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NewsAnimal Planet mines Alaskan Gold Diggers
Animal Planet has ordered Alaskan Gold Diggers, a series based on a family’s attempts to revitalise their inherited gold mines.
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NewsComedy Central hunts development boss
Comedy Central is searching for a new head of development to act as the main point of contact for ideas from indies.
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NewsITV Studios America appoints president
Orly Adelson is stepping down as president of So You Think You Can Dance? indie Dick Clark Productions to run ITV Studios America.
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NewsNBCU evaluates Style Network
NBC Universal is evaluating whether it will continue to air The Style Network internationally after it rebranded the channel as Esquire Network in the US.
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RatingsBake Off blasts Champions League competition
The Great British Bake Off continued its imperious form on Tuesday night - topping ITV’s first major Champions League match of the season.
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NewsITV preps 24-hour shopping channel
ITV is taking on home shopping giants QVC and Ideal World with the launch of 24-hour shopping channel, The Store.
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NewsRaw Cut lands Smithsonian JFK doc
Raw Cut Television has been commissioned by the Smithsonian Channel to make a film about a failed assassination attempt on former US president John F Kennedy.
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NewsC4 to launch real-time user recommendation
Channel 4 is months away from launching a user recommendation engine based on data gathered from its 9 million registered users.
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NewsCohen to transform in-house
The BBC is to plough £2m into development, free up executives to work across genres in “creative labels” and encourage senior managers to “go back to the floor” in a bid to turn in-house into a world-leading production outfit.
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NewsDiscovery chief Hollinger departs
Discovery is searching for a new international boss after Mark Hollinger announced plans to resign next year.
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NewsMark Rogers to depart Zodiak UK
Mark Rogers, chief commercial officer at Zodiak UK, is to leave the production company group to set up his own media consultancy.
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NewsAtlantis heads to new territories
BBC Worldwide has pre-sold new fantasy drama Atlantis to French broadcaster Canal Plus and Canada’s Space.
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NewsCanon DSLR given EBU seal of approval
IBC 2013: Canon’s 4K-capable DSLR, the EOS-1D C, has been cleared for HD acquisition by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
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NewsABC on the hunt for UK ideas
Paul Lee, the British boss of US broadcast network ABC, is responsible for global hits such as Modern Family and Scandal, but is increasingly looking to the UK for ideas.
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NewsNevion showcases TNS4200
IBC 2013: Nevion debuted its TNS4200 media monitoring platform at IBC.
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NewsSaturday Kitchen offers takeaway recipe kits
BBC1 cookery show Saturday Kitchen is to offer viewers the opportunity to recreate dishes prepared by the programme’s chefs - with the launch of home-delivered recipe boxes.
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NewsFacilis updates TerraBlock
IBC 2013: TerraBlock 6.0, the newest version of Facilis Technology’s shared storage systems, made its debut in Amsterdam.
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NewsEOne eyes UK factual indies
International producer and distributor Entertainment One is ramping up plans to acquire and umbrella factual indies in the UK.
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NewsIndies split over C4 funding
Indies are divided over Channel 4’s plans to invest in fledgling indies.
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NewsC4 pulls back from connected-TV push
Channel 4 is to step back from exploring interactive connected-TV experiences because of limited uptake from viewers and will instead tighten its focus on more popular areas, including games.