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Twofour
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Hulu acquires queer dating shows ‘I Kissed A…’ for US debut
US streamer Hulu has acquired the first two seasons of Twofour’s queer dating series I…
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ITVS’s Twofour restructures, hires ‘007: Road To A Million’ & ‘The Circle’ execs
ITV Studios-owned Twofour has restructured its factual, entertainment and reality teams by hiring 007: Road…
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UK’s Channel 5 revives ‘Challenge Anneka’ after 15-year absence
Paramount-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 is reviving reality series Challenge Anneka 15 years since it…
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Round-up: NATPE unveils 2022 calendar; BBC orders Tom Daley challenge for Comic Relief; ScreenSkills launches UK apprenticeships
NATPE unveils 2022 calendar The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has revealed its…
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Apple TV+ orders Eugene Levy travelogue from ITVS’s Twofour
Apple TV+ has ordered ITV Studios-owned Twofour to produce a new travelogue show with Schitt’s…
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News round-up: Globo returns to ‘Survivor’ after a decade; Portugal preps ‘Let Love Rule’; UK’s C5 revives ‘Watercolour Challenge’
Globo returns to ‘Survivor’ Brazilian giant Globe has ordered a new version of Banijay’s format…
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Twofour appoints Twenty Twenty exec Seb Curtis to lead development
ITV Studios(ITVS)-owned Twofour has hired Twenty Twenty exec Seb Curtis as director of development. Curtis…
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Minnow head of docs Grace Reynolds rejoins Twofour
ITV Studios-owned UK prodco Twofour has re-hired Minnow Films’ Grace Reynolds to the newly created…
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UK’s ITV orders pawnbroking docuseries from TwoFour
UK comcaster ITV has commissioned Million Pound Pawn, a new factual series exploring the British…
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Fremantle’s Naked hires Twofour’s Natalie McArdle as development chief
Fremantle-owned Naked has hired Twofour’s director of development Natalie McArdle, who is leaving the ITV…
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Twofour expands reality, entertainment by hiring ‘I Can See Your Voice’ exec
ITV Studios-owned Twofour is expanding its reality and entertainment activities and has appointed Louise Hutchinson…
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Boomerang closes; slate split between Boom and Twofour
UK production company Boomerang, a part of ITV Studios (ITVS)-owned Twofour, is to close and…
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Channel 4 orders 30 episodes of daytime show ‘Beat the Chef’
Channel 4 has ordered a 30 x 30-minute run of daytime series Beat the Chef presented by Andi…
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Twofour hires Natalie McArdle from Electric Ray to oversee development
UK-based producer Twofour has bolstered its new senior creative line-up by appointing Electric Ray’s Natalie…
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BBC’s David Brindley joins Twofour as chief creative officer
BBC commissioner David Brindley is joining Twofour as chief creative officer. The exec, who is…
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Twofour’s Melanie Leach, Andrew Mackenzie depart to set up South Shore
Twofour bosses Melanie Leach and Andrew Mackenzie are exiting the business to launch a new…
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Twofour scores format deals in Russia
Twofour formats What Would Your Kid Do? and Change Your Tune are heading to Russia….
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NATPE sales: A+E strikes deals with Direct TV & NBC Universo; Twofour takes 130 hours across three key territories
On the eve of NATPE 2019, A+E has secured a raft of programming sales among…
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Melanie Leach: the hit-maker
Twofour CEO Melanie Leach is the winner of TBI’s Content Innovation Awards Lifetime Achievement gong….
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Twofour to produce ITV4 action show
ITV4 has commissioned Twofour to produce Take The Tower, which draws inspiration from classic Hollywood…
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Mentorn appoints Hughes as head of development
Mentorn Media has appointed Paul Hughes as head of development, after the exec joined last…
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Thames hires Boomerang’s Baldwin as development director
FremantleMediaUK’s Thames has appointed Boomerang’s Shona Baldwin as director of development. Baldwin will work closely…
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Shiver hires De Moraes after TwoFour exit
Shiver has hired the creator of The Choir and First Dates Ana De Moraes as…
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ITV sets up Dating in the Dark
ITV has ordered a UK version of Dating in the Dark. The series, which was…
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Twofour merges Welsh indies
ITV-owned Twofour Group has merged three of its Wales-based production companies under the Boomerang brand….
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RTL, TV2 remaking Twofour format
Germany’s RTL and Denmark’s TV2 are to remake Twofour primetime ‘time-travel’ format This Time Next…
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Gaspar joins Twofour Rights
The distribution arm of UK prodco Twofour has brought on ITV’s Reka Gaspar. Twofour is…
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eOne denies ITV takeover bid
Canadian media group Entertainment One has denied receiving a takeover approach from UK broadcaster ITV,…
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Twofour bolsters sales team before market
Twofour Rights has hired Rob Bassett as its senior sales executive ahead of MIPTV next…
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Twofour poaches BBC exec for formats
TwoFour has hired Ana De Moraes as its new formats chief. The seasoned formats exec…