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Canada's Tricon launches kids division with Irish series 27 Aug 2013 | 04:57 pm
Canadian producer and distributor Tricon is launching a kids division and has acquired international rights to Irish animated series Wildernuts.
Beyond eyes digital acquisitions 27 Aug 2013 | 04:56 pm
International producer and distributor Beyond International is looking to acquire digital media companies and boost its third party catalogue following a 13% revenue growth.
Amazon orders drama from X-Files creator 27 Aug 2013 | 04:56 pm
Amazon has ordered a pilot of apocalyptic drama The After from The X-Files creator Chris Carter.
TLC set to lose Happily Divorced 27 Aug 2013 | 04:39 pm
US cable network TV Land has cancelled sitcom Happily Divorced, which airs on TLC in the UK.
Syfy pilots 12 Monkeys remake 27 Aug 2013 | 03:21 pm
US cable network Syfy has ordered a TV remake of Terry Gilliam’s 1995 feature film 12 Monkeys.
UTV’s pre-tax profits dive to £6m 27 Aug 2013 | 02:42 pm
TalkSport owner UTV suffered a “slow” first half of 2013 as its pre-tax profits sunk nearly 43%.
Yentob predicts end of in-house quotas 24 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
BBC creative director Alan Yentob has suggested that the corporation may scrap its in-house commissioning quota in the next five years.
Ben Stephenson defends The Fall 24 Aug 2013 | 04:47 pm
BBC drama controller Ben Stephenson has defended BBC2’s The Fall - arguing that its mix of crime, sex and sexuality touched a nerve in ways that many crime dramas tend to ignore.
BBC to reinvent 'conventional whodunit' 24 Aug 2013 | 04:39 pm
BBC drama chief Ben Stephenson is looking for ways to reinvent the “conventional whodunit” with some serialised elements.
VIDEO: Creatives vs Commissioners 24 Aug 2013 | 04:11 pm
As part of Broadcast’s We Need To Talk About Commissioning session at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, we invited producers and commissioners to talk candidly about their frustrations ...
