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NewsGME back in black after bumper 2013
GroupM Entertainment is targeting its next stage of growth after turning a significant loss into a profit in its most recent financial year.
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Behind The ScenesRome: The First Superpower, Channel 5
We always knew Rome wasn’t built in a day. But this show came chock-full of challenges.
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RatingsCelebrity Squares slips below 3m
WEDNESDAY: ITV’s Celebrity Squares failed to impress viewers after losing 20% of its audience following last week’s opener.
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RatingsCilla sparkles for ITV
MONDAY: Cilla has become ITV’s highest-rating new drama launch since Broadchurch, as Glue got underway with more than 600,000 viewers on E4.
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Behind The ScenesBad Bridesmaid, ITV2
Casting a comedian as the bad bridesmaid has forged a new hybrid format, writes Amy Dallmeyer.
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NewsViacom closes £450m deal for Channel 5
Viacom has closed its £450m acquisition of free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 and confirmed that programming chief Ben Frow and chief operating officer Paul Dunthorne will stay with the business.
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NewsC4 returns to The Jump
Channel 4 is to take another leap into the cold after commissioning a second series of celebrity skiing format The Jump.
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NewsC4 plans sex education doc and transports women to The Island
Channel 4 has ordered a one-off documentary series about sex education in schools and is to bring back The Island for two series featuring both male and female contestants as it refreshes its factual entertainment slate.
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NewsITV2’s Magaluf Weekender moves to Ibiza
Twofour and GroupM Entertainment will venture back to the Balearic Islands as they take ITV2’s Magaluf Weekender brand to Ibiza.
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NewsC5 to explore neonatal units and primary schools
Channel 5 has commissioned five new factual shows including series set in the UK’s largest neonatal unit and Britain’s biggest primary school.
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NewsITVS and GroupM partner for ex-con drama
ITV has ordered a drama from ITV Studios about a reformed ex-con who is trying to win back the respect and love of his family.
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NewsWall to Wall prepares C4 time-travel format
Wall to Wall is to produce a major “celebrity time-travel” gameshow series for Channel 4 which will be stripped across a week in 2015.
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NewsSky1 orders first fixed rig series
Sky 1 has ordered its first fixed-rig ob-doc series as part of drive to shake up its weekday 8pm slot.
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NewsCelebrity Squares worth £2.2m to DCD
ITV’s revival of classic gameshow Celebrity Squares will generate £2.2m in revenue for producer DCD Media, it has emerged.
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NewsHolloway prison opens up for C5 doc
Wildfire TV is to head into infamous women’s prison Holloway for Channel 5, following the success of its Inside Broadmoor documentary.
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NewsC5 orders OAP doc and series on Roman Empire
Gavin & Stacey star Larry Lamb is to front a Channel 5 series charting the history of the Roman Empire.
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NewsGroupM Entertainment hires international boss
GroupM Entertainment is to ramp up the international distribution of its shows following the appointment of former DRG exec Ali Hill.
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NewsMiddlechild to tell ‘human bear’ story for C5
Channel 5 has ordered a documentary from Middlechild Productions telling the story of a grizzly bear that was bought by a Scottish couple in 1976 and went on to become a Hollywood star.
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NewsSky and GME link up for Pick doc
Sky has worked with GroupM Entertainment for the first time to order its first original series for free-to-air station Pick TV – a 10-part ob-doc series using an innovative filming technique.
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NewsAnimal Planet joins C4 on Nile walk
Discovery Networks’ Animal Planet has partnered with Channel 4 on its ambitious documentary Walking The Nile.