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NewsFood Network calls for Kitchen Superheroes
Scripps Network UK is to serve up cooking format Kitchen Superheroes as part of a six-figure brand deal agreed with kitchen appliance firm Kenwood.
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NewsBBC re-hires sacked staff at a cost of £10m
The BBC has spent more than £10m on redundancy packages for staff it has gone on to re-employ.
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NewsC4 racks up record eight Grierson gongs
Channel 4’s much-garlanded Educating Yorkshire has added two more awards to its tally at this year’s Grierson Awards.
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NewsRadio 1 to launch on iPlayer
BBC Radio 1 is to be handed a dedicated channel on iPlayer after the BBC Trust green-lit proposals made by the radio station 12 months ago.
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NewsCall The Midwife to return for fifth outing
BBC1 has re-commissioned Heidi Thomas’ Bafta winning drama Call the Midwife for a fifth series, as filming for the fourth run draws to a close.
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NewsBagpuss returns with first app
Animators Smallfilms has resurrected much-loved children’s character Bagpuss for a mobile game which includes a voiceover from Dan Postgate, the son of the show’s creator.
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NewsSky Arts moves into foreign comedy
Sky Arts has picked up its first foreign comedy and a new Scandinavian drama in its latest international acquisitions raid.
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NewsBBC iPlayer orders sci-fi docs
The BBC has ordered its third batch of iPlayer-only content in the last four months: a 3 x 20-minute doc strand about science fiction.
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NewsC4 plans live theatre broadcast on election night
Channel 4 has commissioned Twofour to produce a live broadcast of a play set in a polling station as part of its election night coverage.
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NewsFox cancels De Mol's Utopia
US network Fox has pulled the plug on Utopia, the innovative social experiment format created by John De Mol.
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NewsCan't Stop Media picks up controversial French format
British politicians could be sent undercover to live among their constituents after Can’t Stop Media acquired the rights to controversial French reality format Undercover Leader.
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NewsRTL acquires majority stake in StyleHaul
RTL Group has spent more than $107m (£67m) to take control of a fashion, beauty and lifestyle multi-channel network that features talent such as Zoella and Pixiwoo.
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NewsArthur Williams explores remote locations with Blast!
Arthur Williams is to explore remote regions which can only be accessed by the air in a Blast! Films documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsStrictly Come Dancing embraces Vine
Strictly Come Dancing has generated a record number of Vine video views and plans to adopt Twitter’s live content editing tool for the show’s final.
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NewsC4 signs formats commissioner from Pulse
Channel 4 has bolstered its formats commissioning team with the hire of former Pulse Films and ITV Studios exec Danny Carvalho.
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NewsAMC backs BBC's John le Carre adaptation
Breaking Bad broadcaster AMC has boarded BBC mini-series The Night Manager.
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NewsCohen backs Clarkson in Argentina row
Danny Cohen has thrown his full support behind Jeremy Clarkson in the on-going row over Top Gear’s trip to Argentina.
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NewsMost BBC staff based outside London
The majority of BBC staff are now based outside of London, as the broadcaster hit its target of becoming more geographically diverse one year early.
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NewsBirmingham local TV launch delayed
The launch date for Birmingham’s local TV channel has been pushed back as Ofcom assesses the credentials of a new bidder to take over the licence.
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NewsFormer C4 commissioner joins Nutopia
Jane Root’s indie Nutopia has hired former Channel 4 commissioner Katie Boyd as it prepares for a push into features and formats.