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NewsITV eyes comedy season
EDINBURGH: ITV is considering the launch of a comedy season that could potentially help it tackle its Friday night ratings drought.
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NewsBillie Piper to star in BBC3 comedy
Zai Bennett has revealed a raft of commissions for BBC3, including a new comedy pilot starring Billie Piper from the director of The Inbetweeners Movie and a doc that takes a sceptical look at 9/11 conspiracies.
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NewsTennant cast in BBC1 'improvised' drama series
BBC1 has lined up an all star cast for an ‘improvised’ drama series from Bafta-winning writer and director Dominic Savage.
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NewsBBC3 grounds Hotter Than My Daughter
Zai Bennett is axing makeover show Hotter Than My Daughter and is considering the future of Snog Marry Avoid?, following a review of his channel’s pre-watershed slots.
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NewsComedy Central reveals Friends plans
Comedy Central will strip the entire series of Friends from its first episode as it “takes ownership” of the show following its departure from Channel 4.
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NewsKatie Piper signs two-year deal with Channel 4
Channel 4 has signed up former model Katie Piper to a two-year exclusive deal and has also revealed some details of new projects for Derren Brown and Jimmy Doherty.
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NewsC4 lining up major entertainment projects
Channel 4 is planning to launch a major entertainment show in January, with six shows currently in consideration.
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NewsSky Arts orders Nixon comedy
Hat Trick is to make a new comedy drama for Sky Arts based on real recordings of President Nixon.
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NewsAutodesk launches subs packs
Autodesk has launched subscription packs for its 2012 Entertainment Creation Suites, which include Maya, Motionbuilder and Mudbox.
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NewsBrooker writes crime spoof for Sky1
Charlie Brooker has penned a feature-length comedy for Sky1 billed as a spoof of every British crime drama made in the last decade.
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NewsFoster heads to Tyrell
Former Altered Images support engineer Ian Foster has joined Tyrell CCT as technical support engineer.
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NewsImpossible to re-appear on C5
Channel 5’s magic-themed gameshow Impossible?, which was pulled mid-run earlier this year, is to make a return to tap into Big Brother’s audience.
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NewsHunt urges Virgin and YouView to support local TV
The government is in talks with Virgin Media and YouView over securing prominent positioning for local TV services on their internet-enabled television platforms.
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NewsCarpool takes return trip to online roots
Chat show Carpool, in which Robert Llewellyn interviews guests while driving, is moving off Dave to return to its online roots for its second series.
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NewsDead Donkey writer pens phone hacking comedy for C4
Channel 4 has ordered a phone hacking comedy from Drop the Dead Donkey writer Guy Jenkin.
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NewsBoaden backs Newsnight
The BBC’s director of news Helen Boaden has hit back at claims that Newsnight is “losing its way”, describing them as “wholly inaccurate and unfair”.
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NewsFormer Thames Television exec dies
Ian Martin, the former editor of ITV’s This Week and factual executive at Thames Television, has died aged 75.
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NewsFilms at 59 lands Cardiff studios deal
Post-production and hire company Films at 59 has won a three-year contract to service the BBC’s new Roath Lock studios in Cardiff.
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NewsHD to reach 70% of UK homes in five years
More than 70% of UK households will be watching HD channels by 2016, according to figures from Informa.
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NewsTVC HD upgrade nears completion
BBC Studios and Post Production’s (BBC S&PP) HD upgrade of all the major studios at Television Centre (TVC) has almost been completed, with the £1.5m refit of Studios Two and Three due to be finished by early next month.