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NewsSpike Jonze backs web-TV
Legendary hollywood film director Spike Jonze is backing a new free-to-air online television station.
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NewsDigital box sales soar
Just 2,000 of Whitehaven’s 25,000 homes lost BBC2 when its analogue signal was pulled on 17 October.
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NewsDiscovery signs C4 deals
Discovery Channel UK to get access to 400 hours of C4’s back catalogue and a first-look option on new content.
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NewsGameshow indie for sale
12 Yard Productions is up for sale, with first round bids from interested parties expected by the end of this week.
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NewsITV orders topical gun drama
ITV1 has ordered a drama about the murder of an innocent child against the backdrop of rising wave of gun crime.
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NewsNew war zone safety call
ITN has called on the government to support a change in international law to safeguard journalists in war zones.
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NewsNeumann acts as director
Daniela Neumann has been made acting director of programmes for Virgin1, Bravo, Challenge and Trouble.
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NewsThompson faces staff battle
Support for Mark Thompson plummeted this week ahead of the unveiling of the corporation’s strategy to staff.
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NewsSlicing into the meat
News cuts in the guise of integration risk sapping the BBC’s distinctive strengths
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NewsSwitchover may cause HD divide
Michael Grade has warned that digital switchover could split television viewers into “haves and have-nots”.
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NewsDoubts over US IT Crowd
The future of Fremantle Media’s US remake of The IT Crowd is in doubt despite it being greenlit for a full series.
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NewsBBCW format factory commission
BBC Worldwide’s development unit, which was set up this year to create formats specifically for the international market, has won its first US commission.
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NewsPower to re-make Sea Wolf
Drama producer and distributor Power is to co-produce an adaptation of Jack London’s classic novel The Sea Wolf.
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NewsFremantle revives Password
FremantleMedia North America has picked up an order from CBS for a remake of the classic gameshow Password.
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NewsAardman to save the world
Aardman will make a series of humorous short films featuring tips from animals on how to live a greener lifestyle.
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NewsTon of Cash to Middle East
Endemol’s Middle East office has secured its first commission, a 15-week run of reality gameshow Ton of Cash.
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NewsNine picks Hole in the Wall
FremantleMedia has struck a number of deals for its new Japanese gameshow format Hole in the Wall.
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NewsSuccess for CBBC’s Serious
All3Media International has picked up a sixth series of CBBC’s children’s factual strand Serious -
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NewsGI sells to Ideal channel
Granada International has sold a raft of factual titles, including Surviving Extremes, to new Brazilian channel Ideal.
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Hit adds to third party slate
Hit Entertainment has bolstered its slate of in-house productions with a raft of new third-party signings.