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NewsMel and Sue join ITV daytime
Princess Productions has renewed its relationship with Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins to launch an ITV daytime chat show to air next year.
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RatingsUtopia halves series one audience
TUESDAY: Utopia bowed out on a low as the second series of the Channel 4 drama drew around half the audience which tuned in to the opening run.
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NewsShine sells INXS drama to Showtime
Shine International has sold Australian miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart to US cable network Showtime.
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RatingsSinger Takes It All holds audience
FRIDAY: The Singer Takes It All’s second outing held its audience for Channel 4, as BBC1’s comedy drama Walter entertained 2.7m.
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NewsC4 orders interactive celebrity show
Babysitting viewers’ children, working a shift in a local pub or helping with a marriage proposal are among the potential tasks celebrities will undertake for an interactive Remarkable Television series for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC2 pilots Comedy Unit’s Joke Thieves
Zodiak-owned Scottish indie The Comedy Unit is to produce a new comedy format, Joke Thieves, for BBC2.
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NewsC4’s Singer gets almost 15% of viewers voting
Channel 4 has hailed the launch of real-time voting show The Singer Takes It All as a “massive success” after it registered a record proportion of viewers taking part.
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NewsFox withdraws $80bn Time Warner offer
21st Century Fox has withdrawn its $80 billion offer to buy Time Warner.
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NewsThe Singer Takes It All voting hit by technical fault
Channel 4’s new entertainment show The Singer Takes It All got off to a difficult start on Friday as technical issues in the studio affected the live voting.
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RatingsSinger Takes It All opens with 1.2m
FRIDAY: Channel 4’s interactive singing format The Singer Takes It All opened with 1.2m, in line with Channel 5’s Big Brother Live Eviction.
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NewsC4 continues to beef up features slate
Channel 4 has rejuvenated its features slate with a range of commissions from Red House, IWC Media and Keo Films.
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RatingsThe Stuarts fails to overthrow The Plantagenets for BBC2
WEDNESDAY: BBC2’s three-part history documentary of The Stuarts got underway with 1.3m - down on the channel’s audience for The Plantagenets earlier this year.
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NewsBrooker and Jones target US with House of Tomorrow
Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones will attempt to make inroads into the US scripted market via their new indie House of Tomorrow.
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NewsMarston's Brewery opens up to C5
Channel 5 is brewing up a new high-profile documentary series with Shine TV after securing access to Marston’s Brewery.
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NewsComic Relief hits the bullseye with Zeppotron
Charity event Comic Relief is to include pro-celebrity darts next year after the BBC ordered a tournament from Zeppotron.
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NewsCharlie Brooker and Annabel Jones launch Endemol indie
Former Zeppotron managing director Annabel Jones has joined forces with long term collaborator Charlie Brooker to launch an Endemol-owned scripted indie.
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NewsCurtis Brown agent strikes Endemol indie deal
Former Curtis Brown agent Tally Garner has set up an indie and struck a distribution partnership with Endemol.
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RatingsUtopia settles at 450,000
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s audience for thriller Utopia remained steady although it was outperformed by Sarah Millican on BBC2 and Channel 5’s Big Brother.
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NewsC4 launches Singer Takes It All app
Channel 4 has launched the playalong app for its forthcoming entertainment format The Singer Takes It All ahead of the show’s August debut.
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CommentBuyout fever strikes online
MCNs are hot property, but market is fragmenting, says Kate Bulkley