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NewsLovefilm signs Food Network & Travel Channel
Lovefilm is moving into cooking and lifestyle programming after striking a deal with Scripps Network Interactive.
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NewsTreadwell-Collins returns as EastEnders boss
Dominic Treadwell-Collins is to return as executive producer of EastEnders after a three-year absence.
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NewsITVS revenues hit £395m to offset ad decline
ITV’s production arm grew by over 10% in the first half of the year to head off a fall in advertising revenue and help the company’s pre-tax profits leap to £270m.
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NewsLittleloud shuts down after 13 years
Littleloud, the digital agency behind C4 Education projects including mobile game Sweatshop, has shut down.
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NewsRaw opens Unexplained Files for Discovery
Discovery has ordered an X-Files-style documentary series from Raw TV to air around the world.
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NewsSteve Gowans joins North One
Steve Gowans is to join North One Productions as managing director, five months after leaving Channel 5.
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NewsCNBC orders All3Media gambling series
US cable network CNBC has commissioned All3Media America to produce gambling format Money Talks.
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NewsBT Sport set to strike Virgin Media carriage deal
Virgin Media is poised to close a deal to carry BT Sport’s three sports channels on its cable TV platform, making them available to a further 4m potential customers.
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NewsDCMS aims to protect PSB content on digital platforms
The DCMS will set out measures to protect the prominence of PSBs on new content platforms in the long-awaited Communications Act strategy paper this week.
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NewsSee-Saw spies WW2 drama
Top of the Lake-indie See-Saw Films is co-developing a Second World War spy series with distributor Cohen Media Group.
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NewsBauer Media buys Absolute Radio
Bauer Media has bought Absolute Radio in a deal understood to be worth more than £20m.
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NewsBonafide strikes deal with ZDFE
Talking to the Dead-producer Bonafide Films has struck a development deal with German distributor ZDF Enterprises.
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NewsC4 commits to Kavos after casting controversy
Channel 4’s teen Brits abroad doc What Happens In Kavos is to return for a second series despite producers Dragonfly being reprimanded over “deeply inappropriate” casting references.
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NewsBig dog Tim Westwood bows out of Radio 1
Hip hop DJ Tim Westwood is leaving Radio 1 after 20 years as part of a schedule shake-up.
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NewsOfcom clears Utopia in child violence investigation
Utopia, the controversial Channel 4 drama that featured a shooting in a school, has been cleared by an Ofcom investigation.
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NewsAvalon preps Yahoo! Edinburgh Fringe show
Russell Kane and broadcaster Emily Dean are to front a Yahoo! series showcasing acts at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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NewsH2 conjures up invention format
US cable network H2 has ordered a new invention format from T Group, the production company set up by former Target Entertainment executive Jenny Daly.
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NewsHall and unions set for August showdown over pay
The BBC unions are set for showdown talks with director general Tony Hall next month as both parties seek to resolve the ongoing pay dispute.
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NewsSweet TV lands Scripps orders
Scripps channels Food Network and the Travel Channel have commissioned three series from Sweet TV.
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NewsC4 renews The Returned
Channel 4 has acquired the rights to the second series of French-language drama The Returned.