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NewsDiscovery plots Idris Elba follow-up
Discovery chief creative officer Phil Craig has revealed that the broadcaster is working with Idris Elba on a follow-up to his high-octane series No Limits.
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NewsNew wave buoys indie scene
More than 100 indies have been created in the past two years as a new wave of production companies emerges.
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NewsC4 prepares The Island celebrity special
Channel 4 is lining up a celebrity version of The Island with Bear Grylls as part of next year’s Stand Up 2 Cancer event.
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NewsInbetweeners duo leave Bwark to launch indie
Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, the pair behind The Inbetweeners, have left Bwark to set up a new production company.
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NewsEndemol Shine acquires animation firm
Endemol Shine UK has acquired a majority stake in the animation firm responsible for Simon’s Cat.
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NewsEndemol Beyond promotes Georg Ramme to global boss
Endemol Beyond, the digital arm of Endemol Shine Group, has appointed Georg Ramme as its global managing director.
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NewsAll3Media hires Endemol Shine legal exec
All3Media has poached Dónall Crehan from rival super-indie Endemol Shine Group to head up its legal operations.
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NewsUS networks reveal plans at Critics tour
The Television Critics Association (TCA) summer tour being held this week in Los Angeles is the US equivalent of the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsEndemol Shine launches Two Tribes game
An animated Richard Osman has been created as part of an app based on Endemol Shine UK’s BBC2 gameshow Two Tribes.
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NewsDragonfly boosts factual slate with ITV & C4 docs
Dragonfly has expanded its specialist factual slate by winning two one-off documentaries – exploring Cleopatra’s tomb for Channel 4 and hedgehogs for ITV.
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NewsHumans to return to Channel 4
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of sci-fi drama Humans - ahead of the finale of the opening run this Sunday.
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NewsEndemol Shine gaming arm completes MBO
Endemol Shine UK’s games developer Bossa Studios has completed a management buyout from the mega-indie.
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NewsJohn Silver to leave Red House
John Silver, the creative and managing director of Red House TV, is leaving the company he established seven years ago.
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NewsZodiak and Banijay to merge
Formats from Zodiak Media’s British indies could travel around the world more quickly after the firm agreed to merge with French production group Banijay.
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NewsShine secures bumper police doc for Sky
Sky 1 has ordered a bumper 20-part documentary about the Greater Manchester Police force from Shine TV.
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NewsZodiak & Banijay: who owns what
The merger between Banijay Group and Zodiak Media will bring together over 45 international production businesses. Click to see who owns what and where.
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NewsBanijay and Zodiak agree mega-merger
Banijay Group and Zodiak Media are to merge create a production group with revenues of around $1billion (£640m).
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NewsAudible funds third series of Crackanory
UKTV has agreed a deal with Amazon-owned digital audio service Audible to fund the third series of Crackanory.