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