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EXCLUSIVE: Endemol Shine Group and ViacomCBS network Channel 5 have become the latest companies to sever ties with Kew Media Distribution (KMD) as the embattled TV sales house edges closer to collapse. KMD was responsible for selling Agatha And The Curse Of Ishtar and Agatha And The Death of X (working title), a pair…

Jill Halfpenny, Jonas Armstrong and Rupert Penry-Jones are to star in an identity thriller for British broadcaster Channel 5 from Noel Clarke and Jason Maza’s Unstoppable Film & Television. The Drowning is the latest drama order for the ViacomCBS network, which has been aggressively ramping up its scripted slate with…

EXCLUSIVE: ViacomCBS broadcaster Channel 5’s feature-length documentary on Meghan Markle's father, Thomas Markle, has found a home in Australia ahead of its imminent sale to a U.S. broadcaster. Free-to-air broadcaster Nine Network will premiere Alaska TV’s Thomas Markle: My Story on February 4, with trailers for the…

Channel 5, ViacomCBS’s free-to-air network in the UK, has inked a deal to show highlights of WWE wrestling shows Raw and SmackDown every week. From February 2, Channel 5 will show hour-long highlights of SmackDown on Saturdays at 10:30AM, while Raw will air at the same time on a Sunday. It follows Comcast’s Sky losing…

ViacomCBS’s UK broadcaster Channel 5 has secured access to Meghan Markle’s father Thomas Markle for feature-length documentary Thomas Markle: My Story. Producer Alaska TV spent six days with Markle at a time when his daughter and her husband, Prince Harry, have taken the extraordinary decision to step away from the…

My5, the UK streaming service operated by ViacomCBS’s Channel 5, has added two new channels from Endemol Shine Group focusing on food and crime. My5 has launched Masters of Food and Reel Truth Crime, which will be stocked with 60 hours Endemol Shine shows from around the world, with another 20 hours of content being…

A day after the ViacomCBS merger closed, the company's international networks are already starting to work together. UK broadcaster Channel 5 and Australian broadcaster Network Ten have co-commissioned drama thriller Breathless. The four-part series is produced by Fremantle and stars Station 19 star Brett Tucker and Ea…

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…

British broadcaster Channel 5 will keep its commitment to commissioning a "wide range" of UK-originated productions following the merger between Viacom and CBS – a move that has satisfied regulator Ofcom. The British regulator has concluded that the change in ownership of the network "would not have a prejudicial…

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…

Viacom's UK network Channel 5 is plotting an adaptation of classic Welsh novel How Green Is My Valley and a new version of Oliver Twist and as it doubles down on its drama drive. The broadcaster held a lavish event at London's Renaissance Hotel in Kings Cross last night to showcase its latest slate and its recent…

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…