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NewsReally picks up Momma’s Boys dating series
UKTV lifestyle channel Really has acquired the multichannel rights to a US reality series from Ryan Seacrest Productions.
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NewsUllman show wins third run
Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, produced by Allan McKeown Presents… has been commissioned for a third series by US cable channel Showtime.
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NewsBBC2 gives greenlight to Bwark ad agency sitcom
The Inbetweeners producer Bwark has had the greenlight from BBC2 for a full series of its pilot comedy, The Scum Also Rises.
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STV hopes to put regional news trial on fast track
STV’s broadcasting managing director Bobby Hain has pleaded with Ofcom to fast-track a regional news consortium pilot scheme in Scotland.
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Lime moves into docs with Beach Boy co-pro film
Hollyoaks producer Lime Pictures is venturing into arts programming with a BBC4 profile of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson.
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NewsSergeant goes on the rails in India for BBC4
Strictly Come Dancing star John Sergeant is to travel to India in the latest in a string of BBC documentaries about railways.
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CTVC asks indies to pitch for £200k social issues soap
Religious and ethical indie CTVC is inviting three indies to pitch for an online soap opera that aims to tackle big social and moral issues.
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NewsCBBC focuses on science with double order
CBBC has ordered a guide to “holidaying in space” and a second run of Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab - both to tie in with the BBC’s 2010 year of science.
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NewsRenegade’s redecorating couples ordered by BBC3
Renegade Pictures is to apply its Don’t Tell The Bride format to interior decoration in a 6 x 60-minute series for BBC3.
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RatingsD-Day landing BBC4 viewers
BBC4’s D-Day themed programming to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Normandy landings brought the channel its best-ever Saturday performance.
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RatingsTop score despite a day swap
Scheduling change for The Apprentice from Wednesday to Sunday night fails to dent viewing figures.
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NewsBBC talent facing 25% pay cuts
BBC stars earning above £100,000 a year are facing pay cuts of 25% when their deals come up for renegotiation – and some of the highest paid names are expected to have their salaries halved.
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NewsBBC1 debut for Nigel Slater with simple cooking
Nigel Slater is to move from BBC2 to BBC1 for a primetime show about “achievable” cooking.
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Ashbrook’s move to LA heralds new dawn for Shine
Shine Television is looking for a new creative director as a result of Robin Ashbrook leaving to move to Los Angeles.
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NewsLumsden on lookout for agile comedy series
BBC controller of comedy commissioning Lucy Lumsden has asked indies to tender “nimble” series that could be shifted to pre-watershed slots if they are successful.
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NewsWhizz Kid wins ABC order for celebrity dance show
Whizz Kid Entertainment is remaking its Comic Relief celebrity dance format Let’s Dance for America’s ABC1 as a primetime show.
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Senior departures prompt Channel 4 to rethink factual
Channel 4 is set to shake up its factual commissioning structure in the wake of high-profile departures.
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NewsITVS takes I’m a Celebrity to India in format debut
ITV Studios has struck its first Indian format deal and will coproduce a version of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! for Sony Entertainment Television.
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NewsITV slashes Royal Variety budget
ITV will spend half a million pounds less on entertaining the Queen this year after it chopped the budget for the Royal Variety Performance almost in two.
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NewsSetanta woe could boost ITV
ITV is rubbing its hands at the prospect of picking up eight England matches at a knockdown price if Setanta Sports collapses.