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Round-up: ITVS preps ‘The Chase: Sidemen Edition’; Chaiflicks expands docuseries; S4C & Little Dot extend YouTube push
ITV Studios strikes Sidemen deal ITV Studios quizshow The Chase is set to launch a…
News round-up: AETN & Pluto TV take GRB shows; ITV re-commissions game show duo; CTV goes ‘Farming For Love’
AETN & Pluto TV take GRB shows AETN UK, Foxtel Australia and Pluto TV in…
ITV revives ‘Ninja Warrior UK’ format with new twist
UK broadcaster ITV is reviving competition series Ninja Warrior UK after a three-year break, with…
Bulgaria & Slovakia catch up with ITVS quizzer ‘The Chase’
Bulgarian broadcaster Nova and Markiza in Slovakia have ordered local versions of ITV Studios (ITVS)…
ITVS closes Gameface, Crook & Second Act, with Adam Adler joining Potato
ITV Studios (ITVS) is moving The Void producer Gameface into Beat The Chasers firm Potato,…
ITV spins-off ‘Mummy Diaries’ reality series as star quits
UK-based ITV-owned FTA channel ITVbe has commissioned Billie & Greg: The Family Diaries, a spin-off…
Elephant House taps ITV Studios label for creative director
Viacom International Media Networks’ (VIMN) Elephant House Studios has hired Ed Taylor, from ITV Studios…
UKTV orders Sally Phillips original My Favourite Sketch
UKTV has ordered an original sketch comedy series from Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’s Diary) for…
Potato gains Powers through Love hire
ITV Studios (ITVS)-owned prodco Potato has hired Love Productions executive producer Sharon Powers. She joins…
ITV confirms Talpa Cannonball deal
ITV has confirmed it will run a local version of Cannonball, the physical gameshow from…
C5 orders Freddie Mercury, Karen Carpenter shows
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered docudrama specials about Freddie Mercury and Karen Carpenter. Both…
CITV opens Bear Grylls’ Survival School
UK children’s channel CITV has commissioned a Bear Grylls-fronted survivalist series for kids. Bear Grylls’…
Shine TV exec joins ITV Studio’s Potato
Shine TV’s Claire Morrison has joined ITV Studios-owned UK prodco Potato in the new role…
ITV Studios gets Possessed by new UK indie
ITV Studios and UK producer Glenn Hugill are setting up a new UK indie, Possessed…
News brief: ITV champions British achievement
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a series from subsidiary production company Potato that will celebrate…