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NewsITV plans Late Late-style show dry run
ITV is setting up a two-week dry run of its multi-million pound late-night stripped comedy show.
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NewsKing's Speech indie preps horror format
King’s Speech indie Bedlam Productions is developing and co-producing a southeast Asia-set horror anthology series to be presented to buyers for pre-sale at next month’s American Film Market.
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NewsStudio Lambert eyes entertainment
Studio Lambert is moving into shiny floor entertainment for the first time with the launch of a label run by a former series producer of The X Factor and Celebrity Big Brother.
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NewsEleventh Hour teams with Luti
New Blood indie Eleventh Hour Films has teamed up with Luti Media to develop a slate of dramas.
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NewsSohonet tees up launch of live collaboration service
Sohonet is to launch its ClearView Flex collaboration tool next month.
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NewsParker joins Directors Cut as general manager
Directors Cut Films has appointed Lucie Parker to the newly created position of general manager of the post facility.
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NewsDistributor Holdan hires brand manager
PEC managing director Dan Wheeler has quit the company to join equipment distributor Holdan as its brand manager.
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RatingsTop 30 shows (BBC2, C4 & C5): 3-9 Oct 2016
The current obsession with nostalgia continued this week as BBC2 took Culture Club’s hatted and plaited leader back to the suburbs of his yoof. Elsewhere, after BBC2’s desert tortoises, Channel 4’s Bear exited, with celebrities in tow.
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NewsBBC boots up Gold Rush game maker
The BBC is launching a Gold Rush ‘game maker’ to tie in with Dan Snow’s forthcoming BBC2 show – enabling audiences to create their own adventure.
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NewsRTS unveils Northern Irish awards shortlist
The Royal Television Society has unveiled the shortlist for its second annual Northern Ireland Programme Awards, which will take place at The Mac in Belfast on 17 November.
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NewsDoc duo launch indie to ‘blur lines’ with drama
The award-winning directors of The Murder Detectives and My Son The Jihadi have joined forces to launch a production business that aims to blur the lines between drama and documentary, and have already picked up two commissions from Channel 4.
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NewsBBC and ITVS changes hit Northern drama
Drama in the north came under the spotlight this week, with ITV Studios disbanding its northern drama hub and BBC head of drama for the north Hilary Martin moving to the indie sector.
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NewsAMC boards C4 drama Loaded
Walking Dead broadcaster AMC has boarded Keshet UK and Hillbilly Television’s Entourage-style comedy drama Loaded for Channel 4.
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RatingsTop 50 non-PSB shows: 3-9 Oct 2016
Last week, I found myself watching a documentary about my local shopping centre as the robotic and entertainingly dressed clientele went about their sinister business in a world that looked real enough and yet was somehow unearthly.
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel shows: 3-9 Oct 2016
On Saturday night, as the ex-shadow chancellor busted some eye-popping moves in a terrifying green face, ITV2 played the actual movie The Mask opposite. Meanwhile, the story of a doomed Queen’s watch did nicely for BBC4.
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NewsBBC unveils £12m Songs of Praise tender
Retaining loyal BBC1 audiences should be a key aim of indies hoping to land a £12m contract to produce Songs of Praise, according to the BBC’s tender document.
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NewsBBCW & Cohen eye £50m drama deal
BBC Worldwide is closing in on an estimated £50m funding deal with Danny Cohen’s Access Entertainment to supercharge its drama pipeline.
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NewsNat Geo opens doors to UK producers
US cable network National Geographic is looking for British producers to follow up its big-budget Mars mission and is already in development with a major UK-originated unscripted project.
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NewsViceland US courts indies
Viceland in the US is opening its doors to independent producers for the first time as it eyes a move into formats.
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NewsVice plots global expansion
Vice is set to close almost a dozen global distribution deals for linear channel Viceland in the next 12 months and expects to strike agreements with Sky’s pay-TV rivals in the UK.