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Channel 4
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News brief: Arrow making Mayday doc for C4
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered a one-off doc about a passenger who successfully took…
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Scripps signs up Channel 4 shows
Scripps Networks International has acquired a package of British-themed programmes to its global Food Network…
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News brief: Channel 4 to meet Taxman
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned indie Tiger Aspect Productions to create a 3x60mins ob…
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Almost 60 years after the Americans and Russians battled for supremacy of the stars, two…
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Channel 4 ups factual chief to Jay Hunt deputy
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has promoted head of factual Ralph Lee to deputy chief creative…
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News brief: Scorpion has Porn on the Brain
London-based sales house Scorpion TV has acquired Porn on the Brain, a Channel 4 documentary…
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France Televisions peers through Black Mirror
France Télévisions has acquired Charlie Brooker’s dystopian drama satire Black Mirror from Endemol Worldwide Distribution….
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Pioneer Productions making UK floods doc
UK factual producer Pioneer Productions is making a fast turnaround doc about the recent floods that…
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BBC and Sky settle retransmission fee dispute
The BBC and Sky have ended a long-running dispute about retransmission fees, agreeing that the…
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Pioneer Productions staffs up
Pioneer Productions has hired two senior production executives. The Tinopolis-owned factual producer has recruited former…
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All3Media Intn’l cuts programming deal with Swan Films
All3Media International has struck a deal with Swan Films, the freshly-minted UK indie set up…
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BBC America poaches IWC’s Kelehar
US cable channel BBC America has moved further into original unscripted production with the hire…
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Janice Hadlow out as BBC Two controller
Janice Hadlow has stepped down as controller of UK channels BBC Two and BBC Four….
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DRG goes to Babylon with Danny Boyle
MTG Studios-owned distributor DRG has acquired international rights to upcoming UK police satire Babylon. The…
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Oldroyd upped in Nat Geo Channels International reshuffle
Jules Oldroyd (pictured) has been promoted to senior VP, programming strategy and development at National…
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Impossible Pictures enlists publisher
Impossible Pictures Factual and Osprey Publishing have announced plans for a collaboration, based on the…
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Shine raids the BBC for new creative director
UK-based prodco Shine TV has hired Tanya Shaw as creative director. She joins from the…
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Channel 4 buys Norwegian political drama
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired Mammon, a political drama from Norwegian pubcaster NRK. The…
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Nat Geo to broadcast special Live From Space
National Geographic Channel is preparing Live From Space, a two-hour special that will be broadcast…
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Channel 4 to commission more from outside England
The proportion of programming Channel 4 commissions from outside England is likely to increase from…
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Dale Winton in line for BBC lottery gameshow pilot
UK producer Victory Television has won a pilot order from the BBC for a new…
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Oz, Nordic nets shop at Liberty of London
Australia’s Foxtel and Norway’s NRK have pre-bought new UK doc series Liberty of London, which…
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News brief: Channel 4 orders Reef factual pair
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a pair of factual titles from indie Reef Television….
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Channel 4 enters The Dog Show
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered a 15-episode competition series in which dogs and their…
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October Films, Group M making Nile walk series
UK public broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered Walking the Nile, a series that will track…
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Russell T. Davies dramas to spotlight gay life
Queer as Folk creator Russell T. Davies is creating a pair of TV dramas and…
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Channel 4 among ABC David Blaine show buyers
The UK’s Channel 4 was one of seven buyers of David Blaine: Real or Magic…
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Michael Grade identifies Stars of the Musical Theatre
UK channel BBC Four has commissioned Glasgow-based Finestripe Productions to create Michael Grade’s Stars of…
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Australia and NZ take a seat at the drama table
Producers in Australia and New Zealand are creating a new wave of international-friendly scripted series…
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Comment: How social media is influencing reality development
Love it or hate it, reality TV has firmly cemented its place within pop culture,…