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NewsCanada's Tricon launches kids division with Irish series
Canadian producer and distributor Tricon is launching a kids division and has acquired international rights to Irish animated series Wildernuts.
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NewsMan Down up for Christmas special
Channel 4 has ordered a Christmas special of Greg Davies sitcom Man Down before the first episode has aired.
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RatingsThe Americans averages 1.3m for ITV
ITV’s major US acquisition, The Americans, ended on Saturday with an average of 1.3m viewers across its 13-episode run.
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NewsAmazon orders drama from X-Files creator
Amazon has ordered a pilot of apocalyptic drama The After from The X-Files creator Chris Carter.
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NewsBeyond eyes digital acquisitions
International producer and distributor Beyond International is looking to acquire digital media companies and boost its third party catalogue following a 13% revenue growth.
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CriticsTV Critics: Ultimate Swarms; Attack of the Zeppelins; Horizon; Under the Dome; Dreaming the Impossible
‘Bank holiday TV is flicking the Vs in revenge for us discovering Netflix and on-demand and boxsets.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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RatingsUltimate Swarms creates buzz on quiet night
BBC1’s exploration of nature’s great swarms may have secured less than 3m viewers - but it was enough to win the 9pm slot on a quiet Monday night.
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NewsOfcom launches major study into TV violence
Ofcom has commissioned a major piece of research into viewers’ attitudes to violence on television – as Hollyoaks was rapped for a pre-wateshed fight scene that featured a character being killed by a speeding train.
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RatingsBig School expels 600k viewers
David Walliams’ BBC1 comedy Big School won the Friday night ratings battle despite losing nearly 15% of its audience from last week’s opener.
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NewsAmazon orders Electus kids series
Amazon Studios has ordered a kids pilot from Ben Silverman’s Electus, marking one of the fledgling VoD provider’s highest-profile children’s series to date.
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NewsHulu orders comedy from Lionsgate
US VoD service Hulu has commissioned Deadbeat, a comedy series from Lionsgate and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment.
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CriticsTV Critics: Ben Miller on Tony Hancock; Ancient Greece; Great British Bake Off; Killer Prophet; Top Boy; New Tricks
“Miller conducted his interviews with Hancock’s old friends and colleagues with a quiet enthusiasm and a neat, Therouxesque eye for a gentle but probing question.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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RatingsMen opt for Bake Off over football
More men watched The Great British Bake Off on Tuesday than tuned into Arsenal’s Champions League qualifier on ITV.
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NewsChelsea Flower Show rooted at BBC
The BBC has signed a new four-year deal with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to cover the Chelsea Flower Show and other related events.
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NewsBBC1 heads back to Animal Frontline
True North has secured a second series of BBC1’s daytime RSPCA inspector doc Animal Frontline.
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NewsTalkTalk signs 500k YouView subs
TalkTalk has signed up 100,000 new customers to its YouView service in the last four weeks - taking its total base to 500,000 homes within a year of launch.
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NewsA+E Networks UK hires former Viacom exec
A+E Networks UK has hired former Fox and Viacom exec Remi Abayomi as its senior director of broadcast.
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NewsBBC2 to showcase Wonder of Dogs
BBC2 is looking to build on the success of The Secret Life of the Cat with a series examining the behaviour and intelligence of different breeds of dogs.
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NewsITV improves as C4 slips up
ITV News replaced C4 News as the best programme for expert women in July, says Lis Howell
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NewsWhizz Kid wins first Challenge gameshow
Sky has ordered a Whizz Kid Entertainment quiz as its first original gameshow for Challenge since it acquired the channel.