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Channel 4
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Married at First Sight heads to France
French free-to-air broadcaster M6 has ordered a local version of edgy marriage format Married at…
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Deal Monitor: 16 programming deals at a glance
In a week that began with MIPCOM recuperation and the news TV titan Time Warner…
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E4 acquires US comedy Black-ish
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has acquired ABC comedy Black-ish, and will premiere it on its…
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BBC: C4 needs regulating after Bake Off coup
The BBC has called for greater content regulation to be imposed on Channel 4, in…
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Channel 4 buys NBC drama
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired NBC’s dramedy This is Us from Twentieth Century Fox…
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Featherstone reunites with another Kudos exec
Jane Featherstone is reuniting with former Kudos colleague Naomi de Pear, who is launching a…
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Channel 4 snatches Bake Off from BBC
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has poached the UK’s highest rating show, The Great British Bake…
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Youngest gets order for Game of Clones
Youngest Media, the UK indie set up last year by former Endemol Shine UK execs…
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UK terrestrials to simulcast nets on TVPlayer
The UK’s three commercial terrestrial channels have struck licensing deals with online TV service TVPlayer…
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Walter Presents investigates Case from Iceland
UK on-demand service Walter Presents has acquired the 9x60mins crime drama Case, which hails from…
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TRX adds Audio Network exec as deputy CEO
Online trading platform TRX has hired Juliette Squair from TV music company Audio Network to…
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Nebout’s indie developing Swedish thriller for TV
Patrick Nebout’s Dramacorp is developing Swedish novelist Jan Guilou’s Hamilton books for television. Hamilton will…
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New attempt to find US Friday Night Dinner recipe
CBS is taking another shot at remaking UK sitcom Friday Night Dinner for US broadcast…
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Channel 4 sale talk ‘destabilising’
The chief creative officer at UK broadcaster Channel 4 has said ongoing uncertainly about whether…
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US, UK writers join C4, Sony anthology drama
British broadcaster Channel 4 and US studio Sony Pictures Television have pooled together top writing…
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Ex-BBC, ITV factual chief joins Banijay prodco
Richard Klein has resurfaced at Banijay Group-owned unscripted producer IWC Media. The former BBC Four…
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Channel 4 axes Deal or No Deal
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has axed long-running studio gameshow format Deal or No Deal. C4…
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BBCWW backs Alex Graham, Michael Jackson firm
BBC Worldwide has bought a minority stake in Two Cities Television, a new drama indie…
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Sky, C4 buy into Frank brothers’ digital platform
UK-based pay TV company Sky and commercial broadcaster Channel 4 have both bought into Dial…
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BBC Worldwide invests in Glover, Raphael indie
BBC Worldwide has taken a stake in the new UK-based indie founded by former Channel…
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Channel 4, Corus Hunting Nazi Treasure
UK broadcaster Channel 4 and Corus Entertainment’s Canadian History channel have ordered Hunting Nazi Treasure,…
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Cohen, BBCWW make down payments on House
Former Channel 4 drama chief Tessa Ross and ex-Working Title Television UK boss Juliette Howell…
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Channel 4 names All 4 commissioning team
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has appointed a trio of commissioning editors for its on-demand service,…
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C4, Nat Geo team for ISIS drama
Channel 4 and National Geographic Channel are joining forces to make a drama series about…
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Channel 4 courts First Dates spin-off
UK broadcaster Channel 4 is expanding its relationship with popular romance format First Dates. The…
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Catastrophe continues at Amazon
Amazon Prime Video in the US will have the next two seasons of British relationship…
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Turner adds C4 exec for analytics post
Turner Europe, Middle East and Africa has appointed Channel 4 executive Pedro Cosa to fill…
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UK nets’ factual spend hits £522m, kids down
New Ofcom stats show UK public broadcasters spent more on factual programmes in 2015 than…
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All 4 tries on Naked sex shorts
UK-based Channel 4’s on-demand platform has commissioned a short-form series about the threesome dating scene….
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ITV poaches C4, Twenty Twenty execs
UK broadcaster ITV has added a pair of factual executives to its ranks. Kate Teckman…