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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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NewsThe Crystal Maze supersized by C4
Channel 4 has commissioned a supersized order of cult gameshow The Crystal Maze following its successful revival last year.
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NewsRun VT expands with second post facility on Newman St
Run VT has opened a second post facility on Newman Street in central London, taking a lease on a building that was previously home to Preditors and latterly London Post Production.
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NewsEarth develops system for real-time graphics
Earth London is to offer producers a new service aimed at making it quicker and easier to create graphics and on-set visuals for TV gameshows.
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NewsDeluxe chief operating officer joins Molinare
Deluxe chief operating officer Lesley Marr will join Molinare next week as its director of operations.
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NewsHat Trick & Jed Mercurio team up for HG Wells drama
Hat Trick and Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio are working on an adaptation of HG Wells’ The Time Machine to mark the 150th anniversary of the sci-fi pioneer’s birth.
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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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NewsStudio Lambert inks E4 tattoo contest
E4 is building on its TV tattooing success with the launch of a hunt from Studio Lambert to find the UK’s best professional artist.
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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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NewsMedia law firm Wiggin staffs up
Media, technology and brands law firm Wiggin has bolstered its film and TV practice with the appointment of Chris Hanson and Gráinne McKenna to partner level.
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NewsFormer Discovery exec launches indie
Investigation Discovery executive Christina Douglas has established an indie to produce factual programming for the US and UK.
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NewsOnline video market soars
The growth of video consumption on emerging platforms such as Snapchat and Instagram offers broadcasters a valuable opportunity to target hard-to-reach young millennials, according to a study by research house Ampere Analysis.
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NewsUK execs head off to Natpe
Trade show Natpe has made an “aggressive” effort to lure British producers and broadcasters to Miami as it looks to widen the global scope of the event.
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NewsBroadcast mourns founder
Broadcast magazine founder Rod Allen, who went on to become a successful LWT executive, died on Christmas Day aged 73.
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NewsProlific North Live announces speaker line-up
No Offence writer Jimmy Dowdall and Warp Films chief executive Mark Herbert will be among the speakers at next month’s Prolific North Live event in Manchester, which is being produced in association with Broadcast.
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NewsIndustry backs governance shake-up at BBC
Sir David Clementi’s appointment as BBC chair has been broadly welcomed by industry executives, with his in-depth knowledge of the corporation’s regulatory regime labelled a bonus.
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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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NewsNext steps for BBC Studios
A clearer picture of the plan for BBC Studios has emerged after the Trust published its assessment of the corporation’s proposals before Christmas.
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NewsCohen to fund BBCW superdramas
Danny Cohen’s Access Entertainment will fund a slew of super-high end British dramas after striking a partnership deal with BBC Worldwide and Lookout Point.
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NewsMedia experts: fake news to intensify
News organisations are piling pressure on social networks to weed out ‘fake news’ amid concerns over the escalation of web hoaxes.