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Hewlett joins Tiger Aspect
Former Carlton Productions managing director Steve Hewlett has joined Tiger Aspect as a non-executive director.
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Dunkley promoted
Five has promoted Ian Dunkley to deputy commissioning editor of factual entertainment. Dunkley, who joined the department last November, will commission strands and one-off popular documentaries, working alongside Steve Gowans, head of factual entertainment, and Liam Humphreys, commissioning editor, factual entertainment. Dunkley has previously produced Eurotrash, Passengers and Fortean TV ...
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NBC orders driver
US network NBC has commissioned indie Mentorn to make a 60-minute primetime special based on its Worst Driver format. Production has begun on The Worst Driver in America , which if successful could lead to other spin-offs. It will be produced by Scott Messnick and ...
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Jazz gets Greening
Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Kevin Greening is to join London-based 102.2 Jazz FM to host a new Sunday show between 10.00 and 14.00. Greening, who was signed this week, will start the show from Sunday (4 April). Nicky Horne, who previously hosted the slow, stepped down to concentrate on ...
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BBC to air auschwitz anniversary series
A major six-part series billed as the definitive history of Auschwitz has been commissioned by the BBC to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp. The as yet unnamed series was commissioned by BBC2 controller Jane Root and BBC specialist factual commissioner Emma Swain. It ...
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Extreme sports makes two originals
Extreme Sports Channel managing director Phil Jones has commissioned two series for the broadcaster: the 6 x 30-minute Stacked , from Cardiff indie Boomerang, which examines extreme sports injuries and the 6 x 30-minute Hanging with?, which will take amateur extreme sports fans to met ...
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Lamarra at Mentorn
Mentorn's new head of entertainment, Alan Tyler, has made his first appointment since joining the company this week. Ian Lamarra, who worked with Tyler at BBC Scotland, will join as a development producer, based in Glasgow where Mentorn's entertainment output has now been centred.
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BBC3 orders third Monkeydust series
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a third series of the award-winning satirical animation Monkeydust from production company Talkback. The
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Key 103 change
Key 103 veteran DJ Mike Toolan is to replace JK & Joel as presenter of the Manchester station's breakfast show. Toolan has been with the Emap-owned radio station for six years and previously hosted the breakfast show between 1998 and 2000. He will be joined by presenter Michelle Dignan and ...
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BBC2 set to win race for the Apprentice
BBC2 is expected to land the rights to American tycoon Donald Trump's business reality format The Apprentice after a fierce bidding war with Channel 4. The channel has confirmed it is in 'advanced talks' with Fremantle Media about the format, in which 16 candidates compete ...
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C4 jumps in after attheraces folds
Channel 4 is believed to be negotiating a three-month extension to its deal for terrestrial horse-racing rights following the collapse of the Attheraces consortium. The deal would secure a short-term future for the coverage of meetings at courses such as Cheltenham, Newmarket, Sandown Park and York. However, the channel is ...
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Ofcom says switchover needs help
Ofcom has said that digital switchover will not take place unless there is intervention from the government. In a report to be published next week, the regulator will say that digital TV will reach only between 75% and 80% penetration through market forces and will stall if left unaided. It ...
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Bazalgette to leave channel 4 board
Endemol UK chairman Peter Bazalgette has confirmed he will leave the Channel 4 board in June. His three-year tenure expired at the end of last month and will be renewed only for three months while Ofcom seeks a replacement. Bazalgette cited the demands of his schedule as his reason for ...
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Selling loft insulation?
What's the point of Mip - apart from the obvious sun, sea and French hospitalité? It's certainly not about closing deals, despite what the organisers and the barrage of press releases may say. We all know that anything half-decent will have been touted around and snapped up long ago, not ...
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NewsITV and C4 call for BBC indie reforms
The BBC's commercial rivals ITV and Channel 4 are calling for the corporation to strengthen the indie sector by setting up an independent commissioning arm and raising its external production quota to 50%.
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NewsRoot's last act for drama
BBC2 controller Jane Root, who last week confirmed she is to leave the station to head the Discovery channel in the US, has green lit a new drama strategy as one of her last major acts in the role.
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NewsGranada to return to films with Ant & Dec
Granada is set to make a large-scale return to film production by developing two ambitious projects for cinematic release, including a romantic comedy starring Ant and Dec and a follow-up to Channel 4's hit drama The Deal.
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NewsBennett holds back in race for DG's job
BBC director of television Jana Bennett - tipped as one of the leading contenders for the director general post - has not applied for the job.
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NewsEndemol UK opens in Bristol and Glasgow
Endemol UK, one of the country's largest independent producers, is to open offices in Glasgow and Bristol in a bid to take advantage of regional commissioning opportunities.
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Hallmark put off by ITV's content
US giant Hallmark Entertainment has admitted it is no longer interested in buying ITV because the channel's success relies on too many 'exploitative' reality shows such as I'm a Celebrity.