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NewsE4's Brooker thriller is set in Big Brother house
Charlie Brooker's E4 zombie thriller Dead Set will be set in the Big Brother house.
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NewsITV1 orders ‘Las Vegas-style' daytime show
Bradley Walsh will preside over a giant Las Vegas-style slot machine in an afternoon quiz show that will be stripped across ITV1 weekdays.
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Lawrence tipped for Five
NBC Universal director of global acquisitions Mark Lawrence has emerged as the favourite to land the Five controller of acquisitions role.
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Talent scheme launched
Channel 4, Five and ITV Productions have all signed up to an initiativeto nurture and retain future talent.
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NewsOfcom digital adviser to lead C4 PSB plans
Ofcom senior digital media adviser Tom Loosemore has joined Channel 4 where he will be responsible for allocating its£50m fund for online PSB content, 4IP.
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NewsBBC2 Switch orders ‘Baywatch boot camp'
The BBC is to subject eight British adolescents to “Baywatch boot camp”, in a new 8 x 30-minute ob-doc series that aims to turn teens into US lifeguards.
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Sky One charts addict's last days
Sky One is to follow the last three months of a heroin addict's battle with an ultimately fatal addiction.
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Christie goes behind bars in Virgin series
Linford Christie and Joe Pasquale will tough it out in the world's most merciless prisons in a new factual entertainment series for Virgin 1.
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NewsBBC: no merged controller role
BBC Vision director Jana Bennett has ruled out merging the BBC2 and BBC4 controller jobs.
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NewsBBC1 obstacle course to Wipeout contestants
BBC1 will challenge contestants to tackle the world's biggest obstacle course in a UK version of global Endemol hit Wipeout.
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NewsUK form at sales surge to capture half world market
UK programme formats have increased their dominance over the last five years, accounting for more than half (53%) of exported format hours globally.
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Bebo hires first commissioning head
Bebo has hired its first executive with specific responsibility for commissioning and managing original programming.
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NewsCarnival deal to kick off NBC buying spree
NBC Universal has set its sights on becoming the next Endemol following its deal to buy Hotel Babylon-producer Carnival Films.
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NewsReady-meals won't get any tastier than this...
Shine Group is planning to use the MasterChef brand to launch a range of ready-meals and cooking ingredients.
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NewsVariety is antidote to credit crunch, says Cooper
ITV controller of entertainment John Kaye Cooper has revealed that he is bringing back the weekend variety format to combat economic doom and gloom.
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NewsC4 doc looks at ‘The Charles Generation'
Men born on the same day as Prince Charles will tell their stories in a Sue Bourne documentary that forms part of Channel 4's autumn schedule.
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NewsITVW does Proper deal
ITV Worldwide has secured a multi-year development and distribution deal with Canadian indie Proper Television.
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NewsITV Play trumpets online Bingo success
ITV Play commissioner William van Rest has heralded a new era in the commercial broadcaster's gaming fortunes, with up to 60,000 people downloading numbers each day to take part in its new late-night programming block, Bingo Night Live.
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Media stocks down by£12bn in past year
The Edinburgh TV Festival traditionally provides an opportunity for the media industry to take stock. Looking at broadcast stocks' performance over the past year highlights what a challenging time has been had.
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Cut-down Kahuna switcher
Snell and Wilcox will release a compact version of its Kahuna production switcher at next month's IBC exhibition.