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NewsITV spells out commissioning wishlist
Now new director of television Peter Fincham has briefed his team, Broadcast reveals what ITV's commissioners want, don't want and can't go without.
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C4 Tibet doc sells strongly
Channel 4 documentary Undercover in Tibet has been sold to 15 broadcasters in territories around the world.
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NewsITV: Michaela Hennessy-Vass, commissioning editor, comedy
Sitcoms are the key priority for Hennessy-Vass, who has spent the past year refining what works for ITV in scripted comedy.
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NewsRussia to make local version of The Office
Ricky Gervais has revealed that award-winning comedy The Office is to be remade for a Russian audience.
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NewsITV: Zai Bennett, controller, ITV2
Bennett wants big name celebrities to spearhead a raft of new factual entertainment and comedy shows.
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NewsITV: Laura Mackie, director of drama commissioning
The hunt for returnable 9pm series remains Mackie's top priority, with the emphasis on giving familiar genres an original twist.
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Two new faces join Cineflix
London-based distributor Cineflix International has made two major appointments from Nat Geo and the BBC.
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Met Film move to Ealing
Post-production facility Met Film Post and creative agency Met Film Creative have moved to Ealing Studios.
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NewsITV: Adam MacDonald, controller of daytime
Indies can't complain about a lack of clarity from MacDonald: his wish list is perhaps the most precise of the commissioners.
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BDA buys up Jago Design
Design group BDA has purchased set designer Jago Design, which was established by creative director Simon Jago in 1992.
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Senior editor to Evolutions
Evolutions has appointed senior editor and DS artist Nick Cliff to its creative team.
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NewsITV: Alison Sharman, director of factual and daytime
Sharman has identified authored journeys as a major opportunity for ITV1 and, having dipped her toe in the water with Robbie Coltrane: B-Road Britain, the director of factual has already ordered Martin Clunes: A Man and his Dogs and the Griff Rhys Jones-fronted World's Greatest Cities.
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England face Germany again for ITV4 Legends
ITV4 will screen the rematch of old rivals England v Germany as part of its Football Legends strand.
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NewsAxis plans to open digital workflow lab
Pinewood-based facilities company Axis plans to set up a digital lab that will store media and create a reusable digital workflow for clients.
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NewsITV to remake dark drama Bouquet of Barbed Wire
Mammoth Screen is developing another adaptation of the controversial novel Bouquet of Barbed Wire.
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NewsHow Roly pulled in the crowds for BBC2
Outgoing BBC2 controller Roly Keating managed to pull off the difficult balancing act between maintaining the channel's public service credentials while also building up sizeable audiences during his four years in charge.
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Shine and New Regency form film JV
Super-indie Shine Group and US producer New Regency have formed an internationally focused joint-venture company that will produce cinema films.