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Channel 4
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Streaming TV service Magine launches in UK
Online TV operator Magine has launched in test mode in the UK, concurrently securing deals…
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DRG crowns Channel 4 Prince Philip doc
UK-based distributor DRG has acquired international sales rights to Channel 4 documentary Prince Philip: the…
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AMC populates global nets with Humans
AMC has landed exclusive first-run rights to sci-fi drama Humans for its international channel feeds….
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BBC Studios hooks Salmon
Veteran British executive Peter Salmon has been named director of the BBC’s forthcoming commercial production…
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Channel 4 orders posh removals, more pawn
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered Movers, Mansions and Millionaires, a new ob-doc series about…
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Germany to visit The Island
German broadcaster ProSieben has ordered its own version of survivalist format The Island. Endemol Shine…
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Acorn buys EST for ESI’s Humans
US streaming and download service Acorn has acquired electronic sell-through rights to Humans, the English-language…
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BBC kids boss issues license fee rallying call
The new head of the children’s services at the BBC has called upon the wider…
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France 2 to remake UK home format
France 2 has commissioned a local version of Fill Your House For Free, a British…
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‘PSBs investing less in UK content’
Investment in UK-originated content has decreased in recent years, but satisfaction with public service channels…
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Ex-Fresh One, C4 execs join Pulse
Former Fresh One Productions boss Roy Ackerman and Channel 4 commissioning editor Emma Cooper are…
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Cineflix blocks out Lego doc deal
Cineflix Rights has snagged international rights to The Secret World of Lego, the one-off behind-the-scenes…
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Chris Evans takes Clarkson’s Top Gear post
Chris Evans will succeed Jeremy Clarkson as presenter of the BBC’s money-spinning petrol-head fact-ent series…
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Channel 4 launches on-demand service with Thorp
Channel 4 and Jason Thorp are due to launch a new on-demand service dedicated to…
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StyleHaul strikes content deal with Channel 4
RTL-owned multichannel network StyleHaul has struck a deal with Channel 4 to produce a series of…
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Gaumont, FremantleMedia set for Monte Carlo event
Christophe Riandee, the vice-CEO of French studio Gaumont, and Jens Richter, the boss of FremantleMedia…
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All3’s Caudell switches to Channel 4 in rejig
Ben Caudell is leaving All3Media’s Objective Productions for UK broadcaster Channel 4 little more than…
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C4 orders Made in Chelsea: LA from NBCU’s Monkey
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered Made in Chelsea: LA (MIC:LA), a new spin-off from…
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Viewpoint: Changing the tune
Music programming in the era of reality TV is not what it used to be,…
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Writer’s Room: Paul Abbott says take No Offence
Paul Abbott is the BAFTA Award-winning writer who cut his teeth on Coronation Street and…
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Ex-FremantleMedia UK boss joins All3
Former FremantleMedia UK CEO Sara Geater is joining another UK-based production giant, All3Media, as COO….
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Channel 4 plans E4 election day shut-down
Channel 4 has announced plans to shut down its youth-skewing network E4 on May 7,…
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Paxman catches Election fever with Channel 4
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a night of programming for the upcoming UK election,…
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Fox’s Empire headed to UK youth net
Fox’s new season break-out hit Empire has landed on UK TV. A deal between Twentieth…
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FremantleMedia takes No Offence
FremantleMedia International has bagged rights to upcoming Channel 4 police procedural No Offence, which comes…
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BBC drama boss exits for J.J. Abrams prodco
The BBC’s drama chief, Ben Stephenson, is leaving the UK public broadcaster and relocating to…
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Airport, Brothel sell for Hat Trick
Hat Trick International heads into MIPTV on the back of sales of new factual pair…
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NBC lands on Bear Grylls’ Island
US broadcaster NBC has ordered a local version of Bear Grylls-fronted Channel 4 adventurer series…
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UK networks retrans battle goes to Euro court
The battle between three UK broadcasters and streaming site TVCatchup is headed to the Court…
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Channel 4 buys into another UK indie
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has bought into another emerging indie producer as part of its…