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NewsITV orders This Time Next Year spin-offs
Twofour is to apply the “entertainment grammar” of its transformation format This Time Next Year to a pair of ITV factual spin-offs.
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NewsCelia Taylor to leave Sky
Sky head of non-scripted Celia Taylor is leaving the broadcaster after seven years.
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NewsIn brief: Sky Atlantic; Professor Green; TriForce; Lionsgate / Green Door
Merman, Big Talk Productions and David Cross have collaborated on a Sky Atlantic sitcom, as BBC3 has turned to Professor Green for two docs exploring cannabis legalisation and child poverty.
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NewsC4 doubles Naked Attraction order
Channel 4 has supersized its risqué dating show Naked Attraction for a second series.
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NewsOptomen formats boss joins BBC Studios
BBC Studios has appointed Optomen TV development director Jon Swain to lead its newly-formed popular factual unit.
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NewsITV hit by ad market collapse
ITV has been hit by a downturn in the TV advertising market and has warned its ads revenue will continue to tumble across the rest of the year.
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NewsWalter Presents picks up Nordic noir
Channel 4’s foreign-language on-demand service Walter Presents has acquired Nordic noir drama Valkyrien from distributor About Premium Content.
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NewsITN Productions builds 4K post unit
ITN Productions (ITNP) is building a post-production facility within its Gray’s Inn Road HQ that will be capable of working in 4K and High Dynamic Range (HDR).
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NewsFremantle eyes ‘mixed reality’
Fremantle Media has partnered with one of the creatives responsible for the special effects in The Matrix trilogy to create an ‘interactive mixed-reality’ gameshow.
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NewsSky pulls Store from YouView after price hike
Sky is to pull its TV and film download app Sky Store from YouView after the platform ramped up its charges.
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NewsMajor IP row heads to court
The Format Recognition and Protection Association (Frapa) is calling for producers to keep evidence of their creative process after Fremantle Media issued a High Court claim against Banijay Group this week.
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NewsComedy heads eye co-productions
Comedy can shrug off its reputation as drama’s poor relation by blurring genre lines and tapping into an increased global appetite for co-production, commissioners have declared.
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NewsRoss Kemp reflects on Extreme World journey
Ross Kemp has outlined the dangers and dilemmas he has faced producing and fronting 36 episodes of Sky 1’s Extreme World, as well as explaining plans to diversify and nurture new onscreen talent.
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NewsIndie revenues bounce back
A boom in international primary commissioning and format sales boosted the UK indie sector’s total revenue by 3.5% in 2015, according to the Pact Census.
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NewsBBC diversity lead highlights trust challenge
The BBC is striving hard to convince the BAME workforce that its latest round of initiatives will affect genuine change, according to head of diversity, inclusion and succession Tunde Ogungbesan.
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NewsC5 pledges to take more risks
Channel 5 is looking to broaden its programming repertoire and up its “mainstream populist” ambitions on the back of increased programming spend.
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NewsITV eyes story of the week
ITV’s Polly Hill wants to reinvent the ‘story-of-the-week’ drama format as she bids to win over big, mainstream audiences.
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NewsFormat fight on the horizon
A fierce battle is brewing to uncover the next generation of fact ent formats, after the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 all identified new returners as a top priority.
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NewsSara Geater appointed Pact chair
All3Media chief operating officer Sara Geater has been appointed chair of Pact in an uncontested election.