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Ben Frow
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Channel 5 to pair commissioners with nine BAME prodcos
Channel 5 is teaming up with an ennead of BAME prodcos in a bid to…
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Channel 5’s Frow: Savings from ‘Big Brother’ cancellation didn’t go the distance
Channel 5 director of programmes Ben Frow has called the cancellation of Big Brother a…
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Channel 5 bolsters scripted slate with three additions
Viacom-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 has unveiled a raft of original dramas in the latest…
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C5 targets BAME indies for programme ideas
Channel 5 has launched a new initiative to encourage more BAME-owned and managed indie production…
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Channel 5 axes Big Brother as Endemol sale heats up
Channel 5 has cancelled Big Brother after eight years on the Viacom-owned broadcaster. The channel…
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Paramount importance
The US’s newest general entertainment station, the Paramount Network, launches in January 2018. Jesse Whittock…
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Channel 5 to spend more time In the Wild
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a batch of shows in the factual space, and…
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Channel 5 to re-open X-Files in UK
UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired the reboot of US sci-fi drama The X-Files….
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UK set for a Lip Sync Battle
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered a local version of Lip Sync Battle, the…
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Viacom poaches BBC exec for commissioning
Viacom has recruited Sean Doyle as a factual commissioner for its Channel 5 operation, poaching…
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Raft of exec appointments at Viacom intn’l channels
Viacom has upped several of senior channel execs at its international channels, appointing a new…
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Viacom’s Spike to begin int’l roll out in UK
Viacom is set to launch its male-skewing Spike channel internationally for the first time, with…
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Viacom closes Channel 5 acquisition
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has closed its £450 million (US$740 million) acquisition of UK…
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Ob docs: obsolete or of the moment?
Rumblings that the ob doc trend is stifling creativity on both sides of the Atlantic…
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Channel 5 tracks Jacko’s Last Hours, feels the love
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a series looking into the last hours of late…
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Channel 5 schedules UK Film School’s ‘sexting’ doc
Channel 5 will air its film school-produced ‘sexting’ documentary, Sexters, this Sunday. The one-off doc…
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Channel 5 to broadcast student ‘sext’ doc series
The UK’s Channel 5 claims to be the first major broadcaster to air a student…