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NewsShotglass ups football game
Fremantle digital arm targets millennials with live pilots for YouTube channel Football Republic
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NewsCreators to supersize Lip Sync Battle
The creators of Lip Sync Battle plan to add new elements to the celebrity karaoke format and introduce a kids’ version in a bid to create a long-running brand like Saturday Night Live or Top Of The Pops.
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NewsC4 and ESG relations sour
Relations between Channel 4 and Endemol Shine Group (ESG) have hit a low after the broadcaster lost out to Netflix in the battle to premiere the third series of Black Mirror in the UK.
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NewsDrama indies out to conquer US
UK drama producers are looking to tighten their grip on scripted opportunities in the US following an explosion in demand for the genre from cable operators and digital giants.
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NewsMarjorie Kaplan sets out DNI vision
Discovery Networks International (DNI) is looking to supersize its local commissions into global formats and is hunting for ideas that have the sensibility of independent feature docs.
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NewsITV reveals US masterplan
UK formats spearhead entertainment and comedy push as ITV America seeks next Hell’s Kitchen
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NewsOfcom mulls allowing broadcasters to bypass 9pm watershed
Ofcom is investigating whether PIN protection technology could pave the way for broadcasters to air content unsuitable for children before the 9pm watershed.
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NewsBBC1 resurrects Animal Park
Remarkable Television’s Animal Park is returning to BBC1 after a seven-year hiatus to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first drive-through safari park.
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NewsEdit 19 sold to Dock10
Dock10 will add commercials VFX and post-production to its range of media services after buying 100% of the shareholding of Manchester-based facility Edit 19.
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NewsBBC3 lands heavyweight Anthony Joshua access
Gary Lineker’s indie Goalhanger Films has been following British boxer Anthony Joshua for a year and will detail his preparations for a world heavyweight title fight in a series of shorts for BBC3.
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NewsSky moves into kids' originals with Morph reboot
Sky will begin commissioning kids’ content for the first time after ordering a reboot of iconic animation Morph from Aardman Animations.
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NewsShine's Hunted reaches China
Channel 4’s off-grid format Hunted is to be remade in China after Endemol Shine struck a deal with local broadcaster Shenzhen Satellite Television.
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NewsCompression firm Beamr to merge with Vanguard Video
Israel-based video compression firm Beamr is to acquire Vanguard Video.
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NewsMPs call to ‘mutualise’ BBC
MPs Gareth Thomas and Steve Baker have called for the BBC to be restructured as a mutual organisation in which TV licence-holders elect its board.
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NewsRondo appoints first commercial director
Welsh indie Rondo Media has appointed Sion Clwyd Roberts as its commercial director.
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NewsWolf Hall leads hunt for Bafta
Wolf Hall is leading the pack in the hunt for a Bafta television award, but the academy has snubbed Catastrophe in its Scripted Comedy category.
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NewsC4 loses rights to Black Mirror
Channel 4 has lost a bidding war with Netflix for the right to premiere the third series of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror in the UK.
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NewsUKTV set to update scheduling system
UKTV is to install a new broadcast management system from MediaGenix at its Hammersmith HQ.
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NewsBBC Worldwide backs South Africa's Bake Off producer
BBC Worldwide has made further advances into Africa after investing in Rapid Blue, the Johannesburg-headquartered producer responsible for formats including Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor.
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NewsPretzel lands bumper CBBC Chart show order
Pretzel Films has secured a beefed up second series of its live simulcast chart series for CBBC and Radio 1.