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NewsFremantle’s Marsh joins Zodiak
Zodiak Media Group has poached Robert Marsh from Talkback Thames to head the UK arm of its digital and branded content division, Zodiak Active.
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NewsComedy Unit founders to step down
The founders of Rab C Nesbitt producer The Comedy Unit are leaving the firm five years after it was bought out by the then RDF Media Group.
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NewsDickinson's Real Deal to get US treatment
History Channel is to adapt ITV1 format Dickinson’s Real Deal for US audiences.
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NewsSowerbutts resurfaces at BBC Books
Paul Sowerbutts, a former exec at Diverse and Zodiak, has resurfaced at Ebury Publishing’s imprint BBC Books.
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NewsZodiak launches Being Human Facebook game
MIPCOM: Zodiak Active has launched a Facebook role-playing game based on BBC3 and Syfy US drama Being Human.
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NewsBwark raids BBC for creative director
Bwark has made its first hire since it was bought by Zodiak Media Group, appointing Simon Wilson as creative director.
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NewsCBeebies picks up reworked version of Waybuloo
CBeebies has acquired a reworking of The Foundation’s popular pre-school show Waybuloo, which is narrated by Come Dine With Me’s Dave Lamb.
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NewsE4 asks contestants to ride the Love Shaft
Singletons will be given a chance to ride the Love Shaft for a new E4 dating show format in one of the channel’s first pre-watershed orders.
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News71 Degrees North goes global
ITV reality show 71 Degrees North has been sold to six new territories by Banijay International.
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NewsBwark joins Zodiak Group
The Inbetweeners producer Bwark has been bought by Zodiak Media Group as the super-indie returns to the acquisitions trail.
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NewsBullseye scores US pilot for I Secretly Hate You format
Bullseye Productions has created I Secretly Hate You, a factual entertainment format that is being piloted by US network A&E and is arousing interest from UK broadcasters.
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NewsSecond chance for Love Thy Neighbour in Spain
Love Thy Neighbour, the reality format that struggled to find an audience on Channel 4 in March, has won a second chance to shine in Spain.
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NewsCameras roll on Tony Marchant’s CBBC drama
Production has begun on the first children’s drama from Tony Marchant, the writer behind The Mark of Cain and Garrow’s Law.
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NewsOnly Connect on iPhone and iPad
Zodiak indie Presentable is developing an app game for iPhone and iPad of its BBC4 quiz show Only Connect, with plans to launch it when the fifth series starts in August.
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NewsBBC3 picks up Scottish sitcom
BBC Scotland comedy Gary: Tank Commander has secured a network slot on BBC3 - the first such move for a Scottish sitcom in seven years.
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NewsABC orders run of US Celebrity Wife Swap
US network ABC has ordered episodes of Celebrity Wife Swap from Zodiak USA. It is the first time the celebrity format has been commissioned for the US.
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NewsITV1 returns to 71 Degrees North
ITV1 has commissioned a second series of Arctic reality show 71 Degrees North.
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NewsZodiak launches kids division
Zodiak Media Group has launched a children’s division, uniting the indie’s production and distribution arms into one unit.
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NewsIf It’s Broke, Fix It! urges Phillips for UKTV Home
UKTV’s home and gardens channel Home has ordered a ten-part series from RDF Television in which handyman Craig Phillips teaches reluctant homeowners some DIY tricks.
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NewsAdvisory board to broaden Zig Zag horizons
Zig Zag Productions is creating an advisory board to help future-proof the business and has appointed Jeff Henry as its chairman.