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Channel 5 & PBS Masterpiece extend ‘All Creatures’ for two seasons
ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 in the UK and PBS Masterpiece in the US have handed a…
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BBC & C4 shows thrash Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ for viewers, according to new UK data
The BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and Channel 4’s The Great British Bake Off have beaten…
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BBC, C4, ITV & Sky commit to COP26 climate content pledge
The CEOs of UK broadcasters, including the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, STV and Sky, will…
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UK’s Red Sauce expands after bumper C5 factual order
Zinc Media Group’s UK factual label Red Sauce is expanding its London and Manchester production…
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BBC, ITV, C4 & C5 prep ‘UK streamer app’ to combat global SVODs
UK broadcasters are reportedly looking to create a single streaming app that would act as…
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Netflix adds support to ScreenSkills UK unscripted talent fund
Netflix has become the latest industry player to support the Unscripted TV Skills Fund, set…
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ViacomCBS’s C5 in UK ditches peak-time per-hour pricing model
Channel 5 in the UK will no longer apply a fixed, per-hour pricing tariff model…
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TBI Weekly: What the UK’s kids commissioners want & why
As the Children’s Media Conference comes to a close, TBI’s deputy editor Mark Layton hears…
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Factual round-up: A+E seeks lost gold; Discovery+ acquires Herzog space doc; C5 digs into Pearl Harbour
A+E seeks lost Amazon gold A+E Networks UK has acquired the documentary series Curse Of…
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How Wildflame navigated int’l co-pros for Discovery+ & C5
Llinos Griffin-Williams, executive producer of factual & international co-productions at Welsh indie Wildflame, discusses what it takes…
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C5 expands diversity-focused Indie Initiative with ‘Posh Sleepover’ & ‘Greatest Toys’ orders
ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 has unveiled two commissions to have come out of its diverse led…
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News round-up: Love Nature Launches on Telenor Sweden; Channel 5 heads to the seaside; UKTV finds out ‘Who Cares?’ with YouTube star
Love Nature Launches on Telenor Sweden Blue Ant Media and Smithsonian Networks-owned nature streaming brand Love Nature has launched…
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Round-up: C5 moves into RTE’s ‘Room To Improve’; PBS buys Filmrise music series; Gold returns to visit The Cockfields
C5 moves into RTE’s Room To Improve Channel 5 in the UK has picked up…
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News round-up: ‘Pharaohs’ travel to Oz, Sweden & Canada; C5 orders from Mentorn; Pickbox expands
Pernel’s ‘Pharaohs’ travel to Oz, Sweden & Canada SBS in Australia, Swedish pubcaster SVT and…
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TBI Weekly: Gaining access during lockdown
Interest in access documentaries has soared but global lockdowns have made for a challenging production…
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UK’s C5 expands factual offer with four historical series commissions
ViacomCBS-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 is ramping up its history programming with four new specialist…
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Acorn TV & Sundance Now acquire ‘The Drowning’ amid global sales for UK thriller
AMC Networks-owned streamers Acorn TV and Sundance Now have picked up US, Canadian and Lat…
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Exclusive: AMC & ViacomCBS execs look to expand Acorn TV, SundanceNow & C5 originals push
AMC Networks’ exec Matt Graham has told TBI Talks he is looking to expand the original…
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Join Acorn TV, Fox, SundanceNow, C5, ViacomCBS & more for TBI Talks: The London Screenings
Ahead of The London Screenings later this week, join TBI for a series of genre-focused…
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ViacomCBS promotes Rose & Fahy to lead combined UK ‘growth’ unit for Pluto TV, My5
ViacomCBS has restructured its streaming operations in the UK by forming a new division to…
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Kids roundup: Netflix takes ‘Oggy’ reboot; Wildbrain to shop ‘Alva’s World’; KiKA and C5 order ‘Odo’
Netflix takes ‘Oggy’ reboot Netflix has acquired Oggy – Next Gen, a reboot of French…
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CDN report slams UK broadcasters for “significant imbalances” in racial & gender roles
The number of contributions from people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds working…
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UK doc ‘My Big Family Farm’ travels in slew of global deals
Broadcasters in Canada, Australia, and across Europe, Asia, CIS and the Baltics have acquired UK…
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UK’s Channel 5 goes on ‘The Holiday’ with NENT Studios UK
ViacomCBS-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered an adaptation of TM Logan’s bestselling novel The…
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UK’s BBC, ITV, C4 & C5 ‘unlikely to survive’ without overhaul, says Ofcom
UK broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 are “unlikely to…
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Factual round-up: BriteSpark & Beyond link to fund ‘MEM’; Scorpion strikes in Spain; CuriosityStream expands in India
BriteSpark embraces Massive Engineering Mistakes Argonon-owned BriteSpark Films has linked up with Beyond Rights to…
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Exclusive: Smithsonian Channel buys ‘Greek Island Odyssey’ from Drive
Smithsonian Channel in the US and Movistar in Spain have picked up a six-part docuseries…
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UK’s Channel 5 orders psychological thriller spin on story of Anne Boleyn
ViacomCBS-owned UK comcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a new three-part psychological thriller about Anne Boleyn,…
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Acorn TV, ViacomCBS’s C5 prep PD James ‘Inspector Dalgliesh’ adaptation
AMC Networks-owned streamer Acorn TV and Channel 5 have joined forces on an adaptation of…
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News round-up: Rabbit hires ex-Keshet exec to sales team; France 5 commissions Trojan War doc; Channel 5 order myth-busting Jack the Ripper series
Rabbit hires ex-Keshet exec to sales team Finland-based Rabbit Films has hired former Keshet International…