Television

  • NOW TV gains 4oD

    NOW TV gains 4oD

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    Sky has added Channel 4’s 4oD catch-up service to its NOW TV Box. The box, which costs just £9.99, already offers access to BBC iPlayer and Demand 5 at no charge as well as subscription content from some of Sky’s most popular pay-TV channels. The addition of 4oD means owners can also enjoy the latest…

  • UKTV signs Dave merchandising deal

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    Fans of UKTV’s Dave channel will soon to be able to buy tie-in merchandise after the broadcaster signed a licensing deal with Evolution Europe & Rizon Studios Creative. The free to air channel, available on Freeview, YouView, Sky and Virgin Media, has seen audiences grow by 22% in the past year. UKTV hopes to cash-in…

  • Watch to repeat entire Babylon 5 from November

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    Early 90’s Sci-Fi series Babylon 5 is returning to British TV screens after broadcaster UKTV snapped up the rights to the show’s 110 episodes and six feature length telefilms. The show will air from 4th November on UKTV’s Watch channel which also airs Doctor Who and Torchwood. The series, which celebrates its twentieth anniversary next…

  • BBC & Discovery end co-production deal, BBC Worldwide to bankroll new science shows

    BBC & Discovery end co-production deal, BBC Worldwide to bankroll new science shows

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    The BBC has announced that its longstanding co-production deal with the Discovery Channel is to end “by mutual agreement.” The £150m partnership has produced a number of widely acclaimed shows, including such as Life, Frozen Planet, Blue Planet and Wonders Of The Solar System. However, in June industry magazine Broadcast reported that Discovery wanted to…

  • UKTV snaps up J.J. Abrams’ Believe

    UKTV snaps up J.J. Abrams’ Believe

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    UKTV has snapped up the rights to Believe, the latest drama from Lost creator and Star Trek director J.J. Abrams, for its channel Watch. Produced by Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, the series was co-created with Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) and is one of the most hotly anticipated…

  • A&E to remake The Returned for US audiences

    A&E to remake The Returned for US audiences

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    US network A&E is to remake hit French series The Returned. The original series has drawn fave reviews and loyal audiences for its tale of a small town that is turned upside down when several locals, long presumed dead, suddenly reappear without having aged. Created by Fabrice Gobert, the show was inspired by Robin Campillo’s…