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UKTV
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UKTV’s Gold orders Catherine Tate comedy
UKTV’s British comedy channel Gold has commissioned a scripted one-off from comedian Catherine Tate. The…
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UKTV plots AFP stunt series
UK multichannel operator UKTV has commissioned a 12x30mins series in which a pair of daredevils…
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Turner poaches UKTV exec for commercial role
Turner Broadcasting has hired Dan Fahy as senior director, commercial development, for its operations in…
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UKTV buys into Secrets and Lies
UK multichannel operator UKTV has acquired ABC Studios mystery drama Secrets and Lies. The 10x60mins…
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Endemol Shine Int’l hires acquisitions chief
Endemol Shine International has hired a head of acquisitions who will in part replace the…
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UKTV lands Parks and Recreation
UKTV has acquired US comedy Parks and Recreation for its general entertainment channel Dave. The…
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UKTV says content investment driving results
UKTV has reported strong annual results, notching profit and revenue increases. The BBC Worldwide and…
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Discovery takes on Impossible Engineering
Discovery Networks has acquired UKTV factual series Impossible Engineering for various international channel feeds. UK-based…
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UKTV captures Born to Kill
Digital channel operator UKTV has acquired Born to Kill. The serial killer series will go…
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Scripps to ‘meet BBC Trust chair over UKTV’
Scripps Networks Interactive will meet directly with the chair of the BBC Trust in an…
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Scripps buys majority stake in TVN
International pay TV channel provider Scripps Networks Interactive is to take majority control of Polish…
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UKTV makes a date with Handsome Devils
UK digital channels group UKTV has prebought Handsome Devils, a ten-part doc series about murderers…
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News brief: UKTV buys Crusoe, Pinocchio
British multichannel operator UKTV has bought three scripted series from UK-based distributor Power. Scripps Networks…
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News brief: Alibi begins Crossing Lines
UK pay TV channel Alibi has acquired seasons one and two of internationally-coproduced procedural drama…
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$1.5m presales for Zed’s Annihilation
A doc series that sheds new light on the rise of Hitler has secured US$1.5…
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Gold makes time for Million Joke Man
UKTV-owned comedy channel Gold has commissioned a 3x60mins retrospective on the late British comedian Bob…
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UKTV poaches NBCUniversal exec for Watch
Adam Collings has joined UKTV from NBCUniversal and will oversee programming at its Watch channel….
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Creative Industries Federation launches in the UK
The Creative Industries Federation, a new body to represent the UK’s creative community, has launched…
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Gold originals on UKTV’s £125m list
Five original scripted series for thematic UK network Gold will make up part of multichannel…
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UKTV widens Gooze-Zijl’s role
Digital channel operator UKTV has handed Jan Gooze-Zijl an expanded remit that gives the executive…
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BBCWW adds two commissioning execs
BBC Worldwide has appointed executives formerly of National Geographic and Viacom respectively to its global…
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UK soaps stay on Aussie screens
Australian pay TV channel UKTV will run British soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale until at…
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UKTV orders five broadcast pilots
UKTV will show five new factual entertainment pilots that it has commissioned for its Watch…
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UKTV takes The Strain with vampire deal
UKTV has acquired upcoming vampire drama The Strain from Fox. The thirteen-part original series based…
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Hasselhoff goes Hoff the Record on Dave
Cult icon David Hasselhoff has landed a 6x30mins ‘mockumentary’ comedy series at UK digital channel…
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Scripps ‘offers BBCWW £500m for UKTV’
Scripps Networks International has reportedly offered the BBC as much as £500 million (US$849.2 million)…
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UKTV presses Play with first digital-only service
UK multichannel operator UKTV is launching its first direct-to-consumer digital service this summer. UKTV Play…
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North, Wills upped, Hornsey out in UKTV restructure
Multichannel operator UKTV has restructured its top-level team in a move that sees the departures…
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2014 LA Screenings: Catherine Mackin, UKTV
As buyers flock to Los Angeles for the May Screenings, TBI speaks with key players…
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UKTV adds ex-BBC comedy commissioner
UK broadcaster UKTV has hired former BBC comedy commissioner Simon Lupton to become its commissioning…