, and plans to concentrate on other projects.
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NewsFremantle hires Wiffen to lead global drama efficiency drive
Fremantle Media has appointed Donna Wiffen to head a new worldwide drama team and immediately tasked her with leading a global efficiency review of the company’s scripted output.
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NewsScots content boosts refreshed STV Player
STV’s newly revamped catch-up service, STV Player, will host archive shows such as Rebus plus behind-the-scenes content in a bid to inject more home grown Scottish content into the platform.
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NewsBreathe rebrands and expands
Breathe Post Production has been renamed Air Post Production as it prepares to launch its third facility.
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NewsArqiva plans VoD recruitment
Arqiva is preparing to recruit a team of business-to-consumer specialist staff to launch a video-on-demand service based on the platform assets of Project Kangaroo.
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NewsHMV and Apple execs in race to be next ITV CEO
HMV chief executive Simon Fox and Apple’s most senior executive in Europe, Pascal Cagni, are understood to be frontrunners in the race to become the next chief executive of ITV.
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Dai4Films plans Facebook-based music showcase
Welsh indie Dai4Films is to make a series of monthly viral programmes aimed at showcasing unsigned musicians on social networking site Facebook.
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ITV's Cole joins ITN's Diagonal View
ITN’s quirky video clips channel Diagonal View has appointed ITV’s former online sales director Gary Cole to the newly created position of commercial director.
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NewsVirgin Media and ESPN sign carriage deal
Virgin Media is to carry ESPN’s standard and HD channels in time for the upcoming Premier League season.