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ITV Studios
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ITV Studios sells The Chase format
ITV Studios has shopped local versions of The Chase into Serbia and Croatia. In Serbia,…
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Orly Adelson swapping Dick Clark for ITV
ITV has hired Orly Adelson as president of its ITV Studios America. The UK broadcaster…
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News brief: ITV2 gets Utterly Outrageous
ITV Studios-owned UK factual prodco Shiver is creating a new youth-skewing archive programming brand for…
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Best of British SVOD service Cirkus cuts Nordic deal
UK content-based VOD service Cirkus has inked a deal with Nordic pay TV service Boxer,…
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Danny Boyle attached to new Channel 4 drama
Director Danny Boyle will return to television to direct a new drama, Babylon, which also…
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News brief: ITV plots course with Mystery Map
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a new factual series about British most intriguing mysteries. Mystery…
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News brief: ITVS Stepping Out at MIPCOM
ITV Studios Global Entertainment will launch celebrity dance series Stepping Out at MIPCOM. The show,…
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Come Dine With Me creator to leave ITVS
The creator of the much-traveled UK factual entertainment format Come Dine With Me, Nell Butler,…
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Primeval duo setting up drama division at ITV
Impossible Pictures executives Tim Haines and Katie Newman have left the Primeval producer to join…
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Crozier plays down Nice move as ITV boosts revenue
ITV’s chief exec Adam Crozier has played down a move for Scandinavian production group Nice…
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News brief: Discovery launching reality show from Duck Dynasty creators
Discovery is set to launch Porter Ridge, a reality series from Duck Dynasty producer Gurney…
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PBS orders new Mr. Selfridge range
US public broadcaster PBS has come onboard a second season of its period drama Mr….
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CBS series dominate European drama imports
CBS supplied the top three most-valuable drama imports to European broadcasters last year, with procedural…
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‘Russian HBO’ makes a major channels move
Russian producer Amedia has moved into the channels business in a big way, effectively launching…
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ITV ‘tees up £90m bid’ for Scandi’s Nice
UK broadcaster ITV is reportedly set to continue its spending spree by preparing a £90…
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News brief: ITV’s 12 Yard gets BBC One gameshow order
ITV Studio-backed UK producer 12 Yard has won a commission from BBC One for a…
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BBC tries on Pressure Pad
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned a 25x45mins gameshow set in a “stunning high tech…
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Celebrity and charity mix for ITV series
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned one of its own prodcos to create a new light…
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Sky Living announces new pilots in drama drive
Sky Living HD has ordered two new pilots and announced big name cast additions for…
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ITV conjures up new magic show, ITVS GE to distribute
UK broadcaster ITV2 has commissioned Tricked, a new hidden camera show in which magicians fool…
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CEE nets detect ITV Studios crime series
Broadcasters in Russia and Lithuania have secured major package deals totaling 164 hours of detective…
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Keshet appoints new CEO of Screenz
Israeli broadcaster Keshet and digital content group The Box have appointed Yuval Nathan (pictured) CEO…
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Analysts lift ITV forecasts following Thinkfactory deal
Financial analysts have reacted positively to ITV’s acquisition of US producer Thinkfactory Media. The UK…
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ITV pays US$30m for US producer of Hatfield & McCoys
ITV has acquired a controlling stake in Thinkfactory Media, the US producer that made Hatfield…
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International Studios: Drama Studies
For a week in May the attention of the TV world is focused on Hollywood…
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Cineflix Rights makes first drama move
Cineflix Rights is moving into drama and has made it first acquisition, upcoming Australian crime…
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Crozier: ITV Studios will deliver double-digit growth this year
The CEO of ITV has predicted the UK broadcaster’s international arm, ITV Studios, will deliver…
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ITV’s Shiver inks deal with journalist behind Savile exposé
Shiver, the factual division of ITV Studios, has won several UK commissions and is making…
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ITV cuts £18m deal for The Garden
ITV has acquired The Garden, the UK indie behind shows including 24 Hours in A&E…
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ITV dramas ship globally
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has secured multiple sales of its crime dramas Agatha Christie’s Marple,…