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NewsFirecrest to diversify after securing C4 investment
Scottish current affairs indie Firecrest Films is to diversify into factual formats, features and history and science programming after receiving investment from Channel 4’s Growth Fund.
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NewsBritdoc strikes BBC funding deal
Documentary backers Britdoc has partnered with the BBC in a three-year co-funding and engagement strategy partnership.
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NewsBBC plans mental health season
Blink Films has landed a one-off BBC1 documentary exploring the physiological effects of stress as part of a season of mental health programming to play across the BBC this spring.
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NewsShiver hires docu-formats boss
ITV Studios label Shiver has hired former Ricochet creative director Mark Rubens as head of documentary formats.
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NewsTVF scores Discovery deals
Discovery has picked up a slate of programming from London-based distributor TVF International for its global channels, including ITV4 fishing format The Big Fish Off.
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NewsObjective US opens indie
Peep Show US producer Jimmy Fox has launched a production business which will form part of Objective Media Group America.
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NewsNetflix swoops for ITV's Investigator
ITV’s The Jinx-style series The Investigator: A British Crime Story has been picked up by Netflix.
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NewsRalph Lee expands C4 factual team
Channel 4 has appointed three commissioning editors to its factual department as it prepares for the long-term renewal of its existing factual slate.
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NewsFrancis Bacon & Paula Rego docs on BBC arts slate
IWC Media, Kimset and Wavelength Films take on Britain’s cultural heroes are among a raft of BBC arts commissions.
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NewsCurve secures raft of orders
Factual indie Curve Media has marked its second anniversary with a raft of commissions across the BBC and Channel 4 and is on the cusp of winning a major ITV primetime pilot.
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NewsRise bolsters factual team
Plebs indie Rise Films has hired Betty executive Kate Morey as head of popular factual and 7 Wonder head of specialist factual Steve Condie as an executive producer as it bulks up its factual team.
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NewsITV Hub hosts refugee football film
A documentary about a refugee football tournament is to feature on ITV Hub following a tie-up between the broadcaster and youth brand Copa90.
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NewsMidnight Oil strikes investment deal
Specialist factual indie Midnight Oil Pictures has secured an investment deal from tech investor Richard Green, following last year’s inaugural Indielab programme.
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NewsRare Day's Peter Dale joins NFTS
Rare Day founder Peter Dale is to join The National Film and Television School to support one of its flagship factual degrees.
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NewsSundog hires development chief
Sundog Pictures has tapped Nicky Huggett as head of development as it looks to “double down” on documentaries and expand into the US.
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NewsPeacock Productions exec launches indie
Steve Anderson, former managing director of NBC News’ Peacock Productions UK, has launched factual indie Shearwater Media.
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NewsGeneration KKK producer defends series
Generation KKK executive producer Aengus James has defended the series saying the programme will “expose” Ku Klux Klan tactics and highlight members looking to leave the hate group.
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NewsEducating... doc series returns to C4
Twofour’s Educating… documentary is to return to Channel 4 in late 2017 after being rested this year.
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NewsBrendan Cox to deliver C4’s alternative Christmas message
Brendan Cox, the husband of murdered MP Jo Cox, will deliver Channel 4’s Alternative Christmas message at 2.05pm on Christmas Day.
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NewsPlanet Earth II unlocks AR app
Planet Earth II is to receive the augmented reality (AR) treatment after BBC Worldwide forged a partnership with mobile app developer Blippar.