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NewsRoberts sells October stake to focus on feature films
October Films founder Tom Roberts has left the company after almost 20 years to focus on directing his own feature films.
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NewsRatings focus: News 'chat' talks up Five ratings
Five's revamp of its news programmes and a high profile new presenter found favour as its 5pm bulletin attracted 1 million viewers.
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Disney names Cairns to run UK operation
Disney Channels EMEA has appointed a dedicated head for the business in the UK.
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Duo quit Lion to launch entertainment indie
The Lion TV entertainment executives responsible for creating Cash Cab and Let Me Entertain You are leaving the company to set up on their own.
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NewsBBC pilots weekday Kitchen spin-off
The BBC is piloting a new format for Saturday Kitchen that could turn it into a stripped weekday show.
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Hit sells Records
Hit Entertainment has sold the Guinness World Records brand for an undisclosed sum.
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Creasey heads research
BBC Worldwide has created a new research team and has hired Stella Creasey to head it.
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NewsFry to trace first printing press
Stephen Fry will examine the story behind the Western world's first printing press in a one-off doc for a BBC4 medieval season this April.
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Leopard scores international and UK deals
Leopard International has secured a slew of secondary rights UK deals, including selling the Kate Adie-fronted Found to Sky Real Lives
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Five reveals secrets of T5 in superstructure series
Five is to tell the story of the construction of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 in a new series dedicated to the secrets of superstructures.
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NewsNat Geo orders CGI ape doc from Pioneer
National Geographic will examine the genetic and behavioural similarities and differences between humans and great apes in a one-off documentary from Pioneer Productions.
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NewsBravo pumps up drama with Kill Point debut
Bravo has boosted its primetime drama armoury by acquiring drama series The Kill Point from Lionsgate.
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BBC4 adds ad tie-ins
BBC4 has lined up three 60-minute docs to tie in with Mad Men, its upcoming US drama import about the advertising industry in 1960s New York.
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Handle turns out spin-off
Kids indie Handle and Spout is to make a spin-off of kids show Go and Get a Grown Up, which airs on Turner's pre-school channel Cartoonito.
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C4 orders trio of docs for Cutting Edge
Channel 4 has commissioned North One and IWC Media to produce three films for its Cutting Edge strand.
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NewsMacIntyre to watch CCTV footage for Five
Donal MacIntyre will go behind CCTV cameras for an inside view of street crime for his latest Five ob doc series.
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NewsIndie sector revenues top£2bn
The independent production sector grew revenues by nearly 10% last year topping£2bn for the first time.
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NewsHotel Babylon no match for football
The third series of BBC1's glitzy drama Hotel Babylon got off to something of a subdued start with 5m (19.7%) at 9pm as ITV1's Champions League coverage took centre stage.
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Ball to front R2 show
West End star Michael Ball will present a new BBC Radio 2 show on Sunday mornings.