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NewsC4 commissions doppelganger format
Mentorn Media is to hunt down un-related doppelgängers for a one-off documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsUS network PBS boards Prime Suspect prequel
US public broadcaster PBS has boarded ITV’s Prime Suspect prequel Tennison.
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NewsSuker leaves ITV Studios for consulting role
Martyn Suker has left his position as head of production innovation at ITV Studios.
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NewsCouncil funds improvements to Bristol's Bottle Yard Studios
The Bottle Yard Studios (TBYS) will get new roofs, production offices and IT infrastructure after Bristol City Council agreed to invest £692,000 in the production facility.
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NewsSundog's Welsh elected SMPTE education vice president
Sundog Media Toolkit chief executive Richard Welsh has been elected by SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) members as the organisation’s new education vice president.
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NewsRed to ship 8K Epic-W and Weapon
Red Digital Cinema will begin shipping two new cameras this week, both of which feature the company’s new Helium 8K sensor.
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NewsDickson and Charker-Phillips to leave ITV Studios
Simon Dickson and Lorraine Charker-Phillips are to leave ITV Studios to establish Label 1 in the indie sector.
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NewsNBC to adapt Studio Lambert's Common Sense
Studio Lambert has scored a major US network commission with NBC adapting its forthcoming BBC2 topical comedy series Common Sense.
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NewsThe Rory Peck Awards 2016 finalists announced
The stories of refugees and migrants feature prominently in the work of finalists of this year’s Rory Peck Awards, which include four Channel 4 documentaries and two Vice programmes.
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NewsSid Gentle options The Cazalet Chronicles
The Durrells indie Sid Gentle Films has picked up the rights to Elizabeth Jane Howard’s bestselling series of books The Cazalet Chronicles.
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CriticsTV Critics: Divorce; National Treasure; Damned
“The show is set in a bitter upstate New York winter and every time it makes you smile your lips get chilblains.”
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NewsITV2 orders four BAME commissions
ITV2 has ordered four BAME-friendly comedy and entertainment specials, commissioned by recently appointed digital channels boss Rosemary Newell and entertainment commissioning editor Asif Zubairy.
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NewsC4 locks up more Question Jury
Channel 4 has doubled down on daytime reality-quiz The Question Jury, bringing back the Monkey-produced show for a second 20 x 60-minute run.
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RatingsNational Treasure concludes with 2.3m
TUESDAY: National Treasure closed with 2.3m (11%) while the launch of Sharon Horgan’s black comedy Divorce doubled Sky Atlantic’s slot average.
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NewsMcDonald unveils upcoming NHU slate
The BBC has unveiled six major natural history commissions across BBC1 and BBC including a follow up of Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur.
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NewsEurosport boss: BBC Olympics deal made reputational sense
Eurosport chief executive Peter Hutton has revealed that failing to strike an Olympics deal with the BBC would have been a PR blunder for the new rights holder.
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NewsDan Korn to join A+E Networks
Former Discovery commissioner Dan Korn is to join A+E Networks as vice president of programming.
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NewsProposed London studio could open for business by 2020
A new film and TV studio complex inside the M25 could be up and running by 2020, but only if a feasibility study can justify the commercial business case for it.
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NewsFlying Colour Company adds Flame suite
Visual effects firm The Flying Colour Company (TFCC) has installed an additional Autodesk Flame suite in its Carnaby Street facility.
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NewsPro Centre owner takes stake in Richmond Film Services
The owner of The Pro Centre, the photography equipment supplier, has acquired a controlling stake in Richmond Film Services, the specialist audio hire and sales company.