Latest Channel 5 News – Page 54
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NewsAMC orders Walking Dead spin-off
US cable network AMC is developing a spin-off of smash hit zombie series The Walking Dead.
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NewsC5 launches Nazi season
Channel 5 is launching a season of Nazi-themed programming with five new docs, including three coproductions with GroupM Entertainment.
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NewsITNP docs boss joins C5 commissioning team
ITN Productions’ head of documentaries Guy Davies is leaving the indie after less than a year to become a commissioner at Channel 5.
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NewsDesmond: GroupM power hard to resist
Richard Desmond has told the RTS Cambridge convention that Channel 5 has little choice but to work with GroupM Entertainment on programming, given the power of its parent company WPP.
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NewsDesmond calls for ‘level playing field’ with digital platforms
Channel 5 owner Richard Desmond has weighed into the retransmission fees debate and called on the government to ensure public sector broadcasters are protected from pressure from UK platforms such as Sky and US giants such as Amazon.
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NewsC5 orders Amanda Knox doc
Channel 5 has commissioned Barcroft Productions to investigate the trial of Amanda Knox.
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NewsGeoff Hill named ITV News editor
Channel 5 News editor Geoff Hill has been appointed as Deborah Turness’ replacement at ITV News.
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NewsDoghouse wins BBC4 & Yahoo! orders
Doghouse Media has won commissions from BBC4 and Channel 5, as well as an online fitness series for Yahoo!.
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NewsC5 picks up drama Betrayal
Channel 5 has acquired US drama Betrayal after striking a deal with Disney Media Distribution.
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NewsThe Wombles picked up by C5
Channel 5 has snapped up the remake of The Wombles for its kids strand, Milkshake.
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NewsSky poised to strike first deal with GroupM
Sky is set to work with GroupM Entertainment for the first time and has lined up a 20-part factual format from Leopard Films.
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NewsCommissioning flaws exposed
Indies’ lives are blighted by commissioners from the BBC and Channel 4 cancelling their meetings, and they claim the quality of input they receive from commissioners at C4, Channel 5 and Sky is very inconsistent.
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NewsFrow brings drama back to C5
Channel 5 has ordered its first original British drama in eight years – a 10-part crime procedural called Evidence.
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NewsDawn Airey joins Yahoo!
Dawn Airey has moved to Yahoo! to become senior vice president of the internet business’ EMEA operations.
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NewsC5 extends Igam Ogam animation
Channel 5 has recommissioned Calon TV’s prehistoric kids series Igam Ogam for a second series.
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NewsC5 reports £20m first half profit
Channel 5 has reported operating profits of £20m for the first six months of 2013, following a rocky performance in 2012.
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NewsC5 bulks up with fat season
Channel 5 has ordered three docs from IWC and a single film from Zig Zag, Too Fat To Fly, as part of an obesity season.
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NewsChris Terrill returns for C5 exploration series
Channel 5 has commissioned a four-part series from Chris Terrill’s Uppercut Films which will follow the adventurer as he travels to dangerous environments from the Arctic to the Sahara.
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NewsBBCW poaches ITV's Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan
BBC Worldwide has taken over the international rights to the Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan from ITV Studios Global Entertainment after C5 confirmed it will not air the second series.
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NewsC5 gives birth to IWC's Animal Maternity
Channel 5 has commissioned a six-part series about the world of animal births from IWC Media.