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NewsComedy Central seeks indie for topical show
Indies will have the opportunity to pitch to make a topical news show being developed by Comedy Central with former Heat editor Sam Delaney.
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NewsBBC facing tough call on Kennedys
The BBC is facing a dilemma over whether to screen controversial US series The Kennedys, which is struggling to find a broadcaster in the States.
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NewsNext stop South America for Jonathan Dimbleby
Current affairs veteran Jonathan Dimbleby is to journey across South America for his latest BBC2 documentary.
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NewsNew comedy on agenda after Foundation’s kids’ conference
Zodiak Media UK children’s division The Foundation has brought together commissioners and writers in a bid to create comedy projects that will specifically fit the requirements of broadcasters.
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NewsBBC Daytime orders four consumer affairs shows
Four series tackling consumer affairs have been commissioned by BBC Daytime to air on BBC1 this year.
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NewsPassion pre-sells further Unusual Deaths to AETN
Passion Distribution has pre-sold a forthcoming series on strange deaths to AETN UK - completing funding for the show.
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NewsTV execs to act as mentors on WFTV coaching scheme
A host of top executives, including the BBC’s Danny Cohen and Pat Younge, have been confirmed as mentors on a new Women in Film and TV scheme.
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NewsPM to hear call for abolition of ATVoD
A niche broadcaster is taking his complaints about VoD regulator the Association for Television on Demand (ATVoD) to prime minister David Cameron, as part of wider concerns about the organisation.
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NewsAbraham: C4's ad sales growth will match ITV
David Abraham has revealed that Channel 4 will report bumper ad sales numbers later this year and that the broadcaster has kept pace with ITV’s 2010 recovery.
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NewsTF1 Production signs up Blumenfeld in search for UK formats
French production company TF1 Production is looking to UK indies to find formats suitable for a French audience and has drafted in Remy Blumenfeld to drive the process forward.
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NewsSky News to produce Queen's Speech
Sky News is to produce The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast for the first time, sharing the speech with terrestrial broadcasters the BBC and ITV.
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NewsThompson: free TV "has a lot to prove"
Free-to-air broadcasting has “a lot to do and a lot to prove” if it is to exist in the future, Mark Thompson has claimed.
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NewsOnline Corrie spin-off to air on ITV2
An online Coronation Street spin-off series is to be shown for the first time on ITV2 later this month.
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NewsLand Girls sold worldwide
BBC daytime drama Land Girls is to be broadcast in Asia, Eastern Europe and Australia following a series of deals by DCD Rights.
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Shine Intl boss to co-chair Natpe
Shine International president Chris Grant has been named co-chair of the Natpe association, ahead of the launch of its annual event in Miami next week.
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NewsExtreme orders skate doc
Extreme Sports Channel has commissioned a new documentary about a world record breaking jump from the Eiffel Tower.
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NewsCelebrities to "control" new C4 music show
Stars of the Inbetweeners and Misfits will take control of a new Channel 4 music series, funded by fashion retailer Topman.
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NewsITV dramas head to Latin America
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold more than 170 hours of programming into Latin America, including Trevor Eve drama Bouquet of Barbed Wire.
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NewsHunt: we will “radically rethink” media regulation
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has fired the starting gun on the creation of a new communications act, promising the publication of a green paper by the end of 2011.
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NewsC4 poaches C5 scheduling boss
Richard Brent, head of planning and scheduling at Channel 5, has become the latest executive to join Channel 4 in the wake of Jay Hunt’s appointment.