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NewsBBC3 to breathe new life into zombie genre
BBC3 may be on the chopping block but it plans to innovate ahead of its move online with a Release The Hounds-style crossgenre zombie gameshow.
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NewsITV to 'rest' Law and Order: UK
The future of long-running ITV drama Law and Order: UK has been thrown into doubt after Bradley Walsh announced he was leaving the series.
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NewsDSP prepares for Mars mission
Darlow Smithson Productions has gained exclusive access to film the Mars One space mission, which will send a number of astronauts on a one-way trip to the Red Planet.
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NewsShine Now VoD launches on Roku set-top boxes
Shine Group wants to give more international consumers direct access to its content on a variety of digital platforms after launching VoD service Shine Now.
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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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NewsShine launches Roku channel
Shine has launched a VoD channel on streaming service Roku that offers access to shows including Educating Essex and Got To Dance.
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NewsRichard III reinterment to air live on C4
Channel 4 is to broadcast the reburial of Richard III live from Leicester Cathedral after the former King’s descendants lost a High Court battle to have him laid to rest in York.
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NewsC4 heads back to The Island
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of survival show The Island with Bear Grylls, although it is yet to decide if it will return as an all-male format.
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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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NewsJay Hunt: The Island is not sexist
Jay Hunt has hit back at claims that male-only survival show The Island with Bear Grylls is “inherently sexist”.
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NewsNat Geo orders World War II docs for global slate
National Geographic Channels International has commissioned two big-budget World War II documentaries as part of its latest slate of global programming.
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NewsFormer Lucky Day boss joins Keo
Lucky Day Productions founder Damon Pattison has joined Keo Films to head up factual entertainment and formats.
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NewsZodiak hires formats chief
Zodiak Media has hired former Endemol exec Grant Ross as its new formats chief.
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NewsDavid Frank eyes indie acquisitions
David Frank’s new investment firm Dial Square 86 is eyeing the acquisition of UK indies after it closed a multi-million pound investment round.
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NewsRichard Osman fronts Remarkable quiz
BBC Daytime has commissioned Pointless-indie Remarkable Television to produce a quick-fire quiz show for BBC2.
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NewsUS network Pivot boards Fortitude
US cable network Pivot has come on board Sky Atlantic’s big-budget drama Fortitude as a coproducer after striking a deal with Sky Vision.
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NewsMipTV boosts Educating’s appeal
Channel 4 and Twofour’s Educating… franchise is set to be remade in several new territories after Shine International held a producers’ workshop at last week’s MipTV.
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NewsZodiak Kids boss Nigel Pickard exits
Kids industry veteran Nigel Pickard is to leave Zodiak Media after eight years at the company.
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NewsDragonfly boss Simon Dickson departs
Simon Dickson is to leave Shine-owned indie Dragonfly Film and TV after three years at the business.
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NewsXbox partners C4 on Humans
Xbox has become a co-production partner on a major British TV project for the first time, joining Channel 4 to back Kudos Film & Television’s remake of Swedish sci-fi series Real Humans.