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Viacom is to spend more on original commissions in the UK after promoting Channel 5 content boss. Frow becomes director of programmes for Viacom International Media Networks, a move that puts him in charge of content across brands including MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and Paramount Network in the UK. The news…

EXCLUSIVE: Viacom’s Channel 5 has raided the BBC again for on-screen talent — this time poaching the cooking duo known as the Hairy Bikers for a chocolate-making competition in partnership with Nestlé. Deadline can reveal that David Myers and Simon King will make their first major non-BBC show for Channel 5, in a…

Ben Frow, the director of programs at Viacom’s Channel 5, has said he wants to commission a second season of its PBS Masterpiece co-production All Creatures Great And Small before the first has even aired. Speaking at a Channel 5 upfronts event in London on Tuesday night, Frow said he watched the first episode of the P…

Viacom is ready to expand the role of Channel 5 director of programs Ben Frow, giving him responsibility for Comedy Central, MTV, and Paramount Network in the UK. Details of the promotion are still being thrashed out and Frow is yet to sign up for the increased remit. Viacom is also in talks with other employees who…