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Channel 5
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Channel 5 makes a Cold Call
Channel 5 in the UK has commissioned a new 4 x 60’ drama for transmission…
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Viacom’s Channel 5 bulks up free streaming service My5
Viacom-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 has signed four content partnership deals for its streaming service,…
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Channel 5 series charts Michael Palin visit to North Korea
Channel 5 UK has greenlit a landmark travel series from ITN Productions, which follows comedian-turned-traveller…
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Channel 5 lifts the kilt on Scotland’s hidden treasures
Banijay Group company, IWC, and Motion Content Group, have been commissioned to make a new…
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Acquired taste: what role does acquisition play in drama?
With original programming more important to networks and services than ever, what role does the…
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Channel 5 & eOne team for two titles
Entertainment One has reached a licensing deal with the UK’s Channel 5 for the female-driven…
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TBI Weekly: The billion dollar US pay TV drop
This week, damning numbers hinting US pay TV may face significant trouble in its near…
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Channel 5 orders list of BBC Studios shows
BBC Studios has secured three commissions from Viacom’s Channel 5 in a deal announced today….
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Turner & Viacom execs to run Sony UK channels
Two well known British executives will run the Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) portfolio of…
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UK kids industry gets ‘much-needed’ £60m cash injection
The British kids TV industry has been given a £60 million (US$81.3 million) production and…
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Channel 5 to launch premium linear channel
Viacom’s UK broadcaster, Channel 5, will launch a “premium channel” focused on high-end factual, documentaries…
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Neighbours getting Turkish remake at Fox
Australian daily soap Neighbours is being remade for the first time in its 32-year history….
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Viacom backs UK prodco Banjo
Viacom is supporting a new UK-based production company, Banjo Television. The comes through Viacom-owned Elephant…
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YouGov: ‘death of TV’ is a misnomer
The ‘death of TV’ is a misnomer with overall TV viewing figures fairly steady, despite…
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Netflix, Amazon take UK int’l prod spend to £468m
UK production companies made £468 million (US$606.7 million) in commissions from international broadcasters and SVOD…
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Channel 5 VOD service starts Blaze with A+E
Channel 5 (C5)’s video on demand service, My5, will now offer content from free-to-air entertainment…
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Sinkholes develop on Channel 5
Boomerang, part of the Twofour Group, has been commissioned to produce a brand new 3x60mins…
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TBI Weekly: UK kids TV shake-up
Kids television has been on the agenda this week as the industry gears up for…
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Channel 5’s Milkshake! brings in new shows
Channel 5 (C5) is bringing in toon duo Puffin Rock and Gigglebug to its preschool…
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Betty hires Channel 4 exec after rejig
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive prodco Betty has hired Alex Menzies from UK broadcaster Channel 4…
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Jay Hunt to leave Channel 4
Jay Hunt is to leave her post of chief creative officer at Channel 4 after…
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TVF secures swathe of deals in Australia and New Zealand
London-based factual distributor TVF International has sold a slate of shows to broadcasters in Australia…
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Drive adds ex-Channel 5, Tigress exec to ranks
Former Channel 5 and Tigress Productions exec Lulu Prutton has joined UK-based production funding and…
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Channel 5 buys Walt Disney biopic
Viacom-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired Walt: The Man Behind the Myth, a doc…
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Immigration doc set for MIPTV launch
Orange Smarty will launch Immigration: Tearing My Family Apart to buyers in Cannes after picking…
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TVPlayer calls for new OTT pubcaster rules
UK online TV service TVPlayer has called on the government to table a provision to…
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Discovery, Channel 5 buy Supernatural Nazis
Channel 5 and Discovery have both prebought Supernatural Nazis, the upcoming factual series about Hitler’s…
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Fremantle UK restructures as C4 exec enters
Richard Holloway will step down from his duties as interim CEO of FremantleMedia UK but…
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Milkshake! puts Shane the Chef to work
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has greenlit production on a 52x11mins animated preschool series about an energetic…
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Prison sells
Prisons have long been a source of fascination for TV producers – as illustrated by…