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Channel 5’s streaming service signs first foreign language content deal
Partners with Israel's largest multi-channel cable TV company
Channel 5
Data Centre
Channel 5 delivers strongest ratings for upmarket viewers
Michael Palin in North Korea was the channel's highest rated programme since 2016
Production & Post
BBC Studioworks welcomes Celebrity Game Night
Will provide full studio and technical services for new Channel 5 game show
Content
Channel 5’s My5 transforms from player to platform
1500 hours of content to debut on the platform over the next 12 months
Business
Viacom’s Paramount Network to launch in the UK
Free-to-air channel is due to launch on 4th July
Business
This Country, Three Girls both win brace of British Academy Television Awards
Channel 5 won its first BAFTA since 2011
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Channel 5’s Milkshake! brings all the viewers to Amazon Prime
It marks the first move into SVoD for the broadcaster
Content
CBBC, BBC One, Channel 5 compete for Channel of the Year award
Netflix receives its first RTS Programme Award nomination
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Channel 5 to launch premium My5 replacement
5Prime will be available from 16th January
Business
Channel 5 adds A+E Networks content to VoD platform
Deal marks the first time a commercial UK public service broadcaster has provided a branded presence for another UK broadcaster on its on-demand platform
Business
5USA acquires FTA rights for Bull from CBS
5USA has acquired the exclusive free to air rights for CBS drama Bull. The series counts Steven Spielberg and Dr Phil McGraw among its...
Business
UK commercial broadcasters win case against TVCatchUp
ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have won their long running dispute with streaming platform TVCatchUp over the distribution of their content over the...
Business
Channel 4 enlists Channel 5 exec
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has hired two commissioners for its specialist factual and documentaries commissioning team. Channel 5’s Michelle Chappell and filmmaker Alf Lawrie
Production & Post
5 News relocates
Philip Stevens visits the new home for the broadcaster’s news programmes
Business
Bergg to step down at ITV
ITV head of programme strategy David Bergg will step down in early 2017. The industry veteran will be replaced by Rosemary Newell, currently ITV’s...
Business
TVPlayer adds 11 channels
TV streaming service TVPlayer has added 11 channels new channels to its offering, including ITV2, Film4 and E4. The additions take TVPlayer’s total free-to-access...
Business
‘Transformed’ Channel 5 posts record profit
Channel 5 has posted a record-breaking operating profit of £58.4 million for the 2016 financial year. It marks the UK broadcaster’s first consecutive years...
Business
Business
Kaplan to leave Discovery amid restructure
Marjorie Kaplan is to leave Discovery following a restructure of its London-based creative teams. The president of international content will leave her role at...
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Channel 5 launching ‘Best Of’ channel
Channel 5 is set to launch a ‘Best Of’ channel My5 early next month. The free-to-air channel, which will broadcast the ‘best content from...
News
Business
ITN seals deal to make Channel 5 news until 2020
ITN has struck a £35 million deal with Channel 5 to continue to make its news programmes until 2020. The four-year deal represents a...
News
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Channel 5 goes HD
Channel 5 has launched in HD. The UK’s third largest commercial network is now available in HD via Freeview, Freesat, YouView, BT and TalkTalk....
News
Business
UKTV surpasses Sky and Channel 5
UKTV has propelled itself ahead of Sky and Channel 5 in its share of commercial impacts.Reporting record-breaking results in 2015, UKTV’s growth can largely...
News
Features
MediaGeniX to take UKTV “beyond 2016”
Dave, one of ten UKTV linear channels, has been part and parcel of the UK broadcast setup ever since its Freeview relaunch in 2007....
Features
Production & Post
DPP announces new standards
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has announced common technical delivery standards for high definition commercials/sponsorship and promotions/presentation material
Business
UKTV celebrates record-breaking year
UKTV is celebrating its most successful year after record-breaking viewing drew it level with Channel 5, as well as Sky’s wholly-owned channels, including movies...
Business
BBC Earth grows with new original commissions
BBC Worldwide today announced new programming for global factual brand BBC Earth, with two more series green lit for the global channel
News
Production & Post
ITN Productions kicks off three seasons of Football League with EVS
ITN Productions, the in-house TV production business from ITN, recently signed a three season contract to produce all content from the Football League to...
News
Business
Minority groups under-represented by PSB despite ‘significant contribution’ to UK broadcasting
Ofcom has today published the conclusions of its third review of public service TV broadcasting, the first review since 2008. Ofcom’s review finds that...
News
Business
BARB releases new Viewing Report
BARB (Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board) has released its second Viewing Report, which provides a review of the way people are watching television and how...
News
Analysis
TV Catchup – (nearly) the end of the road?
DLA Piper’s John Cloke (senior associate), Patrick Mitchell (legal director), and Jonathan Salt (trainee), assess the recent case brought by UK free-to-air broadcasters against...
Features
Business
Broadcasters could give go ahead to seven-party debates
The Green Party, SNP and Plaid Cymru are now expected to join the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and UKIP in televised leaders’ debates ahead...
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ITN chooses BT Media for news transmission
At the iconic BT tower last night, as London’s skyline exploded in scores of fireworks displays, the company announced a new multi-year contract with...
News
Features
Compact cameras crave a slice of the action
David Fox goes smaller, faster and higher to find out what’s new in compact cameras for sports, drama, documentary or news use.
Features
Business
US media giants buy All3Media
Discovery Communications and international cable company, Liberty Global have made a deal to purchase All3Media
Business
Viacom to acquire Channel 5
American media company Viacom has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Channel 5 for £450 million.
Business
Knickerbockerglory chooses Minicams for new Channel 5 series
Production company Knickerbockerglory used a Minicams fixed rig system for new Channel 5 series GPs: Behind Closed Doors.