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NewsPilot leads outdoor Treks for Nat Geo
UK indie Pilot Productions will make the fourth series of outdoor pursuits show Treks in a Wild Worldfor Nat Geo Adventure Channel in the US.
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ITV demands Duel
ITV has commissioned Ant and Dec indie Gallowgate to produce a quiz show based on a French format.
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NewsC4 orders more von Hagens
Channel 4 has commissioned Firefly to make a fourth series with controversial anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens.
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NewsDrama docs under scrutiny
BBC senior commissioning executive for factual Richard Klein and Channel 4 head of documentaries Angus MacQueen are among commissioners discussing drama-documentary at a session in the Crossing the Line Festival this month.
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NewsBBC1's Dinner serves up a rare Sunday hit
The success of The Dinner Partygave BBC1 a rare Sunday peaktime victory over ITV1 this weekend, with the corporation's flagship channel gaining the upper hand for only the second time this year.
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NewsC4 revs up Sunday night overhaul
Channel 4 is looking for a power-house factual entertainment show to rival BBC2's Top Gearas part of an overhaul of its Sunday night schedule.
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NewsUK indies concern over TLC Los Angeles move
UK indies are worried that TLC's move from Silver Spring to Los Angeles will affect their relationships with the channel's commissioners and that it could signal a further departure from TLC's traditional role as a co-production partner for factual shows.
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NewsShine director quits to start own indie
Shine creative director, features John Silver is leaving the firm after four years to start his own indie.
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NewsDiscovery appoints heads for factual and lifestyle
Discovery Networks UK has named Dan Korn as its new head of factual and Paul Welling as head of lifestyle in two newly created roles.
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NewsObjective adds C4's Adler to creative team
Objective Productions has hired Channel 4 entertainment commissioning editor Adam Adler to its creative team.
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NewsLee makes factual move from C4 to Five
Five has hired Channel 4's Ralph Lee to take the key role of head of factual.
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NewsGrade sets new financial goals
ITV aims to deliver a 38.5% share of commercial impacts across all of its channels by 2012 and is ploughing£20m into ITV2 in a bid to overtake Five as the UK's third commercial network for 16-34 year-olds.
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NewsITV1 enjoys best summer for six years
ITV's strategy update comes after ITV1 saw its first improvement in its summertime performance since at least 2001, with its share rising by 0.7%.
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NewsFive turns Joly into consumer champion
Five is turning Dom Joly into a consumer affairs champion in a light-hearted Watchdog-style series from North One.
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NewsITV bids to reach a third of UK web users by 2010
ITV plans to form partnerships with online content aggregators such as Google, YouTube and Yahoo! as part of its bid for its content to reach more than a third of the UK's web users by 2010.
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NewsITN seals deal for Setanta Sports News
ITN is to move into sports programming as the sole content provider for Setanta Sports News, the channel that will launch on Virgin Media's cable platform as a replacement for Sky Sports News.
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NewsTough act to follow up
Grade's big vision for ITV sounds good - but there are tricky questions behind the gloss
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NewsITV in-house target shocks indie sector
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade wants ITV Productions to account for 75% of ITV1's commissions as part of his strategy to restore growth.
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NewsJake Arnott cop thriller leads revival of ITV drama
ITV1 has kicked off its drive for upmarket contemporary drama by snapping up He Kills Coppers, the follow-up to the BBC's acclaimed adaptation of Jake Arnott's novel The Long Firm.
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Jake Arnott thriller leads ITV drama revival
ITV1 has kicked off its drive for upmarket contemporary drama by snapping up He Kills Coppers, the follow-up to the BBC's acclaimed adaptation of Jake Arnott's novel The Long Firm.