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NewsC5 management team to move over to Viacom
Viacom is firming up plans to bring over Channel 5’s existing management team, including key Richard Desmond lieutenant Paul Dunthorne, ahead of finalising its £450m acquisition of the broadcaster.
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Behind The ScenesOAPs Behaving Badly, C5
Filming OAPs in Tenerife sounded fun, but keeping up with the hard-partying Brits wasn’t easy.
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RatingsC5 dole doc beats ITV, BBC2, C4
MONDAY: Channel 5 outperformed ITV, BBC2 and Channel 4 at 9pm, losing out only to the World Cup.
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RatingsStand By Your Man pulls 600k
FRIDAY: Channel 5’s new dating show Stand By Your Man located an audience of 600,000 viewers as BBC1’s World Cup coverage of Spain vs Holland dominated.
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NewsViacom boss: C5 can keep ad sales operation
Channel 5 will continue to handle its own advertising sales following its purchase by Viacom, according to the US media giant’s boss Philippe Dauman.
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NewsFormats are back in fashion
Commissioners and producers at Sheffield DocFest 2014 suggested that the ob-doc renaissance is here to stay, but there was also a sense that more factual formats are on the cards.
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NewsBroadcasters welcome year-round US orders
Major British broadcasters have welcomed US networks’ move towards year-round commissioning, but have downplayed plans to launch all their imports on the same day as their US TX.
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RatingsBig Brother powers down from launch
FRIDAY: Big Brother continued to pull in the viewers for Channel 5, but lost half a million viewers from its launch episode.
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RatingsBig Brother launch locks in 2m
THURSDAY: Big Brother got underway on Channel 5 with an audience of 2.1m - in line with last year’s launch.
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NewsC5 takes on UKTV in UK storage format battle
Channel 5 is going head-to-head with UKTV in the storage space after the broadcasters commissioned similar series.
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NewsGALLERY: Big Brother: Power Trip House, C5
Channel 5’s Big Brother: Power Trip launches Thursday 5 June on Channel 5 with a new ‘power’ theme
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NewsUkip to petition Ofcom for major party status
Ukip has pledged to “campaign hard” to convince Ofcom its major party status should be extended for the 2015 general election.
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NewsC5 revamps homes for £5k with Linda Barker
Former Changing Rooms presenter Linda Barker is to overhaul dated homes in a new Channel 5 format.
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NewsLA Screenings: drama to wow buyers
British buyers have spent the past week in the Californian sunshine assessing a new season of US shows that has a heavy emphasis on drama.
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NewsC4 sets up commercial development team
Channel 4 is creating a new commercial development team headed up by Channel 5 exec Emma Derrick.
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NewsHolloway prison opens up for C5 doc
Wildfire TV is to head into infamous women’s prison Holloway for Channel 5, following the success of its Inside Broadmoor documentary.
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NewsC5 deal opens door for Pact
Viacom’s acquisition of Channel 5 represents an opportunity for new terms of trade to be struck between Pact and the UK broadcaster.
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NewsViacom’s vision for Channel 5
Viacom is keen to bolster links between its US and UK assets once it completes its £450m acquisition of Channel 5, ramping up coproduction opportunities between the British broadcaster and the likes of MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.
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NewsC5 orders OAP doc and series on Roman Empire
Gavin & Stacey star Larry Lamb is to front a Channel 5 series charting the history of the Roman Empire.
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RatingsBloody Tales of The Tower locks up 600k
Channel 5’s Nat Geo acquisition Bloody Tales Of The Tower got off to a solid start on Friday - regaling an audience of more than 600,000.