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NewsRamsay to cook Christmas dinner live for C4
Gordon Ramsay will cook a turkey dinner live for Channel 4 on Christmas Day - while Alan Carr will take viewers into the New Year.
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NewsChannel 5+1 to launch next month
Channel 5 is preparing to launch a time-shifted channel across Freeview, Freesat and Sky from early December.
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NewsC4 to shake up commissioning structure
Ralph Lee and Sue Murphy look set to be the winners in an imminent Channel 4 commissioning restructure.
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NewsESPN tees up first golf tournament
ESPN is to televise golf in the UK for the first time having signed the rights to the Australian PGA Championship and Australian Open, as well as striking a deal to share the World Professional Darts Championships with the BBC.
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NewsC4 to probe Britishness in Bradford
The Citizenship test will be used as the basis of a social experiment in Bradford which will result in a group of people who failed it put together in a house by Channel 4.
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NewsC4 acquires Half Ton Killer
Mayra Rosales, a 500 kilogram (78 stone) woman, accused of beating her nephew to death is one of the main characters in a US documentary acquired by Channel 4.
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NewsMTV renews Pretty Little Liars
US teen drama Pretty Little Liars will return for a second run on MTV, after performing strongly for the broadcaster across the summer.
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NewsEndemol names Heys PP supremo
Endemol UK has handed Tiger Aspect’s Claire Heys responsibility for product placement, licensing, promotions, live events and AFPs across all of its indies.
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NewsFremantle hires Holby producer for global drama push
FremantleMedia has appointed the producer of around 100 episodes of Holby City to a newly created drama role as it seeks to expand in the genre.
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NewsCreative England to fund indie diversity
Indies must diversify away from the “shrinking market” of TV, the chief executive of screen agency Creative England has said.
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NewsCrawford Collins targets scripted comedy for Slim
Former Kudos managing director Simon Crawford Collins is eyeing the world of scripted comedy as part of his new venture, Slim Film & Television.
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NewsYouTube channel kicks off Shine Group strategy
Shine Group is kicking off a direct-to-consumer strategy with the launch of a YouTube channel featuring content created for the platform.
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NewsNo takers for Red or Black? Down Under
ITV and Simon Cowell’s Syco TV have failed to sell million-pound roulette format Red or Black? in Australia – one of the key territories where they were attempting to get it off the ground.
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NewsSalt Beef to grow Friday Download brand
Salt Beef hopes to turn CBBC show Friday Download into a fully-fledged brand after winning a 13-part recommission for the youth magazine show.
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NewsBBC Radio ready to partner
Director general Mark Thompson has signalled that BBC Radio is to work more collaboratively with the commercial sector by opening up distribution of its content and via an Audiopedia audio archive.
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NewsGaunt and Whale warn BBC over local radio cuts
Radio industry veterans including Jon Gaunt and James Whale have warned the BBC that cuts to local speech radio will have a “damaging effect on society”.
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NewsBBC in-house vies with Avalon for comedy show
The BBC’s in-house production arm is going head to head with indie Avalon for a new BBC3 comedy-ent commission.
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NewsAtlantic’s Taylor moves to OSF
Oxford Scientific Films has appointed James Taylor as its head of development to focus on the international expansion of its specialist factual content.
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NewsShaun Ryder to hunt aliens for History
Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder will consult Robbie Williams and professors Brian Cox and Steven Hawking about the possibility that mankind shares the universe with aliens for AETN’s History channel.
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NewsTurner acquires AMC's Hell on Wheels
Turner Classic Movies has snapped up new US drama Hell On Wheels – the first time the channel has secured first-run rights to a series.