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NewsNetflix UK acquires Lilyhammer
Netflix has secured the streaming rights in the UK and Ireland for Lilyhamer, the mobster comedy drama starring Sopranos actor Steven Van Zandt.
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NewsSky Atlantic to mark Jubilee with 'queens'
Sky Atlantic has ordered a new series looking back at six decades of flamboyant and iconic gay performers to tie in with the Diamond Jubilee.
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NewsQ&A: Harry Shearer on Nixon
US actor Harry Shearer fulfils a lifetime obsession with Richard Nixon in a new comedy for Sky. He outlines why he brought the project to the UK, the bidding war between broadcasters and the challenge of recreating real-life dialogue line-for-line
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NewsC4 to reconstruct 1950s house
Channel 4 will celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by looking at science and innovation from the 50s and how it has affected our lives.
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C4 reveals online Hidden Talent games
New Channel 4 series Hidden Talent will offer viewers the ability to test their own talents through a series of online games.
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NewsITVS creating Canadian soap
ITV Studios is in advanced talks with a Canadian broadcaster about creating a new soap opera on the scale of Coronation Street.
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NewsKudos to make C4 conspiracy thriller
Kudos Film and Television is to make its first Channel 4 drama in more than a decade – a dark conspiracy thriller written by the co-creator of Olivier Award-winning musical Matilda.
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NewsC4 joins BBC and Lime in Digital Fiction Factory
Channel 4 is investing an undisclosed six-figure sum in a two-year deal with the Digital Fiction Factory (DFF) – the BBC North and Conker Media drama multiplatform initiative.
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NewsProducers slam Gambling Commission probe
Senior entertainment producers have railed against the Gambling Commission’s (GC) intervention in established gameshow formats after it ruled out publishing guidance on the issue.
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NewsAttenborough to front Eden nature project
Sir David Attenborough is to front a series about the ways animals adapt themselves in a rare original commission by UKTV natural history channel Eden.
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NewsUnpaid invoices dog freelancers
Freelancers lost out on more than £500,000 in 2011 and face being even more out of pocket this year as a result of “significant” increases in bad debt.
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NewsMencap hands out criticism and praise to C4 on disability
Charity Mencap has questioned Channel 4’s approach to disability, praising it for developing talent and pushing issues into the mainstream, but issuing stinging criticism of Derek and the marketing for The Undateables.
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NewsITV1 doc to tell story of Soham victim’s family
ITV1 is to mark the 10th anniversary of the Soham murders with a documentary featuring exclusive access to the family of one of the victims, Holly Wells.
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NewsUK falls behind in TV social media link-ups
The UK is lagging behind other countries when it comes to TV engaging with social media and the wider multiplatform world, according to new statistics and industry experts.
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NewsToksvig joins with Fry at Sprout
Broadcaster Sandi Toksvig has joined Sprout Pictures as creative director, cementing her existing relationship with Stephen Fry’s indie.
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NewsViacom extends Lynn’s remit to 63 global channels
Viacom UK & Ireland managing director David Lynn has been handed an extended remit covering Russia, Israel, Hungary and a handful of other territories.
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NewsLemon and Attenborough battle for audience award
Keith Lemon and David Attenborough are going head to head for this year’s YouTube Audience Award – the gong voted for by viewers at the Arqiva British Academy Television Awards.
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NewsCDN supports pledge – but opts not to sign
The Creative Diversity Network has opted not to sign Broadcast’s Expert Women pledge but has promised to endorse it and its actions in writing.
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NewsC4 to probe zoo tragedy and female Afghan soldiers
The slaughter of 50 exotic animals set loose by their owner in a small American town will be explored for a Channel 4 True Stories documentary.
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RatingsITV takes a beating at footie
BBC outplays ITV with its coverage of the Euro 2012 final to lift yet another ratings trophy.