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NewsKeo hopeful for Fish Fight sequel after site success
Keo Digital is hoping to help secure a return to TV screens for the sustainable fishing season Fish Fight after around 20% of viewers visited the website.
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UK indie wins daily music show in China
A daily music show – Eye Tube - has been commissioned by Chinese broadcaster Channel Young. The programme has been developed by Paul Thompson and David Hopkins of Izon Music/Izon audio visual, with Steve Benham as producer.
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NewsAl-Jazeera English to up original content by 25%
Al-Jazeera English is upping the number of original hours of content it orders by more than 25% this year as it increases its number of dedicated seasons.
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NewsC5 relaunch puts lesbians centre stage
Channel 5 is to lift the lid on the lives and loves of lesbians in Candy Bar Girls (working title), a new flagship series marking the relaunch of the channel under Richard Desmond.
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NewsYounge talks tough as axe falls on BBC factual staff
Pat Younge has charged his team with aggressively growing BBC Vision Productions to safeguard its future after another 47 redundancies were revealed this week.
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NewsCohen wins BBC tug of war over Miranda
Danny Cohen has won the tussle over award-winning sitcom Miranda, snaring the third series for BBC1.
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NewsWarner and Jain in running for ITV digital channels chief role
BBC entertainment commissioner Karl Warner and former E4 head Angela Jain are thought to be in the frame to lead ITV’s digital channels.
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NewsUpstairs extended for 2012
BBC1 has recommissioned revived period drama Upstairs Downstairs, doubling the run to six episodes.
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NewsFreelancers face HMRC quiz over tax returns
HM Revenue & Customs is set to haul in thousands of TV freelancers for interview as part of its ongoing investigation into Christopher Lunn & Company.
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NewsNewby parts company with Dragonfly
Francesca Newby has left Shine owned indie Dragonfly by mutual agreement after six years at the business.
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NewsC4 Comedy Lab to wrestle with kabbadi theme
The first Channel 4 Comedy Lab for 2011 is based on kabbadi - the Indian sport that achieved cult status on C4 in the early 1990s.
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Hat Trick joins mission to find comedy talent
Hat Trick Productions has won a second series of ITV1 daytime show Dinner Date and is to partner with Every 1’s A Critic for the 2011 Sitcom Mission to find new writers, actors and directors trying to enter the comedy world.
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NewsGervais and co to set up indie for new series
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington are setting up their own indie and have won a debut commission to produce the second series of An Idiot Abroad for Sky 1.
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NewsCBBC’s Andrew becomes creative director at The Foundation
CBBC head of production Steven Andrew has left the corporation to take up the new role of creative director at The Foundation.
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NewsCutting Edge returns with look at darker side of life
Cutting Edge, the Channel 4 documentary strand that spawned breakout success My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, will return in May with films on extradition, lottery winners and female paedophiles.
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NewsSilver River examines secrets of art for Channel 4
Channel 4 News culture editor Matthew Cain is to ask whether science can explain the secrets of art in a three-part series for Silver River.
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NewsConrad departs Betty after four years at helm
Betty TV managing director Andrew Conrad has left the indie after more than four years.
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NewsStaff complain to bosses of divided C4 newsroom
More than 20 Channel 4 News producers and reporters have written to its head to complain about a divided newsroom, poor communication and staff shortages.
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NewsMood darkens at ‘daily battering’ of BBC cuts
BBC staff have reacted angrily to the cuts to Vision Productions, describing them as “a daily battering” and “a slow death”.
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NewsBBCW skates into the clear as ITV drops protest
ITV has drawn a line under its spat with BBC Worldwide over US ice-dancing format Skating With The Stars.