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News19 Emmy nods for Glee
US high school musical comedy Glee has drawn 19 nominations for US Emmy awards - going up against 30 Rock and Modern Family for best comedy.
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NewsCelador wins £177m Disney Millionaire ruling
The British production company which created Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is celebrating a multi-million pound “David and Goliath” legal victory against Disney today over profits from the game show.
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NewsAll3Media’s Undercover Boss heads down under
Undercover Boss is to be adapted for audiences in Australia and Spain, following a string of new deals signed by All3Media International.
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BBC’s Beyond Boundaries gets Mexican remake
Beyond Boundaries, the BBC reality series about a group of disabled adventurers, is to be remade as Zodiak Entertainment’s first Mexican production.
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NewsJailed nursery nurse’s family to speak out in doc
The immediate family of Vanessa George, the Plymouth nursery nurse jailed for child abuse, are to speak in a HanrahanMedia doc for AETN UK’s Crime & Investigation Network.
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NewsFive lines up ‘all-singing, all-dancing’ gameshow
Ant & Dec indie Gallowgate is tuning up to produce a music gameshow for Five as part of the broadcaster’s ambitions to score a shiny-floor hit.
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NewsTurner channels want in on the live action
Turner Broadcasting’s new chief content officer, Michael Carrington, is making the inclusion of live-action programming a priority for his predominantly animationbased channels Boomerang and Cartoon N
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NewsBBC Children’s to target teens with extra budget
BBC Children’s plans to use some of its recently approved extra budget to try to attract more teenage viewers to its CBBC channel.
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NewsShed sets up fact ent arm
Shed Media Group is staffing up for a new division aiming to capitalise on the growth of factual entertainment shows.
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NewsFrontrunners emerge for BBC commissioning role
Watchdog editor Jeff Anderson and BBC executive producers Lisa Edwards and Alison Kirkham are thought to be in the running to succeed Jo Ball as commissioning editor for features for BBC1 and BBC2.
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NewsTalkback includes all 150 staffers in redundancy talks
All 150 staff at Talkback Thames will go into consultation over redundancy as part of the super-indie’s restructure.
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NewsITV breaks new ground in Baby Cow app transfer
Baby Cow has won an ITV commission for an animated series in what is thought to be the first time an iPhone app has been turned into a TV show.
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NewsMorrison foresees All3 profit surge
All3Media boss Steve Morrison has predicted the super-indie will achieve double-digit growth in profits in 2011 as confidence surges back into the TV industry.
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NewsC4 plans follow-up series to My Beautiful Face doc
Channel 4 is to turn its Bafta-nominated Cutting Edge documentary Katie: My Beautiful Face into a four-part series.
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NewsScottish internship plan launches
Glasgow-based factual producer Matchlight has teamed up with Creative Scotland and Channel 4 to launch a 12-week internship scheme for aspiring producer/directors.
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NewsStreet Striker to return
Ad-funded football talent contest Coke Zero Street Striker, presented by Wayne Rooney, has been recommissioned by Sky 1 HD for a third series to start filming in August.
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NewsPineapple spin-off set for a nationwide tour
Sky 1 is to turn the follow-up to Pineapple Dance Studios into a live event that it plans to take around the country.
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NewsBBC audio chief defends digital radio strategy
BBC director of audio Tim Davie has defended the corporation’s digital radio strategy but admitted the industry needs a “step change in all areas” to achieve its digital switchover target.
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NewsProducers slam Trust’s support for online cuts
Multiplatform producers campaigning for the BBC to rethink its online strategy have given short shrift to the BBC Trust’s backing for the proposed 25% budget cut.
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NewsITV to put bosses to the test
ITV’s 150 senior managers are to undertake psychometric tests to assess whether they have the right skills for their jobs as part of a overhaul that sees the departure of ITV Studios bosses Lee Bartlett and Remy Blumenfeld.