Industry News
Andrew Davies to adapt Les Misérables
Andrew Davies is working on a £10m adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables for drama co-production specialist Lookout Point, which is also planning to revive Lawrence of Arabia.
Virgin Media beats 1bn VoD views in 2011
Virgin Media beat its forecast of 1 billion VoD views during 2011 by 4.5 million, with ITV1’s Coronation Street the most-watched show of the year.
Civolution begins C4 watermarking trial
Channel 4 is preparing to take its first steps into audio watermarking, having started working on a trial with Civolution.
ITV plans Space: 1999 revival
ITV Studios’ US arm is planning to remake Gerry Anderson’s cult series Space: 1999.
Twenty Twenty recruited for BBC1 conscripts drama
The final intake of National Service men is to be dramatised by Twenty Twenty in a new commission for BBC1 Daytime.
Whisper races off with first BBC1 commission
Whisper Films has won its first commission since being set up a year ago - a doc with the brother of Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton.
Sky boosts Isle of Wight coverage
Sky is upping its live coverage of this year’s Isle of Wight Festival to 18 hours - including broadcasts in 3D.
MTV upgrades to HD
MTV UK is to launch a high definition channel and replace existing MTVNHD with MTV Live.
ITV1 eyeing new Surprise Surprise
ITV1 is set to dust off classic show Surprise Surprise - more than a decade after its last appearance.
ITV1 to chart TV's most memorable moments
ITV1 is to celebrate the most popular moments in television history ahead of Britain completing the digital switchover this year.
Warner Bros to acquire 50% stake in Renegade
Warner Bros is nearing completion on a £5m deal to buy a 50% stake in Don’t Tell the Bride producer Renegade Pictures.
YouTube earmarks £10m for UK content
Youtube is understood to have earmarked a fund of £10m to invest in UK-created content as it looks to roll out a range of entertainment, music and lifestyle channels.
I’m Spazticus pilot back as C4 series
A Channel 4 Comedy Lab pilot from 2005 featuring on and off-screen disabled talent is being dusted off to become a five-part series called I’m Spazticus.
Red or Black? tipped for weekly return
Simon Cowell’s roulette gameshow Red or Black? is being lined up to return to ITV1 in August as a weekly format.
ITV to turn Emmerdale into multiplatform brand
Emmerdale is to be transformed into a “multiplatform brand” as its cast and storylines are given a significant digital push by ITV to extend the soap’s off-air presence.
Murphy injects ‘love’ into Sky 1 strategy
Director of Sky 1 Stuart Murphy has updated his channel strategy to offer “bigger, better, more loved” shows as it moves into its next phase of original programming.
Stella and The Cafe to return for Sky1
Sky1 has recommissioned Ruth Jones’ Stella and Ralf Little and Craig Cash’s The Cafe.
C4 commissioner quits for BBC Salford role
The commissioner of Made In Chelsea, Tool Academy and Playing It Straight is leaving Channel 4 to spearhead the BBC’s entertainment output in Salford.
BBC mulls Poliakoff returner
BBC2 is considering developing Stephen Poliakoff ’s five-part drama Dancing on the Edge into a returning series, set in the offices of a 1930s music paper.
Dragonfly set to go West
Dragonfly is expanding its operations with the opening of a new office in Bristol later this month, after securing its first factual series commission for BBC2.
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