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NewsUTV to launch Irish TV channel
UTV has snatched the Irish rights to Coronation Street from TV3 after signing a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment that paves the way for it to launch a TV channel in the country.
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NewsChoccywoccydoodah cooks up festive treat
UKTV’s Good Food has commissioned a one-off festive edition of Choccywoccydoodah from Twofour as the cake shop heads into one of its busiest seasons.
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NewsDaybreak editor Karl Newton steps down
Daybreak has gone through its third editor in three years after Karl Newton stepped down from his role at ITV Studios.
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NewsTwofour’s Educating... goes Dutch
Twofour’s Educating… format has been remade in the Netherlands as Educating Amsterdam, marking the first international version of the Channel 4 school-based doc series.
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NewsITVS daytime boss Keenaghan exits
ITV Studios’ daytime boss Fiona Keenaghan has left the production business after 13 years – with her replacement set to be handed a reduced empire.
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NewsITV prepares Cilla Black biopic
Jeff Pope’s next project for ITV will be a drama biopic on entertainment legend Cilla Black.
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NewsMerger puts Boom on map
Boom Pictures executive chair Lorraine Heggessey believes the company’s merger with Twofour Group has created the “go-to producer in the nations and regions”.
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NewsBoom and Twofour strike merger deal
Boom Pictures has more than doubled in size by merging with Twofour Group.
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NewsDaybreak braced for latest overhaul
ITV is preparing to give Daybreak another major overhaul as the breakfast programme’s ratings continue to falter.
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NewsBBC2 returns to The Fixer
BBC2 has commissioned a third series of Alex Polizzi – The Fixer from Twofour, in which the former hotelier will attempt to change the fate of failing family firms.
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NewsHotel Inspector heads abroad
Alex Polizzi’s mission to change the fortunes of guest houses and hotels has expanded its reach after Twofour Rights secured sales of The Hotel Inspector to broadcasters in Europe, Australia and Asia.
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NewsHistory resurrects Grave Trade
Factual broadcaster History has recommissioned ITV Studio’s Grave Trade for a second, extended series.
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NewsBacon to front Warner’s first ITV daytime quiz
One of Helen Warner’s first ITV daytime commissions is a Richard Bacon-fronted TV quiz show that will be produced from MediaCityUK.
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NewsC5's Born to Kill goes global
Channel 5’s long-running crime series Born To Kill has been sold into 85 international territories by Twofour Rights.
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NewsThe Chase heads to Serbia & Croatia
The Chase is to be remade in Serbia and Croatia after ITV Studios Global Entertainment struck its latest format deal for the gameshow.
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NewsITV Studios America appoints president
Orly Adelson is stepping down as president of So You Think You Can Dance? indie Dick Clark Productions to run ITV Studios America.
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NewsC4 installs mini-rig season
Channel 4 is launching a season of mini-rig docs set in locations including a taxi firm and 24 hour emergency call-out offices.
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NewsMTG & Lagardere close in on Scandi super-indie Nice
MTG Studios and French indie Lagardere are closing in on Scandinavian super-indie Nice Entertainment, edging out a prospective takeover by ITV or Sony Pictures Television.
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NewsITV2 orders Utterly Outrageous strand
ITV2 is to launch an archive list strand charting the most outrageous moments from a variety of light-hearted subjects.
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NewsITV orders third Prince Harry doc from Twofour
ITV has ordered a two-part doc from Twofour that will follow Prince Harry and a group of wounded servicemen and women as they race to the South Pole.