Latest Channel 5 News – Page 46
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NewsC5 supersizes GPs: Behind Closed Doors
Channel 5 has supersized the third series of Knickerbockerglory’s fixed-rig format GPs: Behind Closed Doors.
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NewsBroadcaster diversity scheme recruits execs
Seven television executives from diverse backgrounds will gain commissioning experience with five major broadcasters after being selected for the Creative Diversity Network commissioner development scheme.
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NewsComedy Central boss Offman to oversee MTV UK
Comedy Central UK boss Jill Offman is to take control of Viacom sister channel MTV UK.
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NewsC5 orders Celebs on Benefits
Former stars including Bruce Jones, who played Coronation Street’s Les Battersby, are to be profiled in forthcoming Channel 5 documentary Celebs on Benefits: Fame to Claim.
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NewsSunset+Vine to make C5 Football League show
Sunset+Vine has clinched a three-year contract to produce Channel 5’s 9pm Football League highlights show.
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NewsLA Screenings: C5 to bulk up 5USA & 5*
Channel 5 wants to supercharge digital channels 5USA and 5* with a raft of US drama acquisitions.
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NewsSimon Raikes quits C5 to expand Red Planet Pictures
Factual commissioning editor Simon Raikes is leaving Channel 5 to launch a non-scripted division at Tony Jordan’s Red Planet Pictures.
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NewsC5 among latest group of firms to join DPP
Channel 5 is among the latest batch of companies to become fee-paying members of the Digital Production Partnership (DPP).
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NewsITNP set to take on sports players as it inks C5 deal
ITN Productions (ITNP) will attempt to “disrupt” the dominant players in the sports production market with technological innovation following its deal to provide Football League footage for Channel 5.
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NewsITN signs ‘transformative’ Football League deal
ITN Productions has won a multi-million pound, three-year contract to record match footage for Channel 5’s Football League highlights programme, which will air at 9pm on Saturdays.
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NewsSky lands C5 ad sales
Sky has agreed a deal to handle Channel 5’s ad sales operation - less than a year after the latter vowed to keep the division in-house.
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NewsC5 supersizes 20 Moments That Rocked Britain
Channel 5 has ordered a full series of Crackit’s list show 20 Moments That Rocked Britain before the one-off special it originally commissioned has aired.
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NewsC5 follows Kellie Maloney transformation
Initial is to follow the transformation of boxing promoter Kellie Maloney as she physically becomes a woman in a one-off film for Channel 5.
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NewsC5 in Comedy Central link-up
Channel 5 and Comedy Central have outlined plans to co-commission comedy content, laying out a two-year strategy that includes prank shows, sketch shows and other scripted series.
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NewsBob The Builder leaps to YouTube
Bob The Builder is set for a move onto YouTube after Hit Entertainment kicked off production on a raft of shorts for the VoD platform, along with a second series of the CGI reboot.
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NewsPSB Review: who wants what?
An at-a-glance guide to the key points submitted to Ofcom by the industry’s major players
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NewsDog House Media embraces cats for C5
Dog House Media has produced two documentaries about cats for Channel 5.
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NewsChannel 4 & Sky out of the running to sign Clarkson
Channel 4 and Sky will not move to sign up Jeremy Clarkson after he was sacked by the BBC earlier today.
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NewsViacom opens door to US for indies
British producers could be in line for a share of Viacom’s $3bn (£2bn) annual US content spend as the US media group seeks to increase opportunities for UK content creators.
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NewsViacom makes its mark on Channel 5
Viacom’s plans for Channel 5 have taken a leap forward with the US giant lining up a wide-ranging channel rebrand and calling for the terms of trade to be overhauled to apply only to small- and medium-sized indies.